Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-07-27

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 27
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
919 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 889▲ 288 vs year ago 631 · +45.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 121▲ 85 vs year ago 103 · +82.5%
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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 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 $156.99/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$156.99
65 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.79
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412163.1067233
Medium and Large 3367151.575566thin
Medium and Large 2401150.5060326
One grade step is worth $12.60/cwt here — about $69 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
156.99
—
FL average10 barns · 949 hd
141.20
+15.79
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—Average1,35390.371,2233thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14465.5875013
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06457.966179thin

Every lot

37 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 2268180.33/cwt175.00–185.004832
Steers—Medium and Large 1269201.19/cwt195.00–210.005419
Steers—Medium and Large 1313184.88/cwt180.00–190.005792
Steers—Medium and Large 3313163.64/cwt160.00–167.005124
Steers—Medium and Large 2315173.39/cwt170.00–175.005463
Steers—Medium and Large 1360161.03/cwt160.00–162.005804
Steers—Medium and Large 2363153.43/cwt150.00–157.0055710
Steers—Medium and Large 1414155.22/cwt150.00–159.006435
Steers—Medium and Large 2416146.69/cwt145.00–149.006105
Steers—Medium and Large 1463143.56/cwt140.00–147.006654
Steers—Medium and Large 3475127.42/cwt125.00–130.006052
Steers—Medium and Large 2525127.55/cwt125.00–130.006704
Steers—Medium and Large 1530139.08/cwt135.00–141.007373
Steers—Medium and Large 2563127.07/cwt124.00–130.007152
Steers—Medium and Large 1567136.74/cwt132.00–139.007753
Steers—Medium and Large 1630126.65/cwt126.00–128.007983
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265144.81/cwt140.00–150.003842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270161.15/cwt157.00–165.004354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1306154.12/cwt150.00–157.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318144.83/cwt140.00–148.004615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328132.92/cwt131.00–135.004362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356142.05/cwt140.00–145.005065
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377134.14/cwt130.00–136.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383122.94/cwt120.00–126.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410136.05/cwt132.00–140.005588
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417124.54/cwt120.00–127.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465119.58/cwt117.00–122.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475131.76/cwt127.00–134.006263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510121.49/cwt120.00–123.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555119.97/cwt117.00–123.006664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558112.47/cwt110.00–115.006282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618119.01/cwt118.00–120.007352
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3512120.61/cwt116.00–123.006183
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,35390.37/cwt90.00–91.001,2233
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06457.96/cwt54.00–60.006179
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11168.96/cwt68.00–72.007664
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15864.08/cwt62.00–67.007429

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.