Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-03-16

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Mar 16
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 509▲ 15 vs year ago 422 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 120▼ 25 vs year ago 74 · −33.8%
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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 15.00-20.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.10/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$133.10
46 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.85
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1379140.8253321
Medium and Large 2366132.4248515thin
Medium and Large 3455117.9053610thin
One grade step is worth $22.92/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale46 hd
133.10
—
FL average10 barns · 413 hd
144.95
−11.85
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—Average1,71591.001,5611thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18264.627646thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07557.126142thin

Every lot

29 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 1253154.61/cwt150.00–157.003913
Steers—Medium and Large 2278137.61/cwt135.00–140.003832
Steers—Medium and Large 2310138.52/cwt137.00–140.004294
Steers—Medium and Large 1320147.58/cwt145.00–150.004726
Steers—Medium and Large 2358132.52/cwt130.00–135.004744
Steers—Medium and Large 1363142.90/cwt140.00–146.005194
Steers—Medium and Large 3378123.57/cwt120.00–127.004672
Steers—Medium and Large 1413137.58/cwt135.00–140.005684
Steers—Medium and Large 3418120.97/cwt120.00–122.005062
Steers—Medium and Large 2425128.42/cwt125.00–132.005462
Steers—Medium and Large 2473123.38/cwt120.00–125.005843
Steers—Medium and Large 3477116.04/cwt110.00–119.005543
Steers—Medium and Large 3508113.93/cwt110.00–116.005793
Steers—Medium and Large 1525123.97/cwt123.00–125.006512
Steers—Medium and Large 1560118.98/cwt118.00–120.006662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318129.04/cwt127.00–130.004103
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320122.42/cwt120.00–125.003924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360123.24/cwt120.00–125.004443
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373114.35/cwt110.00–119.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413119.58/cwt117.00–122.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415106.30/cwt105.00–109.004413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423111.56/cwt110.00–113.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465115.58/cwt113.00–118.005372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483109.68/cwt109.00–110.005303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515100.98/cwt100.00–102.005204
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,71591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5611
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07557.12/cwt55.00–59.006142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11061.68/cwt60.00–63.006854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32570.51/cwt69.00–72.009342

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.