Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-03-30

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Mar 30
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
307 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 268▼ 475 vs year ago 782 · −60.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 89▲ 34 vs year ago 138 · +24.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.59/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$159.59
48 head · 344 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.58
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1300175.535269thin
Medium and Large 2360156.6256324
Medium and Large 3345154.7753415thin
One grade step is worth $20.75/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale48 hd
159.59
—
FL average9 barns · 263 hd
150.01
+9.58
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—High1,63091.651,49412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07461.4466023
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03854.7656823

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2263166.35/cwt162.00–170.004387
Steers—Medium and Large 1267181.42/cwt175.00–187.004847
Steers—Medium and Large 2315175.29/cwt174.00–178.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 3318165.20/cwt160.00–170.005258
Steers—Medium and Large 3356146.64/cwt145.00–149.005225
Steers—Medium and Large 2364158.91/cwt155.00–162.005787
Steers—Medium and Large 1415154.90/cwt151.00–159.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 2420143.63/cwt140.00–147.006032
Steers—Medium and Large 3428133.40/cwt130.00–137.005712
Steers—Medium and Large 2472137.25/cwt135.00–142.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 2520128.60/cwt125.00–132.006692
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1253143.64/cwt142.00–147.003633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2282133.09/cwt130.00–135.003755
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314138.33/cwt135.00–143.004347
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315129.42/cwt127.00–132.004086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318148.64/cwt145.00–152.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355143.45/cwt140.00–147.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360132.57/cwt130.00–135.004774
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365123.12/cwt120.00–126.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415127.41/cwt125.00–130.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420121.16/cwt120.00–123.005095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465124.94/cwt123.00–127.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503118.51/cwt117.00–120.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517113.29/cwt110.00–115.005863
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3507118.29/cwt115.00–120.006003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517126.74/cwt122.00–129.006553
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60889.54/cwt86.00–92.001,4408
Bulls——1,67595.88/cwt95.00–99.001,6064
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03854.76/cwt51.00–57.0056823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05160.86/cwt58.00–64.0064021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32067.55/cwt66.00–69.008922

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.