Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-06-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 1
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,090 head
▲ 183 vs last sale 907▲ 290 vs year ago 800 · +36.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
273 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 213▲ 211 vs year ago 62 · +340.3%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.41/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$144.41
71 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$78
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.23
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2416144.6960328
Medium and Large 3369144.4153218thin
Medium and Large 1473144.0968125
One grade step is worth $0.60/cwt here — about −$78 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 sale71 hd
144.41
—
FL average10 barns · 703 hd
141.18
+3.23
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—Average1,56491.181,4277thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10566.6373720
CowsLean 85-90%Average99056.5856012

Every lot, as filed

38 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513118.41/cwt115.00–122.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408125.97/cwt122.00–128.005143
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420112.89/cwt110.00–116.004742
HeifersMedium and Large 1—410133.90/cwt130.00–138.005498
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381134.92/cwt132.00–137.005147
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11169.56/cwt69.00–71.007734
Bulls——1,48989.19/cwt87.00–91.001,3285
Bulls——1,75396.17/cwt94.00–98.001,6862
BullsMedium and Large 2—530127.52/cwt125.00–130.006764
CowsLean 85-90%—99056.58/cwt55.00–60.0056012
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10465.90/cwt64.00–67.0072816
SteersMedium and Large 1—315173.10/cwt170.00–176.005452
SteersMedium and Large 1—409149.65/cwt146.00–152.006125
SteersMedium and Large 2—411142.30/cwt140.00–145.005859
SteersMedium and Large 1—623125.74/cwt123.00–130.007834
SteersMedium and Large 2—518129.39/cwt125.00–134.006706
SteersMedium and Large 1—515137.43/cwt135.00–140.007084
SteersMedium and Large 2—460139.55/cwt137.00–142.006424
SteersMedium and Large 1—455147.02/cwt145.00–149.006694
SteersMedium and Large 2—373152.42/cwt150.00–155.005694
SteersMedium and Large 3—367145.18/cwt140.00–149.005339
SteersMedium and Large 1—560128.64/cwt127.00–132.007203
SteersMedium and Large 2—322161.58/cwt160.00–165.005203
SteersMedium and Large 3—326151.86/cwt147.00–155.004955
SteersMedium and Large 1—363160.39/cwt157.00–162.005823
SteersMedium and Large 2—278170.89/cwt167.00–175.004752
SteersMedium and Large 3—425133.38/cwt130.00–137.005674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—456129.67/cwt126.00–135.005915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521111.54/cwt110.00–114.005815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—321148.04/cwt145.00–150.004755
HeifersMedium and Large 2—256144.69/cwt140.00–152.003705
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473108.41/cwt105.00–112.005134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567111.35/cwt110.00–112.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470121.17/cwt117.00–125.005694
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368124.76/cwt120.00–130.004594
HeifersMedium and Large 1—355143.71/cwt142.00–147.005103
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315139.58/cwt137.00–142.004404
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315132.62/cwt130.00–135.004184

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.