Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-09-23

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Sep 23
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,072 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 1,112▲ 118 vs year ago 954 · +12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 296▲ 105 vs year ago 130 · +80.8%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $142.38/cwt on 110 head.
Average price
$142.38
110 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.72
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520145.4775662
Medium and Large 3412142.5258813thin
Medium and Large 2493136.8667535
One grade step is worth $8.61/cwt here — about $81 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 sale110 hd
142.38
—
FL average10 barns · 918 hd
136.66
+5.72
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18857.5868421
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12352.7659216

Every lot

37 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273195.32/cwt190.00–200.005332
Steers—Medium and Large 1308192.52/cwt190.00–195.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 3310164.58/cwt162.00–167.005102
Steers—Medium and Large 2325177.62/cwt175.00–180.005772
Steers—Medium and Large 2365157.60/cwt155.00–160.005752
Steers—Medium and Large 1368170.29/cwt165.00–175.006279
Steers—Medium and Large 3378147.45/cwt145.00–150.005572
Steers—Medium and Large 1416170.91/cwt165.00–175.007115
Steers—Medium and Large 2423154.11/cwt150.00–160.006525
Steers—Medium and Large 3435137.47/cwt135.00–140.005986
Steers—Medium and Large 3458134.63/cwt130.00–137.006173
Steers—Medium and Large 1463152.92/cwt150.00–156.007086
Steers—Medium and Large 2465141.42/cwt138.00–145.006588
Steers—Medium and Large 2521126.48/cwt122.00–130.006597
Steers—Medium and Large 1536135.96/cwt132.00–141.007299
Steers—Medium and Large 2567123.32/cwt120.00–128.006997
Steers—Medium and Large 1568133.39/cwt130.00–137.0075810
Steers—Medium and Large 1608127.44/cwt123.00–133.0077512
Steers—Medium and Large 2608117.27/cwt115.00–120.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 1709122.97/cwt120.00–127.008724
Steers—Medium and Large 1755120.03/cwt118.00–124.009063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363133.39/cwt130.00–135.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368138.43/cwt137.00–140.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383123.92/cwt120.00–128.004758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415135.86/cwt132.00–140.005644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420124.69/cwt121.00–127.005245
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428113.93/cwt110.00–118.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454115.96/cwt112.00–119.005267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461126.66/cwt122.00–130.005847
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515113.57/cwt110.00–117.005854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529123.03/cwt120.00–127.006519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568118.89/cwt114.00–124.006756
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575107.46/cwt105.00–110.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613113.63/cwt110.00–118.006973
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10356.73/cwt55.00–59.0062616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12352.76/cwt51.00–54.0059216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45960.28/cwt60.00–62.008795

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.