Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2020-10-28

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Oct 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
784 head
▼ 395 vs last sale 1,179▼ 232 vs year ago 1,016 · −22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 352▼ 141 vs year ago 375 · −37.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.61/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$142.61
125 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.53
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480143.9169072
Medium and Large 2430142.1561139
Medium and Large 3388137.2553214thin
One grade step is worth $6.66/cwt here — about $158 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 sale125 hd
142.61
—
FL average10 barns · 845 hd
134.08
+8.53
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—Average1,58273.211,15814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09653.0258137
CowsLean 85-90%Average97247.774646thin

Every lot

41 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 1203208.11/cwt195.00–215.004223
Steers—Medium and Large 1269178.12/cwt170.00–190.004797
Steers—Medium and Large 3315152.16/cwt147.00–157.004794
Steers—Medium and Large 1316173.18/cwt172.00–175.005475
Steers—Medium and Large 2324164.10/cwt160.00–170.005327
Steers—Medium and Large 3355143.29/cwt140.00–145.005093
Steers—Medium and Large 1361162.11/cwt160.00–165.005857
Steers—Medium and Large 2383152.10/cwt147.00–157.0058310
Steers—Medium and Large 3415130.37/cwt127.00–132.005413
Steers—Medium and Large 1416151.65/cwt147.00–157.006319
Steers—Medium and Large 2420141.05/cwt137.00–145.005928
Steers—Medium and Large 1458143.93/cwt140.00–146.006593
Steers—Medium and Large 2461132.93/cwt130.00–137.006137
Steers—Medium and Large 3465122.96/cwt121.00–125.005724
Steers—Medium and Large 1519132.33/cwt128.00–138.006877
Steers—Medium and Large 2528119.36/cwt117.00–124.006303
Steers—Medium and Large 1558123.38/cwt119.00–129.006889
Steers—Medium and Large 1618122.80/cwt118.00–126.0075912
Steers—Medium and Large 2623114.31/cwt109.00–116.007124
Steers—Medium and Large 1661120.09/cwt115.00–124.007947
Steers—Medium and Large 1707114.00/cwt113.00–116.008063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278139.86/cwt135.00–145.003896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320133.05/cwt132.00–134.004262
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330118.65/cwt118.00–120.003923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332127.27/cwt126.00–130.004233
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363113.98/cwt112.00–115.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370127.69/cwt125.00–132.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375121.54/cwt120.00–123.004564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409119.36/cwt116.00–124.004887
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420107.07/cwt105.00–109.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464109.67/cwt108.00–112.005095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465116.55/cwt114.00–119.005424
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472102.93/cwt101.00–107.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514109.92/cwt107.00–112.005657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581106.48/cwt103.00–111.006197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622105.10/cwt99.00–108.006548
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51967.26/cwt65.00–71.001,0226
Bulls——1,62977.67/cwt75.00–81.001,2658
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97247.77/cwt46.00–51.004646
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08151.91/cwt49.00–54.0056128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14456.46/cwt55.00–58.006469

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.