Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-07-27

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jul 27
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,000 head
▼ 235 vs last sale 1,235▲ 196 vs year ago 804 · +24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 185 vs last sale 309▼ 254 vs year ago 378 · −67.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. 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 $170.87/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$170.87
122 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.92
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452174.3878858
Medium and Large 2395171.2367644
Medium and Large 3407159.9065120
One grade step is worth $14.49/cwt here — about $136 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 sale122 hd
170.87
—
FL average9 barns · 940 hd
163.95
+6.92
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—Average1,58599.941,5842thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26368.2186210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13763.7572514

Every lot

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1262201.75/cwt200.00–205.005293
Steers—Medium and Large 2273187.71/cwt180.00–195.005128
Steers—Medium and Large 2313185.20/cwt180.00–190.005806
Steers—Medium and Large 1315196.61/cwt195.00–200.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 3327172.70/cwt170.00–177.005655
Steers—Medium and Large 2358178.43/cwt175.00–182.006394
Steers—Medium and Large 3373166.90/cwt165.00–170.006235
Steers—Medium and Large 1375187.43/cwt185.00–190.0070310
Steers—Medium and Large 1413175.61/cwt172.00–179.0072510
Steers—Medium and Large 3422158.28/cwt155.00–160.006683
Steers—Medium and Large 2428166.83/cwt163.00–170.0071413
Steers—Medium and Large 1456168.06/cwt165.00–172.007667
Steers—Medium and Large 2458158.93/cwt155.00–163.007288
Steers—Medium and Large 3465148.54/cwt145.00–152.006914
Steers—Medium and Large 3507143.64/cwt142.00–147.007283
Steers—Medium and Large 1518164.83/cwt160.00–170.0085416
Steers—Medium and Large 2530153.50/cwt150.00–159.008145
Steers—Medium and Large 1568163.88/cwt159.00–168.009319
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268169.85/cwt162.00–177.0045510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316157.12/cwt153.00–160.004965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317171.53/cwt165.00–177.005449
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325146.77/cwt140.00–150.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358152.45/cwt150.00–155.005464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366161.72/cwt157.00–165.005925
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373138.81/cwt135.00–145.005185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414156.67/cwt152.00–162.0064911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421145.54/cwt142.00–150.006137
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422136.34/cwt135.00–137.005753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460146.93/cwt144.00–150.0067614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513128.25/cwt125.00–135.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533140.69/cwt139.00–142.007509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565139.48/cwt137.00–142.007888
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58599.94/cwt98.00–102.001,5842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13763.75/cwt62.00–66.0072514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24667.04/cwt64.00–68.008358
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33372.88/cwt70.00–76.009712

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.