Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-09-16

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Sep 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,112 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 1,179▼ 223 vs year ago 1,335 · −16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
296 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 332▼ 125 vs year ago 421 · −29.7%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.83/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$146.83
70 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.42
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483149.0371936
Medium and Large 2441145.9064321
Medium and Large 3404142.2457513thin
One grade step is worth $6.79/cwt here — about $144 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 sale70 hd
146.83
—
FL average10 barns · 1,015 hd
139.41
+7.42
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—Average1,44488.641,2809thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16860.7070912
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03353.9755816

Every lot

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2270176.54/cwt175.00–180.004773
Steers—Medium and Large 3308164.62/cwt160.00–167.005073
Steers—Medium and Large 1310181.61/cwt180.00–185.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 2313172.40/cwt170.00–175.005402
Steers—Medium and Large 3363146.79/cwt140.00–150.005333
Steers—Medium and Large 2368157.59/cwt155.00–160.005802
Steers—Medium and Large 1369165.90/cwt162.00–172.006125
Steers—Medium and Large 1403163.48/cwt160.00–167.006596
Steers—Medium and Large 3413142.58/cwt140.00–145.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 2420152.44/cwt150.00–155.006402
Steers—Medium and Large 2460142.96/cwt141.00–147.006583
Steers—Medium and Large 3460131.63/cwt130.00–135.006053
Steers—Medium and Large 1465156.89/cwt152.00–162.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 3518117.44/cwt115.00–120.006082
Steers—Medium and Large 1520138.40/cwt135.00–142.007208
Steers—Medium and Large 2520128.94/cwt126.00–132.006706
Steers—Medium and Large 1562131.71/cwt130.00–135.007403
Steers—Medium and Large 2580122.31/cwt121.00–125.007093
Steers—Medium and Large 1603127.36/cwt125.00–132.007683
Steers—Medium and Large 1666124.49/cwt124.00–126.008294
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1258158.23/cwt155.00–160.004083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2258142.57/cwt140.00–145.003682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308150.90/cwt147.00–155.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318129.60/cwt127.00–132.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325140.44/cwt137.00–142.004563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358138.95/cwt137.00–140.004973
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358131.02/cwt130.00–132.004694
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377123.51/cwt118.00–127.004665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411117.66/cwt115.00–121.004847
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417111.36/cwt110.00–112.004643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418128.35/cwt125.00–132.005376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460121.63/cwt120.00–125.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462114.88/cwt110.00–118.005315
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475106.52/cwt105.00–108.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512110.66/cwt110.00–112.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525118.45/cwt116.00–121.006228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578114.98/cwt114.00–117.006653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623110.32/cwt110.00–111.006873
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43887.10/cwt85.00–91.001,2527
Bulls——1,46394.03/cwt93.00–95.001,3762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03353.97/cwt52.00–57.0055816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16860.70/cwt58.00–63.0070912

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.