Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2021-10-11

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 11
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,298 head
▲ 277 vs last sale 1,021▲ 300 vs year ago 998 · +30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 139▲ 49 vs year ago 111 · +44.1%
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 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.59/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$157.59
99 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.05
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485161.4778362
Medium and Large 2394154.3760931
Medium and Large 3418134.115606thin
One grade step is worth $27.36/cwt here — about $223 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 sale99 hd
157.59
—
FL average8 barns · 598 hd
148.54
+9.05
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—Low1,64683.271,37115
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14461.667058thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99854.045394thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1—318157.36/cwt155.00–160.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513133.45/cwt130.00–137.006858
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422122.62/cwt120.00–128.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368127.55/cwt125.00–130.004694
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320146.21/cwt143.00–151.004687
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423134.31/cwt130.00–139.0056812
SteersMedium and Large 1—274206.10/cwt195.00–210.005654
SteersMedium and Large 1—461165.34/cwt161.00–169.007629
SteersMedium and Large 2—323146.19/cwt143.00–151.004727
SteersMedium and Large 1—613138.16/cwt135.00–145.008476
SteersMedium and Large 2—285180.09/cwt175.00–185.005134
SteersMedium and Large 3—317137.28/cwt135.00–142.004353
SteersMedium and Large 2—416154.82/cwt150.00–160.0064413
SteersMedium and Large 2—508143.62/cwt137.00–147.007303
SteersMedium and Large 2—473149.57/cwt145.00–154.007074
SteersMedium and Large 1—676134.01/cwt131.00–137.009068
SteersMedium and Large 1—567149.31/cwt145.00–155.008479
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466129.96/cwt127.00–132.006065
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413142.91/cwt140.00–146.005904
SteersMedium and Large 1—412170.18/cwt165.00–175.0070115
SteersMedium and Large 1—514153.93/cwt150.00–160.007915
SteersMedium and Large 1—313188.54/cwt187.00–190.005906
SteersMedium and Large 3—518130.94/cwt127.00–133.006783
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528123.91/cwt120.00–128.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 2—361138.77/cwt135.00–142.005019
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560132.05/cwt130.00–135.007395
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463122.43/cwt120.00–125.005674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470140.40/cwt136.00–145.0066012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—263148.10/cwt140.00–157.0039010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366151.56/cwt147.00–160.005558
Bulls——1,58478.42/cwt77.00–80.001,2426
Bulls——1,63184.80/cwt82.00–87.001,3837
Bulls——1,88592.47/cwt90.00–95.001,7432
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14461.66/cwt60.00–67.007058
CowsLean 85-90%—99854.04/cwt51.00–58.005394

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.