Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-06-29

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 29
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
488 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 626▲ 488 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
368 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 323▲ 368 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.37/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$160.37
47 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.92
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2481162.7378326
Medium and Large 3467157.4673521
One grade step is worth $5.27/cwt here — about $47 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 sale47 hd
160.37
—
FL average9 barns · 571 hd
166.29
−5.92
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—Low1,681110.961,86516
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33387.801,17033
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12677.4287220

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370178.88/cwt176.00–182.006622
Steers—Medium and Large 3381167.95/cwt165.00–170.006405
Steers—Medium and Large 2419168.96/cwt167.00–172.007085
Steers—Medium and Large 3425163.07/cwt160.00–165.006935
Steers—Medium and Large 2468162.95/cwt160.00–166.007638
Steers—Medium and Large 3483153.99/cwt152.00–155.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 2515158.66/cwt157.00–160.008177
Steers—Medium and Large 3519151.86/cwt147.00–155.007885
Steers—Medium and Large 3577143.41/cwt140.00–145.008273
Steers—Medium and Large 2580153.53/cwt152.00–155.008904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270152.59/cwt150.00–155.004124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315172.48/cwt170.00–177.005433
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325145.09/cwt142.00–147.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330157.19/cwt155.00–162.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360165.24/cwt162.00–172.005953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375154.88/cwt152.00–158.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375143.38/cwt140.00–145.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418157.54/cwt155.00–160.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422148.36/cwt145.00–150.006263
Heifers—Medium and Large 3462131.64/cwt130.00–135.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470150.89/cwt148.00–155.007095
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526131.98/cwt130.00–135.006945
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,394102.48/cwt101.00–103.001,4294
Bulls——1,467110.16/cwt106.00–112.001,6166
Bulls——2,085117.40/cwt116.00–119.002,4486
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12677.42/cwt75.00–81.0087220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25883.70/cwt81.00–87.001,05316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40491.65/cwt88.00–94.001,28717

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.