Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-02-24

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Feb 24
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
530 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 594▲ 40 vs year ago 490 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
249 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 113▲ 126 vs year ago 123 · +102.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 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 $178.91/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$178.91
56 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1403186.7575224
Medium and Large 2379176.6467024
Medium and Large 3378162.206128thin
One grade step is worth $24.55/cwt here — about $140 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 sale56 hd
178.91
—
FL average10 barns · 407 hd
177.43
+1.48
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—High1,94095.761,8584thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12071.0479635
CowsLean 85-90%Average97455.5854113

Every lot

34 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 1215237.67/cwt230.00–245.005112
Steers—Medium and Large 1267221.50/cwt215.00–225.005913
Steers—Medium and Large 2272206.50/cwt200.00–210.005623
Steers—Medium and Large 1307211.63/cwt205.00–215.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 2320197.58/cwt195.00–200.006322
Steers—Medium and Large 1358190.92/cwt187.00–195.006832
Steers—Medium and Large 2363178.62/cwt175.00–182.0064810
Steers—Medium and Large 3365164.79/cwt160.00–170.006016
Steers—Medium and Large 2411165.25/cwt160.00–169.006797
Steers—Medium and Large 3415154.44/cwt152.00–157.006412
Steers—Medium and Large 1427174.75/cwt172.00–180.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 1468170.08/cwt165.00–175.007966
Steers—Medium and Large 1505162.96/cwt159.00–167.008232
Steers—Medium and Large 1567151.62/cwt150.00–155.008603
Steers—Medium and Large 2570140.86/cwt137.00–145.008032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1266171.20/cwt165.00–180.004555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268156.46/cwt150.00–160.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313166.80/cwt162.00–172.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328157.44/cwt155.00–160.005166
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333143.30/cwt140.00–145.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358153.57/cwt150.00–157.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368144.41/cwt142.00–147.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380133.41/cwt130.00–137.005072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417133.60/cwt132.00–137.005573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418148.46/cwt146.00–151.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428123.15/cwt120.00–130.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470139.32/cwt137.00–143.006555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518133.38/cwt130.00–137.006914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523124.55/cwt121.00–128.006512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562121.96/cwt120.00–125.006855
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,94095.76/cwt95.00–97.001,8584
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97455.58/cwt52.00–58.0054113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09574.97/cwt73.00–79.0082118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14766.87/cwt64.00–70.0076717

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.