Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-12-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Dec 1
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,134 head
▼ 146 vs last sale 1,280▲ 80 vs year ago 1,054 · +7.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
284 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 244▲ 37 vs year ago 247 · +15.0%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Sep 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.78/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$169.78
133 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.17
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447175.4378480
Medium and Large 2432165.0871338
Medium and Large 3430151.6065215thin
One grade step is worth $23.83/cwt here — about $132 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 sale133 hd
169.78
—
FL average7 barns · 610 hd
166.62
+3.17
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—High1,61687.201,40911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21759.5872533
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13151.5558316

Every lot, as filed

45 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473132.38/cwt128.00–137.006266
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521132.74/cwt130.00–136.006929
SteersMedium and Large 2—430163.54/cwt160.00–167.007038
SteersMedium and Large 2—278186.59/cwt180.00–190.005193
SteersMedium and Large 2—320185.75/cwt182.00–190.005946
SteersMedium and Large 1—328198.65/cwt192.00–205.006528
SteersMedium and Large 1—361184.46/cwt180.00–190.006667
SteersMedium and Large 1—608157.53/cwt150.00–160.009584
SteersMedium and Large 1—408176.91/cwt172.00–182.0072214
SteersMedium and Large 1—469169.52/cwt165.00–175.0079517
SteersMedium and Large 2—474158.58/cwt153.00–162.007525
SteersMedium and Large 1—566157.55/cwt153.00–163.008929
SteersMedium and Large 2—563147.96/cwt145.00–150.008335
SteersMedium and Large 2—373171.70/cwt167.00–175.006405
SteersMedium and Large 1—660148.37/cwt144.00–151.009793
SteersMedium and Large 3—462148.29/cwt145.00–150.006853
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320138.23/cwt135.00–145.004423
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420129.72/cwt125.00–132.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365129.86/cwt125.00–135.004744
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568124.60/cwt120.00–127.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—382144.37/cwt140.00–148.005519
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422149.27/cwt145.00–155.006309
CowsLean 85-90%—99047.18/cwt45.00–49.004674
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17853.00/cwt51.00–56.0062412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13056.61/cwt54.00–59.0064018
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32163.15/cwt61.00–66.0083415
Bulls——1,74095.61/cwt93.00–99.001,6645
Bulls——1,59087.15/cwt83.00–89.001,3863
Bulls——1,43573.23/cwt72.00–76.001,0513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268150.61/cwt145.00–157.004044
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405139.04/cwt136.00–142.0056314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633129.77/cwt125.00–134.008215
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530122.91/cwt118.00–128.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563130.56/cwt128.00–133.007356
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363157.17/cwt152.00–162.005716
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329153.78/cwt150.00–157.005069
SteersMedium and Large 3—368161.96/cwt157.00–165.005965
SteersMedium and Large 3—423150.15/cwt145.00–155.006354
SteersMedium and Large 1—280210.36/cwt200.00–220.005898
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669122.46/cwt121.00–127.008194
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268170.28/cwt160.00–180.004564
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458143.43/cwt139.00–148.006578
SteersMedium and Large 1—515161.90/cwt157.00–167.0083410
SteersMedium and Large 2—528149.88/cwt145.00–155.007916
SteersMedium and Large 3—510139.58/cwt135.00–142.007123

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.