Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-05-02

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 2
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
594 head
6 vs last sale 600 49 vs year ago 545 · +9.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
292 head
133 vs last sale 159 100 vs year ago 192 · +52.1%
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 steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.48/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$153.48
66 head · 381 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.68
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400160.3364226
Medium and Large 2378150.3456931
Medium and Large 3336144.514869thin
One grade step is worth $15.83/cwt here — about $156 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 sale66 hd
153.48
FL average9 barns · 680 hd
150.81
+2.68
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
BullsLow1,44397.971,41312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30379.601,03726
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10273.6781219

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 1423158.26/cwt157.00–161.006693
HeifersMedium and Large 1458158.93/cwt155.00–161.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 2328158.58/cwt155.00–162.005204
HeifersMedium and Large 2366153.07/cwt147.00–157.005605
HeifersMedium and Large 2420147.53/cwt145.00–150.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 2455143.46/cwt140.00–147.006534
SteersMedium and Large 3324183.05/cwt180.00–187.0059311
SteersMedium and Large 2418177.09/cwt172.00–182.007406
SteersMedium and Large 1518170.94/cwt167.00–173.008853
SteersMedium and Large 2306192.94/cwt190.00–195.005905
SteersMedium and Large 1567168.29/cwt165.00–170.009543
SteersMedium and Large 2271191.09/cwt185.00–195.005185
SteersMedium and Large 3366175.26/cwt170.00–179.006417
HeifersMedium and Large 2279158.20/cwt150.00–165.004419
HeifersMedium and Large 3315147.54/cwt145.00–150.004656
HeifersMedium and Large 1318167.56/cwt165.00–170.005334
SteersMedium and Large 1470174.09/cwt170.00–178.008188
HeifersMedium and Large 3378138.44/cwt135.00–140.005233
SteersMedium and Large 1358191.74/cwt190.00–195.006863
HeifersMedium and Large 1368164.76/cwt160.00–170.0060612
HeifersMedium and Large 2516134.65/cwt130.00–138.006955
HeifersMedium and Large 1520142.43/cwt140.00–145.007414
SteersMedium and Large 2358182.45/cwt180.00–185.006534
Bulls1,41694.20/cwt90.00–97.001,3348
Bulls1,496105.51/cwt104.00–106.001,5784
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30379.60/cwt77.00–83.001,03726
CowsLean 85-90%1,10273.67/cwt71.00–77.0081219

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.