Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-06-22

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
626 head
▲ 345 vs last sale 281▼ 266 vs year ago 892 · −29.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
323 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 203▲ 25 vs year ago 298 · +8.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.62/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$177.62
64 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.84
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466180.0583839
Medium and Large 3315177.485593thin
Medium and Large 2420173.3272722
One grade step is worth $6.74/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale64 hd
177.62
—
FL average9 barns · 512 hd
170.78
+6.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,748117.382,05219
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20191.031,09343
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10780.288898thin

Every lot

28 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275215.36/cwt205.00–220.005923
Steers—Medium and Large 1315205.08/cwt200.00–210.006464
Steers—Medium and Large 3315177.48/cwt175.00–182.005593
Steers—Medium and Large 1360193.24/cwt190.00–195.006963
Steers—Medium and Large 2366181.75/cwt180.00–184.006657
Steers—Medium and Large 2429174.48/cwt170.00–178.007497
Steers—Medium and Large 1430182.28/cwt180.00–187.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1457172.64/cwt171.00–176.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 2458164.92/cwt160.00–170.007558
Steers—Medium and Large 1519170.85/cwt167.00–175.0088715
Steers—Medium and Large 1568168.55/cwt165.00–172.009578
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267170.44/cwt167.00–172.004553
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315155.44/cwt152.00–162.004903
Heifers—Medium and Large 3357137.29/cwt135.00–142.004903
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365153.76/cwt147.00–157.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376163.07/cwt160.00–167.006137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415157.93/cwt156.00–160.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427151.38/cwt150.00–152.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468151.11/cwt147.00–155.007074
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483142.97/cwt141.00–145.006916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525136.54/cwt135.00–138.007176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529145.41/cwt141.00–149.007699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565138.46/cwt137.00–140.007824
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,700112.16/cwt109.00–116.001,90711
Bulls——1,815124.55/cwt121.00–134.002,2618
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10780.28/cwt76.00–83.008898
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17597.21/cwt94.00–102.001,14212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21188.64/cwt85.00–91.001,07331

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.