Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-03-11

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Mar 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
486 head
▼ 217 vs last sale 703▼ 74 vs year ago 560 · −13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
286 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 260▼ 3 vs year ago 289 · −1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.54/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$132.54
49 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420136.8557515thin
Medium and Large 2400132.4753029
Medium and Large 3428120.065145thin
One grade step is worth $16.79/cwt here — about $61 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 sale49 hd
132.54
—
FL average10 barns · 743 hd
129.68
+2.86
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—Average1,76296.191,69515
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18265.3777320
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18254.0863916

Every lot

32 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2277176.51/cwt170.00–180.004893
Steers—Medium and Large 1280190.86/cwt187.00–195.005342
Steers—Medium and Large 2310178.39/cwt175.00–182.005534
Steers—Medium and Large 3323166.60/cwt165.00–170.005383
Steers—Medium and Large 1355174.54/cwt172.00–177.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 2368166.65/cwt165.00–169.006135
Steers—Medium and Large 3380158.42/cwt155.00–160.006023
Steers—Medium and Large 1415164.61/cwt160.00–169.006832
Steers—Medium and Large 2415153.07/cwt151.00–155.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 3415142.59/cwt140.00–145.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1462155.94/cwt152.00–158.007203
Steers—Medium and Large 2478144.73/cwt140.00–147.006923
Steers—Medium and Large 3513128.59/cwt125.00–132.006602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267144.81/cwt140.00–152.003877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312151.79/cwt150.00–155.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323145.95/cwt145.00–147.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365130.84/cwt127.00–135.004782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368146.47/cwt145.00–148.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372142.45/cwt140.00–144.005305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408138.06/cwt135.00–141.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420128.38/cwt125.00–132.005396
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465125.39/cwt122.00–129.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470130.97/cwt130.00–132.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470112.87/cwt110.00–119.005303
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513116.95/cwt115.00–118.006003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515122.55/cwt120.00–125.006314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558112.96/cwt110.00–116.006304
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,754100.78/cwt98.00–104.001,7687
Bulls——1,76992.17/cwt90.00–96.001,6308
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16467.92/cwt67.00–69.007917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18254.08/cwt51.00–57.0063916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19264.00/cwt60.00–66.0076313

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.