Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-11-02

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Nov 2
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
863 head
▼ 149 vs last sale 1,012▼ 295 vs year ago 1,158 · −25.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 100▼ 73 vs year ago 237 · −30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.21/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$145.21
86 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$170
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$1.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.73
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3366145.9153413thin
Medium and Large 2422145.7861626
Medium and Large 1486144.7070447
One grade step is worth $1.21/cwt here — about −$170 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 sale86 hd
145.21
—
FL average10 barns · 976 hd
136.48
+8.73
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—Average1,46785.471,25415
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28558.2574810
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05848.815166thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268183.27/cwt180.00–187.004914
Steers—Medium and Large 2272167.80/cwt160.00–172.004563
Steers—Medium and Large 1313177.32/cwt173.00–182.005552
Steers—Medium and Large 2317166.92/cwt165.00–170.005295
Steers—Medium and Large 3320157.16/cwt152.00–162.005036
Steers—Medium and Large 3365142.43/cwt140.00–145.005202
Steers—Medium and Large 1368164.47/cwt160.00–169.006058
Steers—Medium and Large 2373152.55/cwt150.00–155.005692
Steers—Medium and Large 1421155.66/cwt153.00–160.006555
Steers—Medium and Large 3421133.80/cwt130.00–140.005635
Steers—Medium and Large 2433147.05/cwt144.00–150.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 1465149.35/cwt145.00–154.006944
Steers—Medium and Large 2468139.85/cwt138.00–141.006545
Steers—Medium and Large 1512133.73/cwt130.00–139.006855
Steers—Medium and Large 2515124.88/cwt121.00–129.006434
Steers—Medium and Large 2567120.03/cwt118.00–121.006813
Steers—Medium and Large 1570132.63/cwt128.00–135.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 1624122.19/cwt120.00–126.0076216
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308127.56/cwt125.00–130.003932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318137.36/cwt135.00–140.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358123.76/cwt122.00–125.004435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360128.75/cwt127.00–130.004645
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383119.07/cwt115.00–121.004563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413124.91/cwt122.00–128.005168
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418117.54/cwt115.00–120.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420108.42/cwt105.00–112.004552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458115.05/cwt112.00–118.005276
Heifers—Medium and Large 3459107.47/cwt105.00–110.004936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479122.43/cwt120.00–124.005865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506113.81/cwt110.00–119.005767
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518105.46/cwt103.00–108.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570107.04/cwt105.00–109.006102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580114.95/cwt112.00–121.006673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603117.35/cwt116.00–120.007083
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35482.16/cwt80.00–86.001,1128
Bulls——1,59689.25/cwt88.00–93.001,4247
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05848.81/cwt47.00–52.005166
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26357.45/cwt55.00–59.007268
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37361.44/cwt60.00–63.008442

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.