Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-11-14

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Nov 14
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,240 head
▲ 236 vs last sale 1,004▲ 1,240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
459 head
▲ 296 vs last sale 163▲ 459 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 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 $150.76/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$150.76
76 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.45
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457152.7969845
Medium and Large 2393149.2158627
Medium and Large 3370138.365124thin
One grade step is worth $14.43/cwt here — about $186 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 sale76 hd
150.76
—
FL average9 barns · 793 hd
144.31
+6.45
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—High1,759117.212,0624thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13073.8883537
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05064.4667712

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1313199.80/cwt195.00–205.006254
Steers—Medium and Large 3325177.58/cwt175.00–180.005774
Steers—Medium and Large 2330188.61/cwt185.00–192.006226
Steers—Medium and Large 1363194.41/cwt190.00–198.007067
Steers—Medium and Large 2368177.45/cwt175.00–180.006536
Steers—Medium and Large 2418170.27/cwt167.00–172.007123
Steers—Medium and Large 1423184.79/cwt178.00–192.007826
Steers—Medium and Large 1467176.83/cwt170.00–183.0082613
Steers—Medium and Large 2480162.39/cwt157.00–165.007793
Steers—Medium and Large 2510157.94/cwt155.00–160.008055
Steers—Medium and Large 1511170.95/cwt167.00–177.008745
Steers—Medium and Large 1555168.70/cwt167.00–172.009363
Steers—Medium and Large 1614157.86/cwt152.00–162.009695
Steers—Medium and Large 1678151.93/cwt148.00–156.001,0304
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277168.49/cwt165.00–170.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283157.39/cwt155.00–162.004453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321158.87/cwt155.00–162.005107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323167.60/cwt165.00–170.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363149.83/cwt145.00–155.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366162.46/cwt160.00–166.005955
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370138.36/cwt135.00–142.005124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408149.06/cwt147.00–152.006085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433158.44/cwt155.00–162.006866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468154.48/cwt150.00–160.0072313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477144.03/cwt140.00–146.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516133.56/cwt130.00–136.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518144.30/cwt140.00–147.007475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578137.37/cwt135.00–139.007945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610130.02/cwt127.00–133.007934
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,759117.21/cwt114.00–121.002,0624
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05064.46/cwt60.00–67.0067712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09979.96/cwt78.00–83.0087911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14371.31/cwt68.00–76.0081526

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.