Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2019-05-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, May 1
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
▼ 263 vs last sale 723▼ 165 vs year ago 625 · −26.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
270 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 268▲ 177 vs year ago 93 · +190.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.47/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$177.47
52 head · 376 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.28
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1369186.8968919thin
Medium and Large 2362180.3065319thin
Medium and Large 3405160.8565114thin
One grade step is worth $26.04/cwt here — about $38 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 sale52 hd
177.47
—
FL average10 barns · 501 hd
172.19
+5.28
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—Average1,68986.851,4674thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16159.5669146
CowsLean 85-90%Average95751.454927thin

Every lot

39 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
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 1210222.38/cwt220.00–225.004672
Steers—Medium and Large 2228211.86/cwt205.00–215.004833
Steers—Medium and Large 1267211.75/cwt210.00–215.005653
Steers—Medium and Large 2275194.82/cwt190.00–200.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 3312188.21/cwt185.00–190.005873
Steers—Medium and Large 2313196.04/cwt195.00–197.006142
Steers—Medium and Large 1320202.34/cwt200.00–205.006472
Steers—Medium and Large 3355167.46/cwt165.00–170.005944
Steers—Medium and Large 1360184.43/cwt182.00–187.006642
Steers—Medium and Large 2365177.92/cwt175.00–180.006495
Steers—Medium and Large 2412163.94/cwt162.00–165.006753
Steers—Medium and Large 3415152.59/cwt150.00–155.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 1420172.38/cwt170.00–175.007244
Steers—Medium and Large 1458167.97/cwt166.00–170.007696
Steers—Medium and Large 2460159.04/cwt157.00–161.007322
Steers—Medium and Large 3468151.02/cwt150.00–152.007072
Steers—Medium and Large 3515136.73/cwt135.00–140.007043
Steers—Medium and Large 2518154.46/cwt152.00–157.008002
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215170.35/cwt165.00–175.003662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267161.75/cwt160.00–165.004323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283153.41/cwt150.00–155.004343
Heifers—Medium and Large 3303144.48/cwt142.00–147.004384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2309152.67/cwt149.00–155.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318162.44/cwt160.00–165.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365148.08/cwt145.00–151.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367153.96/cwt152.00–155.005653
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382136.81/cwt130.00–140.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410143.98/cwt143.00–145.005902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415135.04/cwt132.00–138.005602
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415127.47/cwt125.00–130.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460134.60/cwt130.00–139.006194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465141.47/cwt140.00–143.006582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560126.53/cwt125.00–128.007092
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468165.44/cwt164.00–167.007742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58384.18/cwt81.00–87.001,3332
Bulls——1,79589.52/cwt89.00–90.001,6072
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95751.45/cwt50.00–53.004927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08162.70/cwt62.00–65.0067816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20357.88/cwt56.00–60.0069630

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.