Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-05-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
572 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 545▲ 242 vs year ago 330 · +73.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
233 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 192▲ 156 vs year ago 77 · +202.6%
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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 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 $151.59/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$151.59
71 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.97
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427157.8567414thin
Medium and Large 2370155.2557532
Medium and Large 3421143.4060425
One grade step is worth $14.45/cwt here — about $70 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 sale71 hd
151.59
—
FL average9 barns · 404 hd
144.62
+6.97
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—Average1,52387.581,3344thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16971.7383828
CowsLean 85-90%Average96362.3860015

Every lot

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2269164.95/cwt160.00–172.004449
Steers—Medium and Large 2312167.02/cwt165.00–168.005213
Steers—Medium and Large 3325159.12/cwt155.00–163.005178
Steers—Medium and Large 2364152.91/cwt150.00–155.005577
Steers—Medium and Large 3366146.05/cwt144.00–149.005355
Steers—Medium and Large 1368162.94/cwt160.00–166.006004
Steers—Medium and Large 3413137.55/cwt135.00–140.005682
Steers—Medium and Large 2416150.63/cwt145.00–155.006277
Steers—Medium and Large 1425159.05/cwt157.00–161.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 1455154.98/cwt153.00–157.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 2465144.96/cwt141.00–149.006742
Steers—Medium and Large 3475133.70/cwt132.00–137.006353
Steers—Medium and Large 3520129.95/cwt125.00–135.006762
Steers—Medium and Large 1523146.95/cwt145.00–149.007692
Steers—Medium and Large 2525141.94/cwt140.00–144.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 3563129.14/cwt125.00–132.007275
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267143.13/cwt140.00–150.003823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3307128.48/cwt125.00–135.003943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313152.60/cwt150.00–155.004782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328142.44/cwt140.00–145.004678
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367133.59/cwt132.00–137.004903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370141.92/cwt140.00–144.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426137.04/cwt135.00–140.005845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428127.91/cwt125.00–131.005472
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428118.60/cwt115.00–122.005084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460134.72/cwt130.00–137.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468122.46/cwt120.00–125.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2504112.43/cwt110.00–116.005675
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,52387.58/cwt85.00–89.001,3344
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94457.85/cwt54.00–60.005466
Cows—Lean 85-90%97565.40/cwt64.00–68.006389
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13769.97/cwt67.00–72.0079619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23675.44/cwt74.00–79.009329

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.