Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-05-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
572 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 545▲ 242 vs year ago 330 · +73.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
233 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 192▲ 156 vs year ago 77 · +202.6%
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 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.59/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$151.59
71 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.97
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427157.8567414thin
Medium and Large 2370155.2557532
Medium and Large 3421143.4060425
One grade step is worth $14.45/cwt here — about $70 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 sale71 hd
151.59
—
FL average9 barns · 404 hd
144.62
+6.97
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—Average1,52387.581,3344thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16971.7383828
CowsLean 85-90%Average96362.3860015

Every lot, as filed

33 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——1,52387.58/cwt85.00–89.001,3344
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23675.44/cwt74.00–79.009329
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13769.97/cwt67.00–72.0079619
CowsLean 85-90%—94457.85/cwt54.00–60.005466
CowsLean 85-90%—97565.40/cwt64.00–68.006389
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313152.60/cwt150.00–155.004782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—267143.13/cwt140.00–150.003823
SteersMedium and Large 3—413137.55/cwt135.00–140.005682
SteersMedium and Large 3—366146.05/cwt144.00–149.005355
SteersMedium and Large 2—416150.63/cwt145.00–155.006277
SteersMedium and Large 3—475133.70/cwt132.00–137.006353
SteersMedium and Large 3—563129.14/cwt125.00–132.007275
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370141.92/cwt140.00–144.005254
SteersMedium and Large 2—269164.95/cwt160.00–172.004449
HeifersMedium and Large 2—504112.43/cwt110.00–116.005675
SteersMedium and Large 2—312167.02/cwt165.00–168.005213
HeifersMedium and Large 3—307128.48/cwt125.00–135.003943
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428118.60/cwt115.00–122.005084
SteersMedium and Large 2—364152.91/cwt150.00–155.005577
SteersMedium and Large 1—425159.05/cwt157.00–161.006766
SteersMedium and Large 1—523146.95/cwt145.00–149.007692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426137.04/cwt135.00–140.005845
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460134.72/cwt130.00–137.006203
SteersMedium and Large 1—368162.94/cwt160.00–166.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468122.46/cwt120.00–125.005734
SteersMedium and Large 1—455154.98/cwt153.00–157.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428127.91/cwt125.00–131.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367133.59/cwt132.00–137.004903
SteersMedium and Large 2—525141.94/cwt140.00–144.007454
SteersMedium and Large 3—325159.12/cwt155.00–163.005178
SteersMedium and Large 3—520129.95/cwt125.00–135.006762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328142.44/cwt140.00–145.004678
SteersMedium and Large 2—465144.96/cwt141.00–149.006742

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.