Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-10-11

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 11
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,298 head
▲ 277 vs last sale 1,021▲ 300 vs year ago 998 · +30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 139▲ 49 vs year ago 111 · +44.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. 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 $157.59/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$157.59
99 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.05
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485161.4778362
Medium and Large 2394154.3760931
Medium and Large 3418134.115606thin
One grade step is worth $27.36/cwt here — about $223 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 sale99 hd
157.59
—
FL average8 barns · 598 hd
148.54
+9.05
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—Low1,64683.271,37115
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14461.667058thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99854.045394thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1274206.10/cwt195.00–210.005654
Steers—Medium and Large 2285180.09/cwt175.00–185.005134
Steers—Medium and Large 1313188.54/cwt187.00–190.005906
Steers—Medium and Large 3317137.28/cwt135.00–142.004353
Steers—Medium and Large 2323146.19/cwt143.00–151.004727
Steers—Medium and Large 1412170.18/cwt165.00–175.0070115
Steers—Medium and Large 2416154.82/cwt150.00–160.0064413
Steers—Medium and Large 1461165.34/cwt161.00–169.007629
Steers—Medium and Large 2473149.57/cwt145.00–154.007074
Steers—Medium and Large 2508143.62/cwt137.00–147.007303
Steers—Medium and Large 1514153.93/cwt150.00–160.007915
Steers—Medium and Large 3518130.94/cwt127.00–133.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1567149.31/cwt145.00–155.008479
Steers—Medium and Large 1613138.16/cwt135.00–145.008476
Steers—Medium and Large 1676134.01/cwt131.00–137.009068
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263148.10/cwt140.00–157.0039010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318157.36/cwt155.00–160.005004
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320146.21/cwt143.00–151.004687
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361138.77/cwt135.00–142.005019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366151.56/cwt147.00–160.005558
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368127.55/cwt125.00–130.004694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413142.91/cwt140.00–146.005904
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422122.62/cwt120.00–128.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423134.31/cwt130.00–139.0056812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463122.43/cwt120.00–125.005674
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466129.96/cwt127.00–132.006065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470140.40/cwt136.00–145.0066012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513133.45/cwt130.00–137.006858
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528123.91/cwt120.00–128.006544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560132.05/cwt130.00–135.007395
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58478.42/cwt77.00–80.001,2426
Bulls——1,63184.80/cwt82.00–87.001,3837
Bulls——1,88592.47/cwt90.00–95.001,7432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99854.04/cwt51.00–58.005394
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14461.66/cwt60.00–67.007058

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.