Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-02-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
604 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 694▼ 233 vs year ago 837 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 244▲ 158 vs year ago 114 · +138.6%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Sep 28, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.97/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$145.97
70 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.72
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477152.1672626
Medium and Large 2427147.7663031
Medium and Large 3477129.3361713thin
One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $109 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 sale70 hd
145.97
—
FL average10 barns · 530 hd
146.69
−0.72
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—Average1,44989.001,2905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21967.2982130
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27656.5172114

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,45585.65/cwt83.00–89.001,2463
Bulls——1,44094.02/cwt93.00–95.001,3542
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21564.66/cwt60.00–66.0078611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22268.82/cwt68.00–72.0084119
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27656.51/cwt53.00–59.0072114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418131.03/cwt130.00–132.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570105.98/cwt104.00–108.006044
HeifersMedium and Large 2—316137.42/cwt134.00–140.004345
HeifersMedium and Large 2—514111.17/cwt110.00–112.005717
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570112.35/cwt110.00–114.006407
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475116.84/cwt112.00–122.0055510
SteersMedium and Large 2—466141.79/cwt136.00–146.006615
SteersMedium and Large 2—419146.48/cwt144.00–150.006147
SteersMedium and Large 1—626126.98/cwt124.00–131.007955
SteersMedium and Large 1—515146.63/cwt142.00–151.007556
SteersMedium and Large 3—417137.44/cwt132.00–140.005733
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415119.95/cwt118.00–122.004984
HeifersMedium and Large 3—467107.66/cwt104.00–110.005035
SteersMedium and Large 3—458131.05/cwt128.00–134.006004
SteersMedium and Large 2—520134.08/cwt130.00–138.0069710
SteersMedium and Large 2—368150.94/cwt148.00–154.005552
HeifersMedium and Large 1—508115.01/cwt114.00–116.005842
SteersMedium and Large 2—322168.63/cwt168.00–170.005433
SteersMedium and Large 1—459150.96/cwt147.00–154.006937
SteersMedium and Large 1—268194.67/cwt190.00–200.005222
SteersMedium and Large 1—578135.97/cwt134.00–138.007862
SteersMedium and Large 1—320180.88/cwt177.00–185.005794
SteersMedium and Large 2—265174.43/cwt165.00–185.004624
SteersMedium and Large 3—520124.12/cwt120.00–128.006456

How this sale compares

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.