Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-02-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Feb 1
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
489 head
▼ 284 vs last sale 773▼ 127 vs year ago 616 · −20.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 231▲ 182 vs year ago 69 · +263.8%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.84/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$172.84
66 head · 377 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.86
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386176.7268246
Medium and Large 2354166.0258818thin
Medium and Large 3365145.145302thin
One grade step is worth $31.58/cwt here — about $152 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 sale66 hd
172.84
—
FL average8 barns · 518 hd
152.98
+19.86
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—High1,76385.831,51310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16063.6773934
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09052.685746thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410129.00/cwt125.00–133.005292
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415139.28/cwt137.00–144.005783
SteersMedium and Large 2—373157.42/cwt155.00–160.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533121.35/cwt120.00–124.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273160.14/cwt155.00–165.004374
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363140.49/cwt137.00–147.005106
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573115.97/cwt114.00–118.006652
SteersMedium and Large 1—529152.95/cwt147.00–157.008095
SteersMedium and Large 2—280180.18/cwt170.00–190.005056
Bulls——1,90592.65/cwt91.00–94.001,7654
Bulls——1,62075.63/cwt73.00–79.001,2253
Bulls——1,71786.92/cwt85.00–89.001,4923
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15962.92/cwt60.00–65.0072927
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16666.57/cwt66.00–67.007767
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09052.68/cwt51.00–55.005746
SteersMedium and Large 1—310184.84/cwt180.00–190.005732
SteersMedium and Large 1—423163.88/cwt160.00–168.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310146.61/cwt145.00–150.004543
SteersMedium and Large 1—468158.63/cwt155.00–162.007426
SteersMedium and Large 2—465147.28/cwt142.00–150.006853
SteersMedium and Large 2—425153.41/cwt150.00–155.006523
SteersMedium and Large 1—368167.59/cwt165.00–170.0061711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325137.42/cwt135.00–140.004474
SteersMedium and Large 1—564141.68/cwt137.00–145.007995
SteersMedium and Large 2—320172.58/cwt170.00–175.005524
SteersMedium and Large 1—266208.23/cwt200.00–215.005547
HeifersMedium and Large 2—353132.48/cwt130.00–135.004682
SteersMedium and Large 3—365145.14/cwt140.00–150.005302
SteersMedium and Large 1—208229.64/cwt220.00–240.004786

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.