Florida Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

2,629 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.78/cwt -2.31 vs last sale · ≈ $694/hd at 416 lb · 45 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $181.26/cwt -3.70 vs last sale · ≈ $576/hd at 318 lb · 39 head

heavy 2-weight M&L 1 steers $223.09/cwt -11.36 vs last sale · ≈ $618/hd at 277 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,629	600	1,349
Feeder cattle	1,700	372	999
Slaughter cattle	807	228	287
Replacement cattle	122	—	63

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Arcadia (829), Columbia (502), Ocala (274) and Okeechobee (1024). Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes mostly steady. Replacement cows steady to weak.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	190.00	$190.00	$380	—
250–285	277	37	215.00–232.00	$223.09	$618	-11.36
300–345	314	32	184.00–225.00	$212.86	$668	-10.58
350–395	369	28	184.00–212.00	$196.85	$726	-11.37
400–445	424	20	180.00–197.00	$188.63	$800	-2.86
450–495	468	30	174.00–192.00	$184.55	$864	-5.40
500–545	524	21	168.00–185.00	$175.74	$921	-13.12
550–585	573	10	164.00–170.00	$166.98	$957	-13.93
600–645	611	22	147.00–171.00	$164.17	$1,003	-7.82
655–670	663	2	157.00–160.00	$158.48	$1,051	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	228	7	175.00–180.00	$176.52	$402	—
250–295	266	25	190.00–250.00	$204.24	$543	—
300–340	322	20	167.00–207.00	$190.30	$613	-9.38
350–395	364	17	178.00–195.00	$185.66	$676	—
400–445	421	17	160.00–189.00	$177.41	$747	—
450–495	469	6	162.00–170.00	$165.75	$777	-8.88
500–545	528	6	145.00–161.00	$152.50	$805	-22.21
550	550	1	160.00	$160.00	$880	—
600–645	623	3	138.00–141.00	$139.63	$870	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	262	5	180.00–185.00	$183.67	$481	—
300–345	329	15	187.00–200.00	$193.27	$636	—
350–380	368	6	172.00–185.00	$179.59	$661	—
400	400	1	168.00	$168.00	$672	—
450–495	473	2	150.00–152.00	$150.95	$714	-15.79
500	500	1	150.00	$150.00	$750	—
550	550	1	150.00	$150.00	$825	—
600	600	1	136.00	$136.00	$816	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	155.00	$155.00	$256	—
200–245	226	5	166.00–176.00	$171.15	$387	—
250–295	277	33	170.00–189.00	$177.79	$492	-10.95
300–345	318	39	170.00–190.00	$181.26	$576	-3.70
350–395	366	15	159.00–180.00	$172.07	$630	-6.35
400–445	416	45	150.00–175.00	$166.78	$694	-2.31
450–495	481	22	147.00–164.00	$158.14	$761	-8.29
500–545	519	29	138.00–160.00	$153.76	$798	-11.57
550–595	569	15	136.00–159.00	$147.66	$840	-11.95
600–645	626	11	127.00–136.00	$130.51	$817	-12.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–195	173	4	140.00–150.00	$145.91	$252	—
200–245	229	11	150.00–160.00	$153.18	$351	—
250–295	263	22	158.00–167.00	$162.70	$428	—
300–345	323	19	137.50–170.00	$159.94	$517	-6.18
350–390	371	14	150.00–167.00	$159.03	$590	—
400–445	411	10	142.00–163.00	$152.45	$627	-1.13
450–495	466	10	134.00–155.00	$145.08	$676	-8.85
500–545	529	6	130.00–145.00	$139.29	$737	—
550–595	578	6	128.00–136.00	$131.74	$761	—
600–645	634	4	100.00–125.00	$106.93	$678	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	130.00	$130.00	$214	—
200–245	229	10	137.00–145.00	$140.49	$322	—
250–295	272	10	140.00–152.00	$146.72	$399	—
300–345	329	11	150.00–158.00	$153.12	$504	—
350–385	371	7	142.00–150.00	$147.44	$547	—
400–445	420	11	129.00–145.00	$139.16	$584	—
450–495	469	11	124.00–142.00	$132.44	$621	—
500–545	526	13	110.00–132.00	$124.33	$654	—
550–590	573	3	102.00–124.00	$110.06	$631	—
600–645	616	4	107.00–112.00	$109.69	$676	—
680–685	683	2	90.00–98.00	$93.99	$642	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	3	185.00–200.00	$192.84	$430	—
250–295	276	4	206.00–220.00	$209.92	$579	—
300	300	2	222.00	$222.00	$666	—
350–395	372	11	180.00–200.00	$190.90	$710	—
400–445	423	2	182.00–190.00	$185.79	$786	—
450–495	475	6	161.00–180.00	$172.74	$821	—
550–595	577	3	166.00–174.00	$169.22	$976	—
600	600	2	149.00	$149.00	$894	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	2	175.00–180.00	$177.25	$395	—
250–295	264	7	190.00–200.00	$196.76	$519	—
300–345	323	2	208.00–210.00	$208.93	$675	—
350–395	369	4	179.00–186.00	$183.14	$676	—
400–445	415	3	178.00–180.00	$179.29	$744	—
500–545	526	4	160.00–166.00	$162.40	$854	—
550	550	1	159.00	$159.00	$874	—
640–645	643	2	119.00–128.00	$123.48	$794	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	277	5	180.00–185.00	$181.81	$504	—
300–345	327	6	192.00–198.00	$195.53	$639	—
350	350	1	176.00	$176.00	$616	—
400	400	1	168.00	$168.00	$672	—
550	550	1	145.00	$145.00	$798	—
600–645	623	2	130.00–132.00	$130.96	$816	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1365	1065	80-85%	46	60.00–83.00	$79.28	$844	—
910–1550	1157	80-85%	127	70.00–88.00	$84.69	$980	—
925–1390	1206	80-85%	56	80.00–95.00	$90.31	$1,089	-5.21

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1285	967	85-90%	26	40.00–72.00	$64.68	$625	—
705–1285	999	85-90%	78	54.00–82.00	$73.80	$737	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1170	1168	75-80%	2	80.00–81.00	$80.50	$940	—
1160–1630	1321	75-80%	24	88.00–92.00	$90.20	$1,192	—
1195–1530	1324	75-80%	8	84.00–87.00	$85.10	$1,127	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1795	1415	17	94.00–109.00	$103.59	$1,466	-9.47
1350–1855	1510	20	115.00–120.00	$117.72	$1,778	—
1250–2065	1593	21	101.00–114.00	$109.49	$1,744	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–820	768	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	80.00–85.00	$82.67	$635
995–1140	1092	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	80.00–88.00	$85.05	$929

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030–1120	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–875.00	$848.95	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.