Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-05-03

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 3
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 495▲ 96 vs year ago 449 · +21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 192▲ 100 vs year ago 92 · +108.7%
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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 steady 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 $157.06/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$157.06
58 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.59
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1415163.4667815thin
Medium and Large 2393156.8561629
Medium and Large 3373150.6456214thin
One grade step is worth $12.81/cwt here — about $116 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 sale58 hd
157.06
—
FL average10 barns · 419 hd
151.47
+5.59
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—Average1,57587.051,3712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17070.7882831
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04460.876355thin

Every lot

30 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 2266172.07/cwt170.00–175.004585
Steers—Medium and Large 2318171.70/cwt170.00–175.005463
Steers—Medium and Large 3318162.44/cwt160.00–165.005176
Steers—Medium and Large 2358157.55/cwt155.00–160.005646
Steers—Medium and Large 1365169.86/cwt165.00–175.006206
Steers—Medium and Large 3370143.24/cwt140.00–150.005303
Steers—Medium and Large 1405162.47/cwt160.00–165.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 2430154.12/cwt149.00–159.006636
Steers—Medium and Large 3430141.59/cwt140.00–145.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 3458139.95/cwt137.00–143.006412
Steers—Medium and Large 1462161.57/cwt155.00–165.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 2463149.13/cwt145.00–152.006905
Steers—Medium and Large 1513149.05/cwt147.00–151.007652
Steers—Medium and Large 2515139.41/cwt135.00–144.007184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2258144.85/cwt140.00–150.003744
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318135.19/cwt130.00–138.004303
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324143.49/cwt140.00–146.004659
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363123.21/cwt120.00–130.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368147.59/cwt145.00–150.005436
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373138.75/cwt135.00–142.005189
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408132.12/cwt128.00–138.005395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409143.04/cwt140.00–145.005855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455137.53/cwt135.00–140.006264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458124.05/cwt121.00–127.005682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458115.56/cwt112.00–119.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508122.54/cwt120.00–125.006232
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57587.05/cwt84.00–90.001,3712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04460.87/cwt58.00–63.006355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10268.38/cwt64.00–70.0075415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23373.03/cwt71.00–75.0090016

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.