Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-05-11

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
330 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 449▼ 114 vs year ago 444 · −25.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 92▼ 132 vs year ago 209 · −63.2%
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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 $157.78/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$157.78
65 head · 361 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.37
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1394159.3862826
Medium and Large 2343157.9554128
Medium and Large 3330153.5650711thin
One grade step is worth $5.81/cwt here — about $121 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 sale65 hd
157.78
—
FL average10 barns · 486 hd
140.40
+17.37
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—Average1,49291.571,3665thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18368.0880516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02355.855717thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2269163.24/cwt160.00–167.004399
Steers—Medium and Large 1273171.71/cwt170.00–175.004693
Steers—Medium and Large 1310174.59/cwt170.00–177.005413
Steers—Medium and Large 3316157.05/cwt153.00–160.004967
Steers—Medium and Large 2320166.14/cwt163.00–169.005328
Steers—Medium and Large 3355147.46/cwt145.00–150.005234
Steers—Medium and Large 1360163.45/cwt160.00–167.005886
Steers—Medium and Large 2360156.54/cwt152.00–159.005643
Steers—Medium and Large 1411157.11/cwt155.00–160.006467
Steers—Medium and Large 2418147.46/cwt145.00–150.006166
Steers—Medium and Large 1460146.63/cwt145.00–150.006743
Steers—Medium and Large 2513134.93/cwt132.00–138.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 1518146.14/cwt142.00–150.007574
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265139.81/cwt135.00–145.003702
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312128.21/cwt125.00–130.004003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315147.80/cwt145.00–152.004665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318138.69/cwt135.00–142.004416
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370121.69/cwt118.00–125.004506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372140.41/cwt137.00–142.005223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378133.10/cwt130.00–135.005035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408135.09/cwt130.00–140.005518
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413123.56/cwt120.00–127.005104
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427113.44/cwt110.00–115.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519111.75/cwt110.00–113.005805
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375159.31/cwt155.00–162.005975
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420152.54/cwt150.00–158.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435144.05/cwt140.00–148.006274
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455135.52/cwt134.00–137.006172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515131.90/cwt127.00–137.006794
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35086.43/cwt85.00–88.001,1672
Bulls——1,58795.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02355.85/cwt53.00–59.005717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09063.38/cwt60.00–65.006916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23970.90/cwt69.00–73.0087810

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.