Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-02-17

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Feb 17
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
594 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 739▼ 94 vs year ago 688 · −13.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 185▼ 141 vs year ago 254 · −55.5%
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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 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.10/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$184.10
53 head · 385 lb average
Value per head Derived
$709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.69
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2355185.6465822
Medium and Large 1420183.7177226
Medium and Large 3338179.326065thin
One grade step is worth $6.32/cwt here — about $52 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 sale53 hd
184.10
—
FL average10 barns · 349 hd
171.41
+12.69
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%Average1,15968.0778915
CowsLean 85-90%Average94154.845164thin

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 2265213.82/cwt205.00–222.005676
Steers—Medium and Large 1270239.81/cwt230.00–250.006474
Steers—Medium and Large 2310200.16/cwt195.00–205.006204
Steers—Medium and Large 3318187.46/cwt185.00–192.005963
Steers—Medium and Large 1320211.84/cwt207.00–217.006782
Steers—Medium and Large 2362179.20/cwt175.00–185.006495
Steers—Medium and Large 1365196.11/cwt192.00–200.007162
Steers—Medium and Large 3368167.10/cwt165.00–169.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1415178.42/cwt175.00–182.007406
Steers—Medium and Large 2430164.72/cwt160.00–167.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 1462164.73/cwt162.00–169.007615
Steers—Medium and Large 2468152.59/cwt150.00–155.007144
Steers—Medium and Large 1509160.04/cwt157.00–162.008155
Steers—Medium and Large 1565153.44/cwt150.00–157.008672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1256178.86/cwt170.00–190.004587
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273163.72/cwt160.00–167.004472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308167.12/cwt162.00–172.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320157.42/cwt155.00–160.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363145.39/cwt142.00–147.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364136.10/cwt130.00–140.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371160.02/cwt157.00–165.005945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412148.88/cwt145.00–155.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420141.90/cwt140.00–144.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460143.33/cwt140.00–150.006593
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465122.45/cwt120.00–125.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468133.08/cwt130.00–138.006235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520137.37/cwt134.00–141.007142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558129.97/cwt128.00–132.007252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94154.84/cwt53.00–58.005164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12964.56/cwt62.00–67.007297
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18571.15/cwt69.00–74.008438

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.