Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-04-11

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Apr 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
411 head
194 vs last sale 605 185 vs year ago 596 · 31.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
193 head
31 vs last sale 224 25 vs year ago 168 · +14.9%
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 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $188.57/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$188.57
59 head · 382 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.33
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2352191.0367130
Medium and Large 1436186.7381422
Medium and Large 3340183.816257thin
One grade step is worth $7.22/cwt here — about $47 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 sale59 hd
188.57
FL average8 barns · 398 hd
184.23
+4.33
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
BullsAverage1,591104.441,6627thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17980.1894533
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16676.1288812

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1265177.85/cwt170.00–182.004713
HeifersMedium and Large 1471158.53/cwt157.00–161.007475
HeifersMedium and Large 1402166.03/cwt162.00–171.006679
HeifersMedium and Large 2275159.04/cwt150.00–165.004377
SteersMedium and Large 1515174.59/cwt170.00–179.008994
SteersMedium and Large 1459180.35/cwt178.00–184.008285
SteersMedium and Large 2408178.98/cwt177.00–180.007303
SteersMedium and Large 3325184.64/cwt180.00–189.006004
SteersMedium and Large 2266206.09/cwt200.00–210.005485
SteersMedium and Large 2455169.73/cwt167.00–175.007723
SteersMedium and Large 2366190.22/cwt185.00–195.0069611
HeifersMedium and Large 2323165.64/cwt162.00–169.005356
HeifersMedium and Large 2520141.63/cwt140.00–145.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 1383170.90/cwt166.00–176.006556
SteersMedium and Large 3360182.70/cwt180.00–184.006583
SteersMedium and Large 2325195.23/cwt190.00–200.006348
SteersMedium and Large 1310207.58/cwt205.00–210.006436
HeifersMedium and Large 1553153.34/cwt150.00–155.008483
HeifersMedium and Large 1319175.48/cwt170.00–180.005609
HeifersMedium and Large 1514154.09/cwt150.00–157.007925
SteersMedium and Large 1555171.70/cwt170.00–175.009533
SteersMedium and Large 1428186.85/cwt182.00–192.008004
Bulls1,600110.74/cwt105.00–112.001,7724
Bulls1,58096.05/cwt94.00–100.001,5183
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13778.29/cwt75.00–81.0089020
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24483.09/cwt82.00–86.001,03413
CowsLean 85-90%1,16676.12/cwt74.00–80.0088812

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.