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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Mar 9
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
414 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 626▼ 84 vs year ago 498 · −16.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
383 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 337▲ 180 vs year ago 203 · +88.7%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Sep 28, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $190.15/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$190.15
58 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.55
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1388199.4677331
Medium and Large 2390183.1771421
Medium and Large 3402166.486696thin
One grade step is worth $32.99/cwt here — about $104 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 sale58 hd
190.15
—
FL average9 barns · 386 hd
178.60
+11.55
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—Average1,604110.351,7696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31385.801,12770
CowsLean 85-90%Average98576.1775015

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—260177.21/cwt170.00–185.004612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468138.31/cwt135.00–140.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408143.47/cwt140.00–150.005853
HeifersMedium and Large 2—259160.86/cwt155.00–165.004177
HeifersMedium and Large 2—362154.52/cwt150.00–157.005593
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383163.43/cwt160.00–167.006264
SteersMedium and Large 2—315195.94/cwt192.00–200.006174
SteersMedium and Large 2—528163.58/cwt160.00–167.008644
SteersMedium and Large 1—356201.15/cwt195.00–210.007165
SteersMedium and Large 2—428176.77/cwt170.00–180.007573
SteersMedium and Large 2—265202.36/cwt195.00–210.005364
SteersMedium and Large 1—282229.26/cwt220.00–235.006475
SteersMedium and Large 3—377168.19/cwt165.00–175.006343
SteersMedium and Large 3—427164.76/cwt160.00–167.007043
SteersMedium and Large 2—358186.51/cwt180.00–190.006683
SteersMedium and Large 2—467169.75/cwt165.00–172.007933
SteersMedium and Large 1—478179.51/cwt177.00–182.008586
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426163.10/cwt160.00–167.006957
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510131.63/cwt130.00–135.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477149.57/cwt147.00–155.007133
SteersMedium and Large 1—325211.28/cwt205.00–217.006878
SteersMedium and Large 1—420188.17/cwt185.00–195.007903
SteersMedium and Large 1—525174.86/cwt170.00–180.009184
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318169.54/cwt165.00–172.005393
Bulls——1,337106.53/cwt104.00–108.001,4243
Bulls——1,870114.17/cwt110.00–123.002,1353
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34883.30/cwt80.00–86.001,12348
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23891.27/cwt89.00–99.001,13022
CowsLean 85-90%—98576.17/cwt73.00–79.0075015

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.