Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-05-13

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, May 13
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
542 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 687▼ 55 vs year ago 597 · −9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
305 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 294▲ 127 vs year ago 178 · +71.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady 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 $145.70/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$145.70
79 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$0.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.31
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478145.8769737
Medium and Large 2411145.7359931
Medium and Large 3362145.0752611thin
One grade step is worth $0.80/cwt here — about $171 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 sale79 hd
145.70
—
FL average10 barns · 605 hd
145.39
+0.31
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—High1,41190.201,27229
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25866.7383963
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01156.8657517

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2270163.40/cwt160.00–165.004413
Steers—Medium and Large 3325154.77/cwt150.00–160.005034
Steers—Medium and Large 3360144.43/cwt142.00–147.005204
Steers—Medium and Large 2363152.68/cwt150.00–155.005549
Steers—Medium and Large 1368159.62/cwt157.00–162.005874
Steers—Medium and Large 3415132.98/cwt132.00–135.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 1420154.45/cwt150.00–159.006498
Steers—Medium and Large 2420143.90/cwt140.00–148.006048
Steers—Medium and Large 1458146.56/cwt143.00–150.0067110
Steers—Medium and Large 2468137.03/cwt132.00–142.006418
Steers—Medium and Large 1513144.61/cwt140.00–149.007426
Steers—Medium and Large 2523135.28/cwt132.00–137.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 1563135.96/cwt134.00–138.007656
Steers—Medium and Large 1603124.65/cwt122.00–126.007523
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1257152.36/cwt150.00–157.003923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275141.91/cwt135.00–145.003903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307147.43/cwt145.00–152.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325140.63/cwt140.00–142.004573
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358125.21/cwt120.00–128.004483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365138.44/cwt137.00–140.0050510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368132.24/cwt130.00–135.004877
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405126.98/cwt125.00–129.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415136.44/cwt134.00–139.0056610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418118.98/cwt118.00–120.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467127.68/cwt126.00–131.005963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510116.49/cwt115.00–118.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518109.68/cwt106.00–112.005685
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458142.54/cwt140.00–145.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513118.99/cwt118.00–120.006104
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34184.21/cwt80.00–86.001,12910
Bulls——1,39391.46/cwt90.00–94.001,27414
Bulls——1,60098.65/cwt97.00–99.001,5785
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01156.86/cwt54.00–60.0057517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12869.53/cwt69.00–70.0078412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28866.07/cwt62.00–71.0085151

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.