Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-06-08

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▼ 773 vs last sale 1,090▼ 432 vs year ago 749 · −57.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 273▼ 81 vs year ago 276 · −29.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.38/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$131.38
40 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$65
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$1.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.15
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3325132.424302thin
Medium and Large 1421131.9755521
Medium and Large 2379130.5249517thin
One grade step is worth $1.90/cwt here — about −$65 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 sale40 hd
131.38
—
FL average10 barns · 733 hd
124.23
+7.15
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—Average1,45389.861,3067thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18167.1479328
CowsLean 85-90%Average98556.4955612

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2265167.89/cwt165.00–170.004455
Steers—Medium and Large 1310172.54/cwt170.00–175.005352
Steers—Medium and Large 3313157.56/cwt155.00–160.004932
Steers—Medium and Large 2317166.31/cwt165.00–167.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 1368159.86/cwt157.00–163.005882
Steers—Medium and Large 2368151.03/cwt147.00–155.005564
Steers—Medium and Large 3368142.41/cwt140.00–145.005242
Steers—Medium and Large 2420136.38/cwt134.00–139.005734
Steers—Medium and Large 1423145.26/cwt144.00–148.006143
Steers—Medium and Large 2457135.36/cwt132.00–137.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1465141.45/cwt140.00–143.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 2505126.53/cwt123.00–130.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 3513118.38/cwt115.00–120.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 1515136.46/cwt135.00–138.007032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263143.19/cwt137.00–150.003774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320147.38/cwt145.00–150.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322141.37/cwt140.00–142.004553
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325132.42/cwt130.00–135.004302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356139.05/cwt137.00–142.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360132.53/cwt130.00–135.004774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415131.93/cwt130.00–134.005486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468128.54/cwt126.00–131.006024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485121.04/cwt117.00–123.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512109.58/cwt103.00–113.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513118.90/cwt115.00–123.006104
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44187.23/cwt84.00–90.001,2574
Bulls——1,47093.37/cwt92.00–96.001,3733
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98556.49/cwt53.00–59.0055612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17466.08/cwt63.00–69.0077622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20771.04/cwt70.00–73.008576

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.