Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-10-14

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Oct 14
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,456 head
▲ 588 vs last sale 868▲ 278 vs year ago 1,178 · +23.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 274▲ 218 vs year ago 102 · +213.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.08/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$143.08
79 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.49
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2430144.9462430
Medium and Large 1560143.1180133
Medium and Large 3391139.5254516thin
One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about $79 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
143.08
—
FL average9 barns · 833 hd
138.59
+4.49
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—Average1,82685.721,5667thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08950.4655011
CowsLean 85-90%Average95845.524368thin

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1255188.46/cwt185.00–195.004813
Steers—Medium and Large 2273170.32/cwt165.00–175.004654
Steers—Medium and Large 1305185.08/cwt180.00–190.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 3313155.12/cwt150.00–160.004864
Steers—Medium and Large 2320172.46/cwt170.00–175.005524
Steers—Medium and Large 1363163.86/cwt160.00–168.005952
Steers—Medium and Large 2365153.64/cwt150.00–157.005616
Steers—Medium and Large 3370144.16/cwt140.00–148.005336
Steers—Medium and Large 1405153.54/cwt150.00–157.006222
Steers—Medium and Large 2408141.31/cwt140.00–142.005773
Steers—Medium and Large 3420131.04/cwt130.00–132.005502
Steers—Medium and Large 3463125.89/cwt122.00–130.005832
Steers—Medium and Large 2478134.70/cwt132.00–136.006443
Steers—Medium and Large 2507123.68/cwt121.00–125.006273
Steers—Medium and Large 3508116.48/cwt115.00–118.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1515134.88/cwt131.00–139.006952
Steers—Medium and Large 1553128.04/cwt125.00–134.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 2580119.39/cwt116.00–121.006923
Steers—Medium and Large 2608124.51/cwt121.00–127.007574
Steers—Medium and Large 1620135.73/cwt135.00–138.008424
Steers—Medium and Large 1670136.31/cwt132.00–137.009137
Steers—Medium and Large 1712125.16/cwt118.00–128.008918
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355130.03/cwt128.00–132.004624
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368123.43/cwt122.00–125.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413107.42/cwt105.00–110.004442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418124.91/cwt120.00–130.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424116.43/cwt114.00–118.004945
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458115.44/cwt112.00–118.005297
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468108.08/cwt105.00–110.005065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503116.99/cwt115.00–121.005883
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515108.40/cwt105.00–112.005586
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81985.01/cwt84.00–87.001,5466
Bulls——1,87090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6831
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95845.52/cwt43.00–48.004368
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08950.46/cwt48.00–53.0055011

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.