Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-01-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,170 head
▲ 692 vs last sale 478▼ 24 vs year ago 1,194 · −2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 91▼ 94 vs year ago 317 · −29.7%
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 mostly steady. 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 $188.86/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$188.86
92 head · 388 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.74
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1391195.4976460
Medium and Large 2380179.0068027
Medium and Large 3395162.426425thin
One grade step is worth $33.07/cwt here — about $123 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 sale92 hd
188.86
—
FL average9 barns · 611 hd
183.11
+5.74
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—Average1,65088.871,46610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07667.9973123

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—518135.07/cwt130.00–140.007004
HeifersMedium and Large 3—357134.62/cwt132.00–140.004813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460124.72/cwt120.00–127.005743
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358149.56/cwt145.00–152.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418140.93/cwt137.00–145.005894
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278157.30/cwt150.00–165.004378
SteersMedium and Large 1—423184.62/cwt180.00–190.007819
SteersMedium and Large 1—271223.72/cwt215.00–235.0060611
SteersMedium and Large 2—423169.85/cwt165.00–175.007188
SteersMedium and Large 1—305219.84/cwt210.00–230.0067112
SteersMedium and Large 2—520159.62/cwt155.00–162.008303
SteersMedium and Large 3—375168.29/cwt165.00–170.006313
SteersMedium and Large 2—316191.72/cwt185.00–200.006067
SteersMedium and Large 3—425153.62/cwt150.00–157.006532
SteersMedium and Large 2—470162.45/cwt160.00–165.007642
SteersMedium and Large 2—358182.44/cwt180.00–187.006533
SteersMedium and Large 2—273195.28/cwt185.00–205.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416154.17/cwt150.00–160.006417
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323170.19/cwt165.00–175.0055010
SteersMedium and Large 1—458175.08/cwt170.00–180.0080212
SteersMedium and Large 1—558166.93/cwt162.00–172.009314
SteersMedium and Large 1—355197.61/cwt190.00–205.007026
SteersMedium and Large 1—525169.10/cwt164.00–174.008886
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467134.75/cwt130.00–137.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 3—408126.73/cwt125.00–130.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515125.94/cwt120.00–129.006493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470146.95/cwt142.00–152.006916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—276175.58/cwt170.00–180.004857
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310155.00/cwt155.00–162.004812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—358159.90/cwt155.00–165.0057210
Bulls——1,58090.03/cwt88.00–94.001,4223
Bulls——1,740101.79/cwt98.00–106.001,7712
Bulls——1,65583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3745
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03665.10/cwt62.00–68.0067411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11270.64/cwt69.00–73.0078612

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.