Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-02-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Feb 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
739 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 616▼ 47 vs year ago 786 · −6.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 69▼ 77 vs year ago 262 · −29.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.53/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$191.53
62 head · 366 lb average
Value per head Derived
$701
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.74
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1361202.5273037
Medium and Large 2377177.4166921
Medium and Large 3358163.975874thin
One grade step is worth $38.55/cwt here — about $143 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 sale62 hd
191.53
—
FL average10 barns · 510 hd
172.79
+18.74
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—Average1,42785.271,2174thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29069.0089026

Every lot

31 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 1232266.55/cwt250.00–270.006185
Steers—Medium and Large 2266208.80/cwt200.00–215.005555
Steers—Medium and Large 1268229.35/cwt220.00–240.006158
Steers—Medium and Large 1313210.84/cwt207.00–215.006604
Steers—Medium and Large 2313199.88/cwt195.00–205.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 2356177.95/cwt175.00–180.006345
Steers—Medium and Large 3358163.97/cwt160.00–168.005874
Steers—Medium and Large 1368188.92/cwt185.00–193.006954
Steers—Medium and Large 2420164.88/cwt160.00–170.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 1423179.05/cwt175.00–185.007577
Steers—Medium and Large 1460167.13/cwt163.00–173.007695
Steers—Medium and Large 2466154.08/cwt150.00–160.007185
Steers—Medium and Large 2505145.99/cwt145.00–147.007372
Steers—Medium and Large 1513159.44/cwt157.00–162.008184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1203210.12/cwt200.00–220.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1264178.52/cwt170.00–185.004715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2264158.05/cwt150.00–165.004179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313163.30/cwt160.00–170.005113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314154.28/cwt150.00–157.004845
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318140.51/cwt137.00–147.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355152.46/cwt150.00–155.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375142.84/cwt140.00–147.005367
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408133.71/cwt130.00–139.005465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418142.94/cwt141.00–147.005973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457138.37/cwt137.00–141.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518132.12/cwt127.00–137.006844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563124.98/cwt124.00–126.007042
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37383.02/cwt82.00–84.001,1403
Bulls——1,59092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,4631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22968.08/cwt63.00–71.0083719
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45471.51/cwt70.00–74.001,0407

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.