Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-04-15

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Apr 15
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
632 head
▲ 319 vs last sale 313▼ 301 vs year ago 933 · −32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 83▼ 118 vs year ago 248 · −47.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.14/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$138.14
84 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.81
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478142.0467936
Medium and Large 2444140.3762332
Medium and Large 3503124.9162916thin
One grade step is worth $17.12/cwt here — about $51 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 sale84 hd
138.14
—
FL average8 barns · 344 hd
143.95
−5.81
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—Average1,51483.281,2614thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22962.2176423
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16853.436244thin

Every lot

35 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 1310165.46/cwt163.00–168.005132
Steers—Medium and Large 2318153.56/cwt152.00–155.004884
Steers—Medium and Large 1366153.06/cwt150.00–157.005609
Steers—Medium and Large 2381144.67/cwt140.00–148.005517
Steers—Medium and Large 1410153.90/cwt150.00–158.006316
Steers—Medium and Large 2415144.75/cwt142.00–147.006017
Steers—Medium and Large 3427133.28/cwt130.00–135.005693
Steers—Medium and Large 2463138.52/cwt137.00–140.006412
Steers—Medium and Large 1470150.87/cwt147.00–157.007095
Steers—Medium and Large 3470127.45/cwt122.00–130.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 1503150.38/cwt147.00–157.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 3518126.10/cwt122.00–130.006536
Steers—Medium and Large 2523137.21/cwt135.00–140.007187
Steers—Medium and Large 2556122.85/cwt120.00–127.006835
Steers—Medium and Large 3563114.96/cwt112.00–118.006474
Steers—Medium and Large 1602117.61/cwt117.00–120.007085
Steers—Medium and Large 1663114.66/cwt113.00–115.007606
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268147.34/cwt145.00–150.003954
Heifers—Medium and Large 3305128.44/cwt125.00–132.003928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314143.17/cwt142.00–145.004505
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323136.59/cwt135.00–139.004417
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368127.96/cwt127.00–130.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370137.89/cwt134.00–140.005103
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373122.42/cwt120.00–125.004574
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408114.57/cwt110.00–117.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410132.10/cwt128.00–136.005422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426121.75/cwt120.00–124.005199
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463107.43/cwt105.00–110.004976
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470113.02/cwt112.00–115.005313
Heifers—Medium and Large 352399.44/cwt97.00–102.005206
Heifers—Medium and Large 356396.77/cwt95.00–98.005455
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,51483.28/cwt82.00–85.001,2614
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16853.43/cwt52.00–55.006244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22365.13/cwt63.00–69.0079714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23857.67/cwt56.00–60.007149

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.