Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-01-20

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 20
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,268 head
▲ 291 vs last sale 977▲ 602 vs year ago 666 · +90.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 275▲ 116 vs year ago 91 · +127.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter classes mostly steady. Feeder classes unevenly steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $190.21/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$190.21
77 head · 361 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1373197.0973638
Medium and Large 2348186.1764831
Medium and Large 3356173.146168thin
One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $120 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 sale77 hd
190.21
—
FL average9 barns · 706 hd
164.21
+26.00
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%Average1,22059.4072525
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10751.355683thin

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1207273.55/cwt260.00–280.005663
Steers—Medium and Large 2258207.72/cwt200.00–215.005368
Steers—Medium and Large 1267230.70/cwt220.00–240.006167
Steers—Medium and Large 3308186.59/cwt183.00–190.005754
Steers—Medium and Large 1310212.38/cwt205.00–215.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 2320197.42/cwt195.00–200.006328
Steers—Medium and Large 1363189.83/cwt185.00–195.006898
Steers—Medium and Large 2380178.41/cwt175.00–182.006786
Steers—Medium and Large 3380168.45/cwt165.00–172.006402
Steers—Medium and Large 1418177.46/cwt175.00–180.007424
Steers—Medium and Large 2421164.66/cwt160.00–168.006937
Steers—Medium and Large 3428150.93/cwt147.00–155.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 1468166.92/cwt164.00–170.007816
Steers—Medium and Large 2470153.61/cwt150.00–157.007222
Steers—Medium and Large 1513162.39/cwt158.00–167.008336
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255178.27/cwt175.00–180.004553
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263158.57/cwt150.00–168.004176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1311164.48/cwt160.00–170.005127
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315139.58/cwt137.00–142.004404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329152.95/cwt150.00–155.005037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358152.45/cwt150.00–155.005468
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360134.47/cwt132.00–137.004842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370144.11/cwt140.00–148.005334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413144.53/cwt141.00–147.005975
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423135.83/cwt132.00–140.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423124.79/cwt120.00–130.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465139.58/cwt137.00–142.006492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515134.53/cwt133.00–136.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560130.96/cwt129.00–132.007333
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418170.83/cwt167.00–175.007144
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428162.29/cwt157.00–165.006953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578148.45/cwt145.00–152.008582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10751.35/cwt50.00–54.005683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14756.49/cwt54.00–59.0064811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27861.68/cwt60.00–64.0078814

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.