Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-08-08

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Aug 8
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
567 head
▼ 202 vs last sale 769▼ 643 vs year ago 1,210 · −53.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
394 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 243▲ 197 vs year ago 197 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.38/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$151.38
69 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426157.8767232
Medium and Large 3315148.444684thin
Medium and Large 2434145.4363133
One grade step is worth $12.44/cwt here — about $42 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 sale69 hd
151.38
—
FL average9 barns · 1,041 hd
145.47
+5.91
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—Average1,506100.671,5166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18984.211,00254
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16177.8090311

Every lot

33 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 2268193.54/cwt190.00–200.005193
Steers—Medium and Large 1318203.25/cwt200.00–205.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 2320191.69/cwt187.00–197.006136
Steers—Medium and Large 3325180.15/cwt175.00–185.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 1362191.06/cwt190.00–193.006923
Steers—Medium and Large 2377178.87/cwt175.00–185.006745
Steers—Medium and Large 1419184.35/cwt177.00–190.007727
Steers—Medium and Large 2425169.82/cwt165.00–175.007228
Steers—Medium and Large 2458157.46/cwt155.00–160.007214
Steers—Medium and Large 1462168.25/cwt165.00–170.007773
Steers—Medium and Large 3512147.09/cwt145.00–151.007533
Steers—Medium and Large 2514160.84/cwt155.00–165.008275
Steers—Medium and Large 1517170.66/cwt168.00–172.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 1562159.98/cwt158.00–161.008993
Steers—Medium and Large 3568147.30/cwt142.00–150.008373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278178.17/cwt175.00–185.004953
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315148.44/cwt145.00–152.004684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322160.56/cwt157.00–165.005176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328175.77/cwt170.00–182.005774
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367150.87/cwt147.00–157.005545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368165.10/cwt160.00–170.006086
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414145.80/cwt140.00–150.006045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426158.80/cwt155.00–165.006765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464152.07/cwt148.00–155.007065
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468143.41/cwt140.00–147.006718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518142.58/cwt140.00–145.007396
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526133.92/cwt130.00–137.007049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573137.96/cwt137.00–140.007913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44294.71/cwt93.00–96.001,3663
Bulls——1,570106.62/cwt106.00–108.001,6743
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11082.38/cwt80.00–86.0091439
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16177.80/cwt74.00–79.0090311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39688.97/cwt88.00–92.001,24215

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.