Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-03-25

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Mar 25
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
211 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 191▼ 697 vs year ago 908 · −76.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
359 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 273▲ 88 vs year ago 271 · +32.5%
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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 10.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.99/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$174.99
42 head · 372 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.39
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1385178.7968926
Medium and Large 2334173.3058014thin
Medium and Large 3460137.456322thin
One grade step is worth $41.34/cwt here — about $56 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 sale42 hd
174.99
—
FL average9 barns · 221 hd
149.61
+25.39
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—Average1,701101.731,7319thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19668.4781981
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09758.4264132

Every lot

27 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1218202.70/cwt200.00–205.004422
Steers—Medium and Large 2270170.28/cwt165.00–175.004604
Steers—Medium and Large 1278180.89/cwt177.00–185.005032
Steers—Medium and Large 1308194.62/cwt190.00–197.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 2320181.77/cwt177.00–187.005826
Steers—Medium and Large 1363188.21/cwt185.00–195.006833
Steers—Medium and Large 2373177.42/cwt175.00–180.006622
Steers—Medium and Large 1405176.94/cwt172.00–182.007178
Steers—Medium and Large 1455170.96/cwt167.00–175.007786
Steers—Medium and Large 3460137.45/cwt135.00–140.006322
Steers—Medium and Large 2468149.81/cwt145.00–155.007012
Steers—Medium and Large 1520145.85/cwt142.00–150.007582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265164.81/cwt160.00–170.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268149.95/cwt145.00–155.004022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307153.26/cwt150.00–160.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318143.64/cwt140.00–147.004574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358155.10/cwt150.00–160.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383141.08/cwt137.00–145.005404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413144.42/cwt142.00–147.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458137.93/cwt134.00–142.006322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510123.96/cwt120.00–128.006324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513113.94/cwt110.00–118.005852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58898.31/cwt93.00–103.001,5617
Bulls——2,098113.70/cwt108.00–119.002,3852
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09758.42/cwt55.00–60.0064132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18272.64/cwt71.00–77.0085929
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20466.14/cwt63.00–69.0079652

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.