Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-04-22

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Apr 22
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
315 head
▼ 317 vs last sale 632▼ 408 vs year ago 723 · −56.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 130▼ 169 vs year ago 268 · −63.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 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 $149.97/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$149.97
50 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.78
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423158.0466823
Medium and Large 2352154.2054314thin
Medium and Large 3451131.1459213thin
One grade step is worth $26.90/cwt here — about $76 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 sale50 hd
149.97
—
FL average9 barns · 306 hd
142.19
+7.78
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—Average1,44890.761,3153thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20965.4779221
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13556.886466thin

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 2260159.49/cwt155.00–162.004153
Steers—Medium and Large 2312161.79/cwt160.00–165.005053
Steers—Medium and Large 1328176.09/cwt172.00–180.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 1359163.10/cwt157.00–167.005865
Steers—Medium and Large 3368143.67/cwt140.00–147.005292
Steers—Medium and Large 2380152.57/cwt150.00–155.005804
Steers—Medium and Large 2423146.17/cwt142.00–150.006184
Steers—Medium and Large 3423136.88/cwt134.00–140.005794
Steers—Medium and Large 1425158.06/cwt153.00–163.006728
Steers—Medium and Large 1459155.53/cwt152.00–161.007145
Steers—Medium and Large 3462126.71/cwt125.00–130.005853
Steers—Medium and Large 3513122.46/cwt120.00–125.006284
Steers—Medium and Large 1525141.70/cwt140.00–145.007443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268149.57/cwt147.00–152.004012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318147.44/cwt145.00–150.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320137.62/cwt135.00–140.004402
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325128.57/cwt127.00–130.004182
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358122.55/cwt120.00–125.004392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368133.52/cwt132.00–136.004915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370139.40/cwt137.00–142.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2404120.25/cwt117.00–125.004865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409132.52/cwt130.00–136.005427
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410107.44/cwt105.00–110.004412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458117.46/cwt115.00–120.005384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470127.58/cwt125.00–130.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508124.59/cwt120.00–127.006333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512112.05/cwt110.00–116.005743
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35587.64/cwt86.00–89.001,1882
Bulls——1,63597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,5861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13556.88/cwt53.00–59.006466
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17263.42/cwt60.00–66.0074315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30270.58/cwt67.00–73.009196

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.