Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-01-03

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
478 head
▲ 478 vs last sale 0▼ 333 vs year ago 811 · −41.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 240 vs last sale 331▼ 209 vs year ago 300 · −69.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.08/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$189.08
63 head · 379 lb average
Value per head Derived
$716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.46
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1387194.2975145
Medium and Large 2340182.1562014thin
Medium and Large 3423154.796554thin
One grade step is worth $39.50/cwt here — about $97 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 sale63 hd
189.08
—
FL average4 barns · 172 hd
182.62
+6.46
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—Average1,37289.621,2305thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18466.6378913
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03255.105693thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223235.52/cwt225.00–240.005253
Steers—Medium and Large 1260221.96/cwt215.00–230.0057711
Steers—Medium and Large 2270197.92/cwt190.00–205.005346
Steers—Medium and Large 1324208.85/cwt200.00–215.006777
Steers—Medium and Large 2368169.83/cwt165.00–175.006254
Steers—Medium and Large 1372195.51/cwt187.00–200.007273
Steers—Medium and Large 1412185.83/cwt180.00–190.007665
Steers—Medium and Large 2418170.83/cwt167.00–175.007144
Steers—Medium and Large 3423154.79/cwt150.00–160.006554
Steers—Medium and Large 1469173.90/cwt170.00–179.008167
Steers—Medium and Large 1530159.72/cwt157.00–165.008473
Steers—Medium and Large 1570155.98/cwt155.00–158.008893
Steers—Medium and Large 1615150.93/cwt147.00–153.009283
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265159.81/cwt155.00–165.004238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268180.28/cwt170.00–190.004834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313154.04/cwt152.00–155.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325166.91/cwt165.00–170.005425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363158.86/cwt155.00–163.005776
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365146.58/cwt140.00–150.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412142.47/cwt140.00–147.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418156.68/cwt152.00–162.006559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2457132.30/cwt130.00–137.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460149.13/cwt145.00–155.006865
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473122.57/cwt120.00–125.005804
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34488.28/cwt88.00–89.001,1864
Bulls——1,48595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03255.10/cwt52.00–57.005693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13464.28/cwt62.00–68.007298
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26570.39/cwt69.00–75.008905

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.