Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-04-05

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Apr 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
310 vs last sale 556 102 vs year ago 348 · 29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
11 vs last sale 122 68 vs year ago 43 · +158.1%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Aug 19, 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 steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.54/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$185.54
54 head · 344 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.13
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1345195.6067525
Medium and Large 2326181.9959323
Medium and Large 3405157.206376thin
One grade step is worth $38.40/cwt here — about $38 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 sale54 hd
185.54
FL average9 barns · 496 hd
166.40
+19.13
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
BullsAverage1,65091.501,5102thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15169.6880229
CowsLean 85-90%Average99158.705828thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls1,55085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25672.87/cwt71.00–76.0091515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03966.27/cwt64.00–68.0068914
CowsLean 85-90%99158.70/cwt57.00–62.005828
Bulls1,75098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,7151
HeifersMedium and Large 1320164.92/cwt160.00–170.005282
SteersMedium and Large 1369189.35/cwt185.00–195.006997
HeifersMedium and Large 1465144.89/cwt140.00–150.006746
HeifersMedium and Large 1266168.36/cwt160.00–175.004487
SteersMedium and Large 1465172.11/cwt167.00–177.008002
HeifersMedium and Large 3483123.38/cwt120.00–125.005963
SteersMedium and Large 1264209.98/cwt205.00–217.005547
SteersMedium and Large 3425157.41/cwt155.00–160.006694
SteersMedium and Large 2263189.76/cwt185.00–195.0049910
HeifersMedium and Large 2473133.90/cwt132.00–138.006333
SteersMedium and Large 2428167.54/cwt165.00–170.007172
SteersMedium and Large 1319205.92/cwt200.00–210.006575
SteersMedium and Large 2321191.07/cwt185.00–195.006135
SteersMedium and Large 2468159.06/cwt155.00–163.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 2518123.75/cwt121.00–129.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 1425148.18/cwt145.00–155.006303
SteersMedium and Large 2368169.90/cwt165.00–175.006254
HeifersMedium and Large 2323153.42/cwt150.00–157.004962
SteersMedium and Large 3365156.79/cwt152.00–162.005722
SteersMedium and Large 1418180.21/cwt175.00–185.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 1363161.65/cwt160.00–165.005876

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.