Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-02-12

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 12
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
837 head
▲ 306 vs last sale 531▲ 95 vs year ago 742 · +12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 238▼ 204 vs year ago 318 · −64.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.99/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$149.99
62 head · 373 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.76
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1370160.4859531
Medium and Large 2372143.0553222
Medium and Large 3385130.805039thin
One grade step is worth $29.69/cwt here — about $92 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 sale62 hd
149.99
—
FL average10 barns · 759 hd
142.22
+7.76
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—Average1,71387.961,5072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10163.1469516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23756.757026thin

Every lot

38 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1210247.86/cwt240.00–255.005216
Steers—Medium and Large 1255229.80/cwt220.00–240.005866
Steers—Medium and Large 2273205.23/cwt200.00–210.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 1305216.56/cwt210.00–220.006613
Steers—Medium and Large 3310187.46/cwt185.00–190.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 2318197.44/cwt195.00–200.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 1363192.59/cwt190.00–195.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 2363183.39/cwt180.00–185.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 3365172.40/cwt170.00–175.006294
Steers—Medium and Large 1417176.17/cwt172.00–182.007355
Steers—Medium and Large 3418154.13/cwt151.00–157.006444
Steers—Medium and Large 2420167.53/cwt165.00–170.007044
Steers—Medium and Large 3458147.54/cwt145.00–150.006762
Steers—Medium and Large 1470167.05/cwt162.00–172.007854
Steers—Medium and Large 2473154.05/cwt151.00–157.007294
Steers—Medium and Large 1513157.44/cwt155.00–160.008084
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1213214.65/cwt205.00–225.004574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267154.01/cwt150.00–157.004115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1274175.47/cwt170.00–185.004815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308153.59/cwt150.00–157.004734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316164.11/cwt160.00–170.005195
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325138.56/cwt137.00–142.004503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358160.10/cwt155.00–165.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360137.08/cwt134.00–140.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373145.72/cwt142.00–148.005445
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418123.60/cwt120.00–127.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420145.18/cwt140.00–150.006104
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423133.83/cwt130.00–138.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465130.11/cwt125.00–135.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465120.06/cwt118.00–122.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470139.90/cwt137.00–143.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520122.97/cwt120.00–126.006392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525128.92/cwt127.00–133.006773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558125.47/cwt123.00–128.007002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,71387.96/cwt87.00–89.001,5072
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06961.44/cwt60.00–66.0065713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23756.75/cwt53.00–58.007026
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24270.49/cwt69.00–73.008753

This sale against other markets

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.