Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-01-13

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 13
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
977 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 917▲ 61 vs year ago 916 · +6.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
275 head
▲ 162 vs last sale 113▲ 16 vs year ago 259 · +6.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.95/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$150.95
60 head · 360 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.64
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1347160.6455733
Medium and Large 2365144.5552719thin
Medium and Large 3404126.195098thin
One grade step is worth $34.45/cwt here — about $48 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
150.95
—
FL average10 barns · 902 hd
143.31
+7.64
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—High1,72287.041,49914
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22559.2072514
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10050.195525thin

Every lot

35 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)
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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1203283.44/cwt270.00–290.005753
Steers—Medium and Large 1270223.81/cwt215.00–232.006048
Steers—Medium and Large 1313210.20/cwt205.00–215.006586
Steers—Medium and Large 3313183.19/cwt180.00–185.005733
Steers—Medium and Large 2326193.74/cwt190.00–200.006325
Steers—Medium and Large 1355191.93/cwt187.00–197.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 3368167.66/cwt165.00–172.006175
Steers—Medium and Large 2370179.16/cwt175.00–185.006635
Steers—Medium and Large 1412173.48/cwt167.00–177.007153
Steers—Medium and Large 2430161.05/cwt157.00–165.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 1455161.59/cwt155.00–165.007353
Steers—Medium and Large 3465142.58/cwt140.00–145.006634
Steers—Medium and Large 1523151.90/cwt149.00–155.007942
Steers—Medium and Large 2530138.43/cwt135.00–142.007342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1220196.99/cwt190.00–205.004334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265180.57/cwt170.00–190.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 2282160.30/cwt150.00–165.004523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314153.06/cwt150.00–155.004815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320162.45/cwt157.00–167.005207
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320142.08/cwt137.00–147.004552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363154.13/cwt150.00–160.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364143.05/cwt140.00–145.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1404142.03/cwt140.00–145.005745
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413122.55/cwt120.00–125.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425132.56/cwt130.00–135.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460129.96/cwt128.00–132.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468135.93/cwt134.00–138.006364
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468117.57/cwt115.00–120.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513134.07/cwt131.00–137.006882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460139.53/cwt137.00–142.006422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60684.52/cwt81.00–87.001,3579
Bulls——1,93291.57/cwt89.00–95.001,7695
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10050.19/cwt49.00–52.005525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10855.27/cwt53.00–59.006126
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31362.14/cwt60.00–64.008168

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.