Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-10-17

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,243 head
▲ 480 vs last sale 763▼ 149 vs year ago 1,392 · −10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 75▼ 107 vs year ago 326 · −32.8%
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 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.20/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$165.20
101 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.17
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2419167.5370239
Medium and Large 1501165.8283150
Medium and Large 3444155.0868912thin
One grade step is worth $12.46/cwt here — about $13 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 sale101 hd
165.20
—
FL average9 barns · 724 hd
158.03
+7.17
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—Average1,64394.631,5556thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10667.9775215
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11860.286749thin

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 1—418151.77/cwt145.00–155.006343
HeifersMedium and Large 2—316155.47/cwt150.00–159.004915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538128.52/cwt125.00–132.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468147.54/cwt145.00–150.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562130.95/cwt127.00–133.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365148.40/cwt145.00–152.005426
SteersMedium and Large 2—469160.61/cwt155.00–165.007537
SteersMedium and Large 1—575155.90/cwt152.00–160.008966
SteersMedium and Large 3—523142.58/cwt140.00–145.007466
SteersMedium and Large 1—727134.95/cwt133.00–139.009813
SteersMedium and Large 2—266186.20/cwt180.00–195.004955
SteersMedium and Large 2—372177.96/cwt175.00–180.006627
SteersMedium and Large 3—365167.57/cwt165.00–170.006126
SteersMedium and Large 1—634145.54/cwt144.00–150.009237
SteersMedium and Large 1—414178.99/cwt175.00–182.007419
SteersMedium and Large 1—317191.63/cwt190.00–195.006073
SteersMedium and Large 1—518162.07/cwt157.00–167.0084010
SteersMedium and Large 2—568148.03/cwt146.00–150.008414
SteersMedium and Large 2—506151.98/cwt150.00–155.007695
SteersMedium and Large 2—415167.44/cwt165.00–170.006958
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428128.03/cwt126.00–132.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513136.93/cwt134.00–140.007024
SteersMedium and Large 1—377185.06/cwt182.00–187.006985
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363157.24/cwt155.00–160.005717
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418138.83/cwt135.00–143.0058012
SteersMedium and Large 1—465171.42/cwt167.00–175.007977
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475138.61/cwt135.00–142.006588
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265154.04/cwt152.00–156.004084
SteersMedium and Large 2—332180.42/cwt177.00–182.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370137.57/cwt135.00–140.005094
HeifersMedium and Large 3—466129.15/cwt125.00–132.006025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—603121.35/cwt120.00–124.007323
Bulls——1,70096.90/cwt93.00–101.001,6474
Bulls——1,53090.08/cwt89.00–91.001,3782
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05370.74/cwt70.00–72.007455
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11860.28/cwt58.00–62.006749
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13266.59/cwt64.00–68.0075410

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.