Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-11-08

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Nov 8
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,001 head
▼ 391 vs last sale 1,392▲ 466 vs year ago 535 · +87.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 209▲ 205 vs year ago 94 · +218.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $165.08/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$165.08
70 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.96
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1406171.5569730
Medium and Large 2391163.1863827
Medium and Large 3385154.1059413thin
One grade step is worth $17.45/cwt here — about $103 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 sale70 hd
165.08
—
FL average9 barns · 769 hd
155.12
+9.96
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—Average1,53385.881,3166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15864.0074125
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09454.665988thin

Every lot

36 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 2281180.87/cwt175.00–190.005085
Steers—Medium and Large 3315169.92/cwt165.00–175.005354
Steers—Medium and Large 2319181.08/cwt177.00–187.005785
Steers—Medium and Large 1320193.39/cwt190.00–197.006196
Steers—Medium and Large 1363175.10/cwt170.00–180.006368
Steers—Medium and Large 3370156.76/cwt155.00–160.005803
Steers—Medium and Large 2385164.62/cwt163.00–168.006343
Steers—Medium and Large 1416167.12/cwt165.00–170.006955
Steers—Medium and Large 2423153.60/cwt150.00–157.006506
Steers—Medium and Large 3425144.72/cwt140.00–147.006153
Steers—Medium and Large 3455139.73/cwt137.00–145.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 1465161.42/cwt157.00–165.007517
Steers—Medium and Large 2467151.95/cwt150.00–155.007105
Steers—Medium and Large 1508154.94/cwt151.00–159.007874
Steers—Medium and Large 2510140.29/cwt138.00–145.007153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1259167.28/cwt155.00–175.004335
Heifers—Medium and Large 2262147.42/cwt140.00–152.003865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318144.54/cwt140.00–147.004603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322157.70/cwt155.00–162.005085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373147.38/cwt145.00–150.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377126.64/cwt125.00–130.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380138.95/cwt135.00–143.005288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418142.60/cwt140.00–145.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418125.98/cwt125.00–127.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423132.40/cwt130.00–135.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467135.05/cwt132.00–137.006315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478128.99/cwt127.00–130.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509133.64/cwt130.00–136.006805
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519123.03/cwt120.00–127.006397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558127.94/cwt124.00–130.007143
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31877.16/cwt75.00–79.001,0172
Bulls——1,32085.05/cwt84.00–86.001,1232
Bulls——1,96095.43/cwt94.00–97.001,8702
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07762.90/cwt61.00–65.0067718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09454.66/cwt52.00–56.005988
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36566.83/cwt66.00–69.009127

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.