Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2022-12-05

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Dec 5
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,848 head
▲ 535 vs last sale 1,313▲ 361 vs year ago 1,487 · +24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
462 head
▲ 193 vs last sale 269▲ 259 vs year ago 203 · +127.6%
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 mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $194.20/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$194.20
89 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$801
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.89
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420200.5284357
Medium and Large 2394187.3473823
Medium and Large 3408171.687009thin
One grade step is worth $28.83/cwt here — about $143 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 sale89 hd
194.20
—
FL average9 barns · 688 hd
187.31
+6.89
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—Average1,52097.941,4893thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19775.7590735
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10565.717264thin

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—415165.06/cwt160.00–170.006854
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424145.52/cwt142.00–148.006177
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463152.57/cwt150.00–155.007064
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460164.11/cwt160.00–167.007555
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420152.90/cwt150.00–157.006425
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355159.93/cwt155.00–165.005686
SteersMedium and Large 1—408201.29/cwt190.00–210.008219
SteersMedium and Large 2—275212.77/cwt205.00–220.005854
SteersMedium and Large 2—327196.73/cwt190.00–200.006433
SteersMedium and Large 2—513165.07/cwt160.00–170.008474
SteersMedium and Large 1—263238.10/cwt225.00–250.0062612
SteersMedium and Large 1—567170.26/cwt168.00–175.009653
SteersMedium and Large 2—483174.06/cwt170.00–176.008413
SteersMedium and Large 3—470163.06/cwt160.00–165.007665
SteersMedium and Large 1—320221.63/cwt210.00–230.007095
SteersMedium and Large 1—525180.10/cwt175.00–185.009466
SteersMedium and Large 1—613161.94/cwt160.00–165.009938
SteersMedium and Large 1—470182.87/cwt177.00–187.008595
SteersMedium and Large 3—330182.46/cwt180.00–185.006024
SteersMedium and Large 2—413179.85/cwt175.00–185.007434
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315152.48/cwt150.00–157.004803
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519153.03/cwt150.00–155.007945
SteersMedium and Large 2—365193.16/cwt187.00–197.007055
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323179.79/cwt172.00–187.005816
HeifersMedium and Large 2—514142.08/cwt140.00–145.007305
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575148.59/cwt145.00–152.008544
HeifersMedium and Large 2—319165.11/cwt162.00–170.005275
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365147.57/cwt145.00–150.005394
SteersMedium and Large 1—381205.69/cwt200.00–210.007849
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363176.21/cwt170.00–182.006406
HeifersMedium and Large 3—462143.05/cwt140.00–145.006615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622131.17/cwt127.00–137.008167
Bulls——1,38591.91/cwt90.00–94.001,2732
Bulls——1,790110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,9691
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24977.70/cwt75.00–82.0097023
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10565.71/cwt62.00–68.007264
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09872.01/cwt69.00–74.0079112

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.