Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-04-20

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Apr 20
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 139▼ 21 vs year ago 287 · −7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 44▲ 53 vs year ago 90 · +58.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, 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 $149.37/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$149.37
50 head · 384 lb average
Value per head Derived
$574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.92
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1362162.5258816thin
Medium and Large 2376149.6556319thin
Medium and Large 3419134.9856615thin
One grade step is worth $27.55/cwt here — about $22 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 sale50 hd
149.37
—
FL average8 barns · 366 hd
141.45
+7.92
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%Average1,16865.7876836
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03456.525845thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258179.87/cwt170.00–185.004643
Steers—Medium and Large 2265160.28/cwt155.00–165.004254
Steers—Medium and Large 3307153.37/cwt150.00–155.004713
Steers—Medium and Large 1310169.54/cwt167.00–172.005264
Steers—Medium and Large 2322162.47/cwt157.00–165.005233
Steers—Medium and Large 1355160.99/cwt160.00–162.005722
Steers—Medium and Large 2360152.27/cwt150.00–157.005483
Steers—Medium and Large 3370143.42/cwt142.00–145.005312
Steers—Medium and Large 3415133.54/cwt130.00–137.005544
Steers—Medium and Large 2418143.23/cwt142.00–145.005995
Steers—Medium and Large 1425153.16/cwt152.00–155.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 2465137.42/cwt135.00–140.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 1468147.41/cwt145.00–150.006902
Steers—Medium and Large 3468128.27/cwt125.00–130.006003
Steers—Medium and Large 2508133.55/cwt130.00–137.006782
Steers—Medium and Large 3522119.58/cwt117.00–125.006243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308136.05/cwt135.00–138.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313142.40/cwt140.00–145.004462
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320127.58/cwt125.00–130.004082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360132.43/cwt130.00–135.004774
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360122.46/cwt120.00–127.004413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408131.52/cwt128.00–135.005372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410120.15/cwt117.00–126.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422113.40/cwt110.00–115.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463114.43/cwt112.00–117.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480106.48/cwt105.00–108.005112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510103.43/cwt100.00–107.005272
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03456.52/cwt53.00–58.005845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15262.84/cwt59.00–65.0072419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18669.07/cwt67.00–72.0081917

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.