Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-06-27

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 27
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
693 head
144 vs last sale 549 693 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
425 head
190 vs last sale 235 425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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 mostly steady. 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 $175.36/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$175.36
80 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.05
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479176.8684836
Medium and Large 2420174.6073334
Medium and Large 3375172.5264710thin
One grade step is worth $4.34/cwt here — about $201 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 sale80 hd
175.36
FL average9 barns · 581 hd
170.30
+5.05
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
BullsAverage1,770115.522,0452thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21397.461,18267
CowsLean 85-90%Average99380.858034thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1330168.55/cwt165.00–172.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 1503140.31/cwt137.00–142.007063
HeifersMedium and Large 1268172.89/cwt169.00–177.004636
HeifersMedium and Large 2470142.55/cwt140.00–145.006706
HeifersMedium and Large 1460150.52/cwt147.00–153.006925
SteersMedium and Large 1368191.74/cwt190.00–195.007063
SteersMedium and Large 2421171.46/cwt167.00–175.007227
SteersMedium and Large 3314180.73/cwt175.00–185.005675
SteersMedium and Large 3523153.42/cwt150.00–157.008022
SteersMedium and Large 1463177.14/cwt172.00–182.008204
SteersMedium and Large 1515171.47/cwt168.00–175.0088310
SteersMedium and Large 2578154.01/cwt153.00–156.008903
SteersMedium and Large 1265206.54/cwt200.00–210.005473
SteersMedium and Large 1318202.56/cwt200.00–205.006442
SteersMedium and Large 2268190.89/cwt187.00–195.005124
SteersMedium and Large 2369181.34/cwt176.00–185.006695
SteersMedium and Large 1606161.20/cwt156.00–163.009774
SteersMedium and Large 1579163.06/cwt160.00–167.009447
SteersMedium and Large 3378171.56/cwt170.00–175.006483
HeifersMedium and Large 1408157.99/cwt156.00–160.006454
HeifersMedium and Large 2413147.58/cwt145.00–150.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 2509133.82/cwt132.00–135.006815
SteersMedium and Large 2328192.40/cwt190.00–195.006314
SteersMedium and Large 1413185.81/cwt180.00–189.007673
SteersMedium and Large 2467168.94/cwt166.00–171.007897
HeifersMedium and Large 1625129.29/cwt126.00–133.008087
HeifersMedium and Large 1378161.45/cwt160.00–163.006104
HeifersMedium and Large 2320157.54/cwt155.00–160.005042
SteersMedium and Large 2523162.93/cwt160.00–166.008524
Bulls1,770115.52/cwt115.00–116.002,0452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17590.44/cwt86.00–94.001,06320
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229100.45/cwt96.00–106.001,23547
CowsLean 85-90%99380.85/cwt80.00–83.008034

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.