Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-04-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Apr 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
441 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 211▲ 28 vs year ago 413 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 359▼ 65 vs year ago 324 · −20.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.70/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$156.70
81 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.20
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455160.4973029
Medium and Large 2380157.7959931
Medium and Large 3379149.8456821
One grade step is worth $10.66/cwt here — about $162 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 sale81 hd
156.70
—
FL average10 barns · 308 hd
149.50
+7.20
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—Average1,78085.511,5224thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16646.9354741
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06344.4047226

Every lot

30 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258184.85/cwt180.00–190.004772
Steers—Medium and Large 2264164.86/cwt160.00–172.004357
Steers—Medium and Large 3306163.36/cwt160.00–168.005007
Steers—Medium and Large 1310178.48/cwt177.00–180.005534
Steers—Medium and Large 2333172.44/cwt170.00–175.005744
Steers—Medium and Large 2355162.54/cwt160.00–165.005776
Steers—Medium and Large 3366152.81/cwt150.00–155.005597
Steers—Medium and Large 3418142.02/cwt139.00–145.005942
Steers—Medium and Large 1422163.20/cwt160.00–170.006893
Steers—Medium and Large 2423152.68/cwt150.00–157.006465
Steers—Medium and Large 2456148.95/cwt145.00–155.006795
Steers—Medium and Large 3463137.47/cwt135.00–142.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 1479165.61/cwt160.00–170.007937
Steers—Medium and Large 1511153.96/cwt150.00–157.007879
Steers—Medium and Large 2515141.08/cwt137.00–145.007274
Steers—Medium and Large 3515118.46/cwt117.00–120.006102
Steers—Medium and Large 1555134.03/cwt131.00–137.007444
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278141.27/cwt135.00–147.003934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2311138.82/cwt137.00–140.004325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312148.63/cwt147.00–152.004643
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366131.97/cwt130.00–135.004835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413121.07/cwt117.00–125.005006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426132.66/cwt130.00–137.005655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455127.27/cwt122.00–130.005793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472115.39/cwt112.00–120.005459
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510110.98/cwt110.00–113.005663
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78085.51/cwt85.00–86.001,5224
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06344.40/cwt42.00–46.0047226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14145.98/cwt44.00–48.0052533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27050.86/cwt50.00–52.006468

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.