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

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 10
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
763 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 640▼ 535 vs year ago 1,298 · −41.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 181▼ 85 vs year ago 160 · −53.1%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure on Monday of last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.79/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$161.79
120 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$224
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$5.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.49
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3376164.1061828
Medium and Large 2447163.5873142
Medium and Large 1530159.0084250
One grade step is worth $5.10/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale120 hd
161.79
—
FL average9 barns · 673 hd
162.29
−0.49
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—Average1,57591.781,4458thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19169.208248thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03554.015596thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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—463142.05/cwt140.00–144.006584
HeifersMedium and Large 2—584125.47/cwt122.00–128.007337
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370134.31/cwt130.00–137.004975
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365143.36/cwt140.00–147.0052312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318144.62/cwt140.00–147.004603
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424137.07/cwt135.00–140.005817
SteersMedium and Large 1—672142.68/cwt140.00–144.009596
SteersMedium and Large 2—584149.24/cwt145.00–152.008725
SteersMedium and Large 2—468157.46/cwt155.00–160.007376
SteersMedium and Large 2—510154.13/cwt150.00–159.0078611
SteersMedium and Large 2—378174.08/cwt170.00–178.0065812
SteersMedium and Large 2—408162.45/cwt160.00–165.006634
SteersMedium and Large 1—510161.24/cwt160.00–163.008225
SteersMedium and Large 1—406170.64/cwt167.00–173.006935
SteersMedium and Large 3—424153.73/cwt150.00–159.006527
SteersMedium and Large 3—318175.12/cwt170.00–180.0055712
SteersMedium and Large 3—512145.70/cwt145.00–147.007463
SteersMedium and Large 3—370163.36/cwt160.00–167.006046
SteersMedium and Large 2—318186.31/cwt183.00–190.005924
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624126.31/cwt122.00–129.007888
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367154.06/cwt150.00–157.005655
SteersMedium and Large 1—565157.48/cwt155.00–160.008908
SteersMedium and Large 1—468166.32/cwt163.00–169.0077811
SteersMedium and Large 1—615146.83/cwt142.00–150.0090311
SteersMedium and Large 1—358182.53/cwt181.00–184.006534
HeifersMedium and Large 2—461135.65/cwt133.00–139.006257
HeifersMedium and Large 2—511130.69/cwt129.00–132.006687
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560132.05/cwt130.00–135.007395
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318154.80/cwt150.00–160.0049210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413144.42/cwt142.00–147.005968
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511137.64/cwt135.00–141.007037
Bulls——1,60196.73/cwt93.00–102.001,5494
Bulls——1,54886.83/cwt83.00–88.001,3444
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15467.74/cwt65.00–74.007826
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30373.58/cwt72.00–75.009592
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03554.01/cwt53.00–55.005596

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.