Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-12-06

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Dec 6
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,487 head
▲ 263 vs last sale 1,224▼ 445 vs year ago 1,932 · −23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 167▼ 36 vs year ago 239 · −15.1%
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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 unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.12/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$176.12
94 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.88
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1377188.1071053
Medium and Large 2422165.6969933
Medium and Large 3500139.806998thin
One grade step is worth $48.30/cwt here — about $10 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 sale94 hd
176.12
—
FL average8 barns · 704 hd
166.24
+9.88
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—Low1,56587.801,37410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25961.817787thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08853.665845thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1233227.26/cwt220.00–235.005304
Steers—Medium and Large 1266211.77/cwt205.00–220.005637
Steers—Medium and Large 2285187.63/cwt180.00–195.005354
Steers—Medium and Large 1308208.71/cwt200.00–217.0064310
Steers—Medium and Large 2330190.15/cwt185.00–195.006276
Steers—Medium and Large 1367184.22/cwt179.00–188.006765
Steers—Medium and Large 2368169.41/cwt167.00–172.006234
Steers—Medium and Large 3420150.24/cwt145.00–155.006312
Steers—Medium and Large 1424173.21/cwt168.00–178.0073413
Steers—Medium and Large 2425162.47/cwt160.00–165.006906
Steers—Medium and Large 2467152.43/cwt147.00–155.007123
Steers—Medium and Large 1470167.87/cwt165.00–171.0078910
Steers—Medium and Large 3478135.94/cwt132.00–140.006502
Steers—Medium and Large 3513136.01/cwt135.00–137.006982
Steers—Medium and Large 2515149.53/cwt146.00–152.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 1518159.83/cwt155.00–165.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 2560143.77/cwt142.00–145.008055
Steers—Medium and Large 3590137.00/cwt137.00–137.008082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270165.35/cwt157.00–170.004463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270150.83/cwt142.00–155.004073
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315134.62/cwt132.00–137.004242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317162.69/cwt160.00–167.005165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320151.25/cwt147.00–155.004846
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365143.36/cwt140.00–147.005236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380152.47/cwt150.00–155.005798
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405122.53/cwt120.00–125.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425132.54/cwt130.00–138.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428145.09/cwt140.00–150.006216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464141.36/cwt137.00–145.006569
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467120.39/cwt117.00–122.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485130.46/cwt127.00–134.006334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512136.58/cwt130.00–140.006993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518122.41/cwt120.00–127.006343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560132.02/cwt130.00–133.007393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628125.73/cwt121.00–130.007904
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468160.85/cwt157.00–165.007536
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536153.79/cwt153.00–155.008245
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562149.39/cwt148.00–152.008403
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38380.72/cwt80.00–82.001,1163
Bulls——1,59688.19/cwt87.00–89.001,4085
Bulls——1,76097.47/cwt95.00–100.001,7152
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08853.66/cwt52.00–56.005845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25961.81/cwt59.00–64.007787

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.