Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-10-07

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Oct 7
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
868 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 873▼ 400 vs year ago 1,268 · −31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
274 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 232▲ 32 vs year ago 242 · +13.2%
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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 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.53/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$142.53
60 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.07
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463148.3068720
Medium and Large 2415144.0359830
Medium and Large 3467126.4759010thin
One grade step is worth $21.82/cwt here — about $97 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 sale60 hd
142.53
—
FL average9 barns · 770 hd
138.46
+4.07
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—Average1,40276.881,0785thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32050.8467121
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02347.7548811

Every lot

36 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 1255183.68/cwt180.00–185.004684
Steers—Medium and Large 2284169.19/cwt160.00–175.004805
Steers—Medium and Large 2315165.08/cwt160.00–170.005202
Steers—Medium and Large 2359152.73/cwt150.00–157.005485
Steers—Medium and Large 1363162.41/cwt160.00–165.005902
Steers—Medium and Large 2409141.20/cwt137.00–147.005787
Steers—Medium and Large 1413159.85/cwt155.00–165.006602
Steers—Medium and Large 3415132.53/cwt130.00–135.005504
Steers—Medium and Large 3463129.43/cwt127.00–132.005992
Steers—Medium and Large 1465146.09/cwt142.00–150.006792
Steers—Medium and Large 2475137.04/cwt135.00–138.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 1508134.43/cwt130.00–139.006832
Steers—Medium and Large 3520118.94/cwt117.00–121.006184
Steers—Medium and Large 2523125.97/cwt124.00–128.006594
Steers—Medium and Large 2558119.45/cwt116.00–123.006674
Steers—Medium and Large 1573133.95/cwt130.00–138.007684
Steers—Medium and Large 1613122.47/cwt121.00–126.007514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270136.79/cwt130.00–140.003693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305141.97/cwt140.00–143.004333
Heifers—Medium and Large 3317123.37/cwt120.00–130.003913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358131.08/cwt127.00–135.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358120.04/cwt118.00–122.004306
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408108.44/cwt105.00–112.004426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417119.67/cwt116.00–122.004995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418127.57/cwt125.00–130.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458107.54/cwt105.00–110.004934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463123.89/cwt120.00–128.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479117.43/cwt115.00–119.005625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518126.44/cwt124.00–129.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530104.94/cwt102.00–108.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573120.97/cwt120.00–122.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585117.00/cwt117.00–117.006841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,40276.88/cwt74.00–80.001,0785
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02347.75/cwt46.00–52.0048811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32050.84/cwt48.00–54.0067121

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.