Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-07-18

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
855 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 668▼ 255 vs year ago 1,110 · −23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
441 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 287▲ 197 vs year ago 244 · +80.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.40/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$148.40
106 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.61
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433153.8866668
Medium and Large 2431140.7960729
Medium and Large 3449131.475909thin
One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $77 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 sale106 hd
148.40
—
FL average9 barns · 961 hd
142.78
+5.61
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—Average1,473102.881,51520
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20077.5493153
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00368.4668735

Every lot

37 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2263190.82/cwt185.00–195.005025
Steers—Medium and Large 1268207.71/cwt200.00–215.005576
Steers—Medium and Large 1308199.88/cwt195.00–205.006164
Steers—Medium and Large 3319176.94/cwt175.00–180.005645
Steers—Medium and Large 2323188.64/cwt185.00–192.006096
Steers—Medium and Large 1359188.90/cwt185.00–195.006785
Steers—Medium and Large 2377178.06/cwt175.00–180.006715
Steers—Medium and Large 1413173.61/cwt170.00–177.007174
Steers—Medium and Large 2419163.78/cwt160.00–169.006867
Steers—Medium and Large 3435152.06/cwt147.00–157.006614
Steers—Medium and Large 2463161.11/cwt157.00–165.0074612
Steers—Medium and Large 1510163.04/cwt161.00–165.008326
Steers—Medium and Large 2522154.74/cwt150.00–159.0080813
Steers—Medium and Large 1565158.05/cwt155.00–160.008935
Steers—Medium and Large 2565147.92/cwt145.00–151.008364
Steers—Medium and Large 2628143.61/cwt140.00–145.009027
Steers—Medium and Large 1631148.56/cwt147.00–155.009375
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1264173.45/cwt170.00–178.004585
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273155.23/cwt150.00–160.004244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308169.96/cwt165.00–175.0052310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368148.57/cwt145.00–152.005474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385160.06/cwt155.00–165.006168
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418142.43/cwt140.00–147.005953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424155.28/cwt150.00–160.0065811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425133.07/cwt130.00–135.005665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459138.74/cwt135.00–142.0063711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468149.54/cwt145.00–155.0070013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478129.46/cwt127.00–132.006194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516142.22/cwt137.00–147.0073413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519130.62/cwt125.00–135.006787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563139.44/cwt137.00–142.007858
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32693.28/cwt92.00–95.001,2375
Bulls——1,509101.49/cwt98.00–106.001,53110
Bulls——1,546115.24/cwt110.00–119.001,7825
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00368.46/cwt65.00–71.0068735
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18875.54/cwt73.00–79.0089737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22982.17/cwt81.00–85.001,01016

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.