Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-03-04

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Mar 4
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
703 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 595▲ 208 vs year ago 495 · +42.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 293▼ 31 vs year ago 291 · −10.7%
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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 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.42/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$139.42
86 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$582
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.09
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1450141.7763833
Medium and Large 2408139.0356839
Medium and Large 3365134.9749314thin
One grade step is worth $6.80/cwt here — about $145 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 sale86 hd
139.42
—
FL average10 barns · 820 hd
137.32
+2.09
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—High1,57683.281,3126thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19364.6677233
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00655.6756023

Every lot

48 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1214223.83/cwt220.00–230.004795
Steers—Medium and Large 1255217.35/cwt210.00–225.005548
Steers—Medium and Large 2263194.52/cwt185.00–205.005126
Steers—Medium and Large 1308209.62/cwt205.00–212.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 2309196.94/cwt195.00–200.006095
Steers—Medium and Large 3318185.12/cwt180.00–190.005894
Steers—Medium and Large 1363187.59/cwt185.00–190.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 2364177.82/cwt172.00–182.006477
Steers—Medium and Large 3367166.82/cwt160.00–170.006123
Steers—Medium and Large 2405163.46/cwt160.00–167.006624
Steers—Medium and Large 1412173.11/cwt170.00–178.007135
Steers—Medium and Large 1457163.63/cwt161.00–169.007483
Steers—Medium and Large 2470153.91/cwt150.00–158.007234
Steers—Medium and Large 3473146.31/cwt145.00–147.006923
Steers—Medium and Large 3513138.59/cwt135.00–142.007112
Steers—Medium and Large 1520159.56/cwt157.00–165.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 2525148.43/cwt145.00–152.007792
Steers—Medium and Large 2555143.70/cwt142.00–147.007983
Steers—Medium and Large 3573134.45/cwt132.00–137.007702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215177.85/cwt170.00–185.003822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268167.34/cwt165.00–170.004482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270155.28/cwt150.00–160.004196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312162.09/cwt160.00–166.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316151.13/cwt147.00–157.004787
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320140.23/cwt135.00–145.004498
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365133.36/cwt130.00–137.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366144.09/cwt140.00–147.005277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368152.41/cwt150.00–155.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410144.10/cwt140.00–147.005915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423134.03/cwt132.00–135.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433127.95/cwt125.00–131.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458138.48/cwt137.00–140.006342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460131.70/cwt127.00–135.006065
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480122.53/cwt120.00–125.005882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2509124.98/cwt122.00–127.006365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528133.42/cwt130.00–137.007046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560128.51/cwt127.00–130.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570123.07/cwt121.00–125.007016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1604119.58/cwt116.00–125.007227
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423163.92/cwt160.00–166.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470152.45/cwt150.00–155.007174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515159.62/cwt155.00–162.008223
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55074.09/cwt73.00–76.001,1483
Bulls——1,59388.20/cwt86.00–91.001,4052
Bulls——1,620101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00655.67/cwt52.00–58.0056023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18869.03/cwt68.00–73.008208
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19563.26/cwt61.00–66.0075625

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.