Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-02-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Feb 1
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
489 head
▼ 284 vs last sale 773▼ 127 vs year ago 616 · −20.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 231▲ 182 vs year ago 69 · +263.8%
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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 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.84/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$172.84
66 head · 377 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.86
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386176.7268246
Medium and Large 2354166.0258818thin
Medium and Large 3365145.145302thin
One grade step is worth $31.58/cwt here — about $152 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 sale66 hd
172.84
—
FL average8 barns · 518 hd
152.98
+19.86
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—High1,76385.831,51310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16063.6773934
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09052.685746thin

Every lot

29 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)
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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1208229.64/cwt220.00–240.004786
Steers—Medium and Large 1266208.23/cwt200.00–215.005547
Steers—Medium and Large 2280180.18/cwt170.00–190.005056
Steers—Medium and Large 1310184.84/cwt180.00–190.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 2320172.58/cwt170.00–175.005524
Steers—Medium and Large 3365145.14/cwt140.00–150.005302
Steers—Medium and Large 1368167.59/cwt165.00–170.0061711
Steers—Medium and Large 2373157.42/cwt155.00–160.005872
Steers—Medium and Large 1423163.88/cwt160.00–168.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 2425153.41/cwt150.00–155.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 2465147.28/cwt142.00–150.006853
Steers—Medium and Large 1468158.63/cwt155.00–162.007426
Steers—Medium and Large 1529152.95/cwt147.00–157.008095
Steers—Medium and Large 1564141.68/cwt137.00–145.007995
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273160.14/cwt155.00–165.004374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310146.61/cwt145.00–150.004543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325137.42/cwt135.00–140.004474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353132.48/cwt130.00–135.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363140.49/cwt137.00–147.005106
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410129.00/cwt125.00–133.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415139.28/cwt137.00–144.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533121.35/cwt120.00–124.006473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573115.97/cwt114.00–118.006652
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,62075.63/cwt73.00–79.001,2253
Bulls——1,71786.92/cwt85.00–89.001,4923
Bulls——1,90592.65/cwt91.00–94.001,7654
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09052.68/cwt51.00–55.005746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15962.92/cwt60.00–65.0072927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16666.57/cwt66.00–67.007767

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.