Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-03-23

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Mar 23
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
268 head
▼ 169 vs last sale 437▼ 527 vs year ago 795 · −66.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 49▼ 30 vs year ago 119 · −25.2%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.36/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$132.36
41 head · 370 lb average
Value per head Derived
$490
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.44
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2329134.3144114thin
Medium and Large 1392133.9052523
Medium and Large 3391116.704564thin
One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale41 hd
132.36
—
FL average9 barns · 337 hd
120.92
+11.44
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—Low1,495101.071,5118thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05178.2282215
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06569.867444thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,39889.45/cwt87.00–92.001,2512
Bulls——1,653112.65/cwt110.00–115.001,8622
Bulls——1,464101.08/cwt100.00–104.001,4804
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10981.23/cwt80.00–83.009016
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01276.22/cwt73.00–78.007719
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06569.86/cwt66.00–72.007444
SteersMedium and Large 2—517126.65/cwt125.00–130.006553
SteersMedium and Large 1—308175.91/cwt173.00–180.005425
SteersMedium and Large 3—423128.91/cwt127.00–132.005455
SteersMedium and Large 2—265162.08/cwt155.00–170.004302
SteersMedium and Large 2—318163.42/cwt160.00–167.005202
SteersMedium and Large 2—365149.16/cwt145.00–153.005442
SteersMedium and Large 2—415139.88/cwt135.00–145.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 3—413112.45/cwt110.00–115.004642
SteersMedium and Large 1—370160.14/cwt155.00–165.005936
SteersMedium and Large 3—373137.19/cwt135.00–142.005123
SteersMedium and Large 1—275182.23/cwt175.00–190.005012
SteersMedium and Large 1—468151.81/cwt147.00–157.007102
SteersMedium and Large 1—415153.55/cwt149.00–158.006374
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368120.95/cwt120.00–122.004452
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422127.99/cwt125.00–132.005409
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420119.59/cwt117.00–122.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313131.81/cwt130.00–135.004133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375129.32/cwt125.00–134.004854
HeifersMedium and Large 2—264145.68/cwt140.00–150.003855
HeifersMedium and Large 1—205160.98/cwt160.00–162.003302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270157.64/cwt155.00–160.004262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318141.54/cwt140.00–143.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368137.38/cwt135.00–140.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520117.43/cwt115.00–120.006112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463124.48/cwt123.00–126.005764

How this sale compares

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.