Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-01-24

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 24
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
873 head
▲ 216 vs last sale 657▲ 100 vs year ago 773 · +12.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
246 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 144▲ 15 vs year ago 231 · +6.5%
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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 $192.96/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$192.96
116 head · 396 lb average
Value per head Derived
$764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.23
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1385201.7177777
Medium and Large 2413177.0173237
Medium and Large 3478150.947212thin
One grade step is worth $50.77/cwt here — about $56 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 sale116 hd
192.96
—
FL average9 barns · 544 hd
188.72
+4.23
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—High1,730106.891,8495thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16073.4685240
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04863.616679thin

Every lot

34 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 1211238.74/cwt230.00–245.005045
Steers—Medium and Large 2261195.86/cwt190.00–205.005115
Steers—Medium and Large 1273225.37/cwt215.00–237.006159
Steers—Medium and Large 2313195.20/cwt190.00–200.006114
Steers—Medium and Large 1315219.52/cwt210.00–230.0069114
Steers—Medium and Large 2370179.73/cwt175.00–185.006656
Steers—Medium and Large 1376199.01/cwt190.00–210.0074817
Steers—Medium and Large 2418177.21/cwt172.00–182.007416
Steers—Medium and Large 1423193.18/cwt187.00–199.0081710
Steers—Medium and Large 2472169.24/cwt165.00–175.007999
Steers—Medium and Large 1473185.19/cwt180.00–190.0087610
Steers—Medium and Large 3478150.94/cwt147.00–155.007212
Steers—Medium and Large 1518174.93/cwt170.00–180.009068
Steers—Medium and Large 2524161.91/cwt160.00–165.008485
Steers—Medium and Large 1563167.53/cwt165.00–170.009434
Steers—Medium and Large 2570157.54/cwt155.00–160.008982
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263175.15/cwt167.00–182.004617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318156.70/cwt155.00–160.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323170.19/cwt165.00–175.0055012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328144.89/cwt140.00–150.004754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366147.05/cwt145.00–150.005385
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367137.29/cwt135.00–142.005043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368160.17/cwt155.00–165.0058910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415159.94/cwt155.00–165.0066410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423143.40/cwt140.00–147.006072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468150.08/cwt145.00–155.007028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515141.12/cwt135.00–145.007275
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567121.62/cwt120.00–125.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568132.58/cwt130.00–135.007534
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51592.39/cwt90.00–94.001,4002
Bulls——1,873116.55/cwt111.00–119.002,1833
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04863.61/cwt61.00–67.006679
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08575.68/cwt74.00–77.0082121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24271.00/cwt68.00–73.0088219

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.