Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-02-26

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 26
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
595 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 482▲ 76 vs year ago 519 · +14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
293 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 106▼ 67 vs year ago 360 · −18.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.13/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$172.13
82 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$203
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$10.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.15
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3335179.006009thin
Medium and Large 2389175.5768328
Medium and Large 1476168.6180345
One grade step is worth $10.39/cwt here — about −$203 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 sale82 hd
172.13
—
FL average10 barns · 418 hd
175.28
−3.15
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—Average1,42879.791,1399thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13463.9072536
CowsLean 85-90%Average96458.0556029

Every lot

41 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1260215.38/cwt205.00–225.005604
Steers—Medium and Large 2263197.91/cwt195.00–200.005215
Steers—Medium and Large 1310210.00/cwt205.00–215.006516
Steers—Medium and Large 2315195.24/cwt190.00–200.006156
Steers—Medium and Large 3318183.64/cwt180.00–187.005846
Steers—Medium and Large 1363191.14/cwt187.00–195.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 2368180.87/cwt175.00–185.006665
Steers—Medium and Large 3370169.73/cwt165.00–172.006283
Steers—Medium and Large 1416172.54/cwt170.00–176.007185
Steers—Medium and Large 2420165.54/cwt162.00–169.006954
Steers—Medium and Large 1468164.81/cwt160.00–170.007718
Steers—Medium and Large 2468153.63/cwt150.00–157.007192
Steers—Medium and Large 1509161.05/cwt157.00–167.008205
Steers—Medium and Large 2518149.83/cwt145.00–155.007764
Steers—Medium and Large 1570154.89/cwt152.00–158.008836
Steers—Medium and Large 2578140.91/cwt137.00–145.008142
Steers—Medium and Large 1611141.47/cwt137.00–147.008644
Steers—Medium and Large 1716120.43/cwt118.00–124.008625
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265174.72/cwt170.00–180.004634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268155.60/cwt150.00–165.004175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305165.93/cwt162.00–170.005066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313153.88/cwt151.00–157.004824
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318142.36/cwt140.00–145.004534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358153.52/cwt150.00–157.005506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365143.64/cwt140.00–147.005246
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383132.45/cwt130.00–135.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420146.10/cwt142.00–150.006146
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420128.11/cwt125.00–131.005382
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425135.86/cwt132.00–140.005772
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455120.99/cwt120.00–122.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470142.94/cwt141.00–145.006722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485131.71/cwt127.00–134.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518119.49/cwt118.00–121.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521132.52/cwt130.00–136.006907
Heifers—Medium and Large 2557119.69/cwt115.00–122.006673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570128.62/cwt126.00–134.007333
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39977.57/cwt75.00–80.001,0857
Bulls——1,52887.55/cwt86.00–89.001,3382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96458.05/cwt55.00–61.0056029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12863.03/cwt61.00–67.0071132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18370.84/cwt69.00–73.008384

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.