Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2020-08-31

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Aug 31
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
510 head
365 vs last sale 875 510 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
325 head
93 vs last sale 232 325 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Aug 19, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.86/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$159.86
60 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.74
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1404167.8667726
Medium and Large 2398157.3562620
Medium and Large 3397148.5758914thin
One grade step is worth $19.29/cwt here — about $88 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 sale60 hd
159.86
FL average10 barns · 795 hd
138.11
+21.74
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
BullsAverage1,57090.001,4131thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17166.9978432
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05057.5660428

Every lot, as filed

32 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 3460112.45/cwt110.00–115.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 1463126.95/cwt125.00–129.005884
HeifersMedium and Large 3363128.47/cwt127.00–130.004662
HeifersMedium and Large 1415129.46/cwt128.00–131.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 2470118.94/cwt116.00–122.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 2408123.73/cwt122.00–127.005053
HeifersMedium and Large 2367133.01/cwt132.00–135.004883
SteersMedium and Large 1417168.76/cwt165.00–174.007045
SteersMedium and Large 3320166.77/cwt165.00–170.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 2570112.93/cwt111.00–115.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 3333133.42/cwt130.00–137.004444
HeifersMedium and Large 2325147.38/cwt145.00–150.004792
SteersMedium and Large 1463161.38/cwt157.00–166.007474
SteersMedium and Large 2370164.05/cwt160.00–170.006077
SteersMedium and Large 1517136.97/cwt135.00–138.007083
SteersMedium and Large 2569121.24/cwt120.00–123.006905
SteersMedium and Large 1307183.37/cwt180.00–185.005633
SteersMedium and Large 2259182.09/cwt175.00–187.004725
SteersMedium and Large 3463132.43/cwt130.00–135.006134
SteersMedium and Large 1260196.03/cwt180.00–205.005103
SteersMedium and Large 2410160.65/cwt160.00–162.006593
SteersMedium and Large 3410147.44/cwt145.00–150.006054
SteersMedium and Large 1563132.53/cwt131.00–134.007462
SteersMedium and Large 1363176.83/cwt172.00–182.006426
SteersMedium and Large 3367153.41/cwt150.00–155.005633
Bulls1,57090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4131
BullsMedium and Large 3523117.95/cwt115.00–120.006175
BullsMedium and Large 2534125.18/cwt124.00–127.006685
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13566.39/cwt64.00–70.0075429
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51772.77/cwt71.00–77.001,1043
CowsLean 85-90%1,03660.56/cwt58.00–64.0062718
CowsLean 85-90%1,07452.16/cwt48.00–54.0056010

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.