Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-07-18

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
855 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 668▼ 255 vs year ago 1,110 · −23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
441 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 287▲ 197 vs year ago 244 · +80.7%
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 2.00 to 4.00 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 $148.40/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$148.40
106 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433153.8866668
Medium and Large 2431140.7960729
Medium and Large 3449131.475909thin
One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $77 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 sale106 hd
148.40
—
FL average9 barns · 961 hd
142.78
+5.61
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—Average1,473102.881,51520
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20077.5493153
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00368.4668735

Every lot, as filed

37 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 3—425133.07/cwt130.00–135.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563139.44/cwt137.00–142.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424155.28/cwt150.00–160.0065811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468149.54/cwt145.00–155.0070013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418142.43/cwt140.00–147.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368148.57/cwt145.00–152.005474
SteersMedium and Large 1—565158.05/cwt155.00–160.008935
SteersMedium and Large 2—565147.92/cwt145.00–151.008364
SteersMedium and Large 1—268207.71/cwt200.00–215.005576
SteersMedium and Large 3—319176.94/cwt175.00–180.005645
SteersMedium and Large 2—323188.64/cwt185.00–192.006096
SteersMedium and Large 2—463161.11/cwt157.00–165.0074612
SteersMedium and Large 1—413173.61/cwt170.00–177.007174
SteersMedium and Large 1—359188.90/cwt185.00–195.006785
SteersMedium and Large 2—522154.74/cwt150.00–159.0080813
SteersMedium and Large 2—377178.06/cwt175.00–180.006715
SteersMedium and Large 2—263190.82/cwt185.00–195.005025
SteersMedium and Large 2—419163.78/cwt160.00–169.006867
SteersMedium and Large 3—435152.06/cwt147.00–157.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273155.23/cwt150.00–160.004244
SteersMedium and Large 2—628143.61/cwt140.00–145.009027
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519130.62/cwt125.00–135.006787
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385160.06/cwt155.00–165.006168
SteersMedium and Large 1—510163.04/cwt161.00–165.008326
SteersMedium and Large 1—308199.88/cwt195.00–205.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516142.22/cwt137.00–147.0073413
SteersMedium and Large 1—631148.56/cwt147.00–155.009375
HeifersMedium and Large 1—264173.45/cwt170.00–178.004585
HeifersMedium and Large 2—459138.74/cwt135.00–142.0063711
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478129.46/cwt127.00–132.006194
HeifersMedium and Large 1—308169.96/cwt165.00–175.0052310
Bulls——1,509101.49/cwt98.00–106.001,53110
Bulls——1,546115.24/cwt110.00–119.001,7825
Bulls——1,32693.28/cwt92.00–95.001,2375
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22982.17/cwt81.00–85.001,01016
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00368.46/cwt65.00–71.0068735
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18875.54/cwt73.00–79.0089737

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.