Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-08-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Aug 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,333 head
▲ 403 vs last sale 930▲ 601 vs year ago 732 · +82.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
273 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 278▲ 42 vs year ago 231 · +18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.90/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$166.90
122 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$834
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.11
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530167.7588972
Medium and Large 2456166.7976147
Medium and Large 3462148.256853thin
One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $204 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
166.90
—
FL average9 barns · 1,104 hd
163.80
+3.11
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—Average1,487105.041,5629thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18485.221,00917
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10077.7685517

Every lot

38 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258214.85/cwt210.00–220.005544
Steers—Medium and Large 2320191.56/cwt190.00–195.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 1369196.70/cwt190.00–202.007267
Steers—Medium and Large 2380181.93/cwt177.00–187.0069110
Steers—Medium and Large 2411169.78/cwt167.00–172.006987
Steers—Medium and Large 1415188.98/cwt180.00–200.007847
Steers—Medium and Large 1458171.92/cwt167.00–177.007878
Steers—Medium and Large 3462148.25/cwt145.00–150.006853
Steers—Medium and Large 2475159.89/cwt155.00–165.007598
Steers—Medium and Large 2512158.16/cwt155.00–161.0081013
Steers—Medium and Large 1522165.13/cwt162.00–170.008625
Steers—Medium and Large 2560153.56/cwt150.00–157.008606
Steers—Medium and Large 1569160.07/cwt158.00–162.0091117
Steers—Medium and Large 1612156.27/cwt152.00–159.0095610
Steers—Medium and Large 1658151.49/cwt151.00–153.009978
Steers—Medium and Large 1715137.06/cwt135.00–141.009806
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270175.28/cwt170.00–180.004736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319179.96/cwt177.00–182.005745
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328161.55/cwt160.00–165.005303
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330150.13/cwt147.00–157.004953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368162.66/cwt160.00–167.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373150.92/cwt147.00–155.005638
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421146.97/cwt145.00–150.006195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424155.36/cwt152.00–160.006597
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430136.09/cwt132.00–140.005856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456149.82/cwt147.00–152.006837
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465132.38/cwt130.00–137.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478143.08/cwt140.00–145.006845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508141.45/cwt138.00–145.007196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514132.27/cwt130.00–135.006809
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564127.76/cwt125.00–132.007215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568136.45/cwt133.00–140.007758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623128.93/cwt127.00–135.008034
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,441101.38/cwt100.00–104.001,4615
Bulls——1,545109.61/cwt107.00–112.001,6934
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10077.76/cwt74.00–80.0085517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12982.57/cwt80.00–86.0093210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26289.00/cwt88.00–93.001,1237

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.