Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-05-03

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 3
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 495▲ 96 vs year ago 449 · +21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 192▲ 100 vs year ago 92 · +108.7%
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 steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.06/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$157.06
58 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.59
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1415163.4667815thin
Medium and Large 2393156.8561629
Medium and Large 3373150.6456214thin
One grade step is worth $12.81/cwt here — about $116 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
157.06
—
FL average10 barns · 419 hd
151.47
+5.59
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—Average1,57587.051,3712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17070.7882831
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04460.876355thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls——1,57587.05/cwt84.00–90.001,3712
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10268.38/cwt64.00–70.0075415
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23373.03/cwt71.00–75.0090016
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04460.87/cwt58.00–63.006355
HeifersMedium and Large 1—508122.54/cwt120.00–125.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455137.53/cwt135.00–140.006264
SteersMedium and Large 1—405162.47/cwt160.00–165.006584
SteersMedium and Large 1—365169.86/cwt165.00–175.006206
HeifersMedium and Large 2—458124.05/cwt121.00–127.005682
HeifersMedium and Large 2—258144.85/cwt140.00–150.003744
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408132.12/cwt128.00–138.005395
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324143.49/cwt140.00–146.004659
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373138.75/cwt135.00–142.005189
SteersMedium and Large 2—358157.55/cwt155.00–160.005646
SteersMedium and Large 2—430154.12/cwt149.00–159.006636
SteersMedium and Large 2—318171.70/cwt170.00–175.005463
SteersMedium and Large 2—515139.41/cwt135.00–144.007184
SteersMedium and Large 2—266172.07/cwt170.00–175.004585
SteersMedium and Large 2—463149.13/cwt145.00–152.006905
SteersMedium and Large 3—430141.59/cwt140.00–145.006093
SteersMedium and Large 3—318162.44/cwt160.00–165.005176
HeifersMedium and Large 3—458115.56/cwt112.00–119.005292
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318135.19/cwt130.00–138.004303
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363123.21/cwt120.00–130.004473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—409143.04/cwt140.00–145.005855
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368147.59/cwt145.00–150.005436
SteersMedium and Large 1—513149.05/cwt147.00–151.007652
SteersMedium and Large 1—462161.57/cwt155.00–165.007463
SteersMedium and Large 3—458139.95/cwt137.00–143.006412
SteersMedium and Large 3—370143.24/cwt140.00–150.005303

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.