Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2019-07-17

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jul 17
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,232 head
▲ 418 vs last sale 814▲ 208 vs year ago 1,024 · +20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
252 head
▼ 356 vs last sale 608▼ 89 vs year ago 341 · −26.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.24/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$146.24
89 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.18
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433165.2571629
Medium and Large 2446144.6264532
Medium and Large 3475128.4061028
One grade step is worth $36.85/cwt here — about $106 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 sale89 hd
146.24
—
FL average10 barns · 1,113 hd
144.06
+2.18
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—Average1,59086.381,3736thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24558.4972825
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09353.685873thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1235228.68/cwt220.00–237.005374
Steers—Medium and Large 1257223.38/cwt220.00–230.005743
Steers—Medium and Large 2267194.69/cwt190.00–205.005203
Steers—Medium and Large 1307196.63/cwt195.00–200.006043
Steers—Medium and Large 1357163.27/cwt160.00–170.005833
Steers—Medium and Large 2367154.02/cwt152.00–155.005653
Steers—Medium and Large 3373147.58/cwt145.00–150.005502
Steers—Medium and Large 2415144.05/cwt140.00–148.005988
Steers—Medium and Large 3420132.62/cwt130.00–135.005574
Steers—Medium and Large 2458141.05/cwt138.00–144.006468
Steers—Medium and Large 3458130.54/cwt125.00–135.0059811
Steers—Medium and Large 1460148.47/cwt147.00–150.006832
Steers—Medium and Large 1505141.95/cwt137.00–147.007174
Steers—Medium and Large 3506122.97/cwt120.00–127.006227
Steers—Medium and Large 2533131.01/cwt130.00–132.006988
Steers—Medium and Large 1558133.01/cwt132.00–135.007423
Steers—Medium and Large 2563126.47/cwt125.00–128.007122
Steers—Medium and Large 3576118.19/cwt117.00–122.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 1607123.42/cwt122.00–126.007497
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1210169.76/cwt165.00–175.003562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2262143.38/cwt140.00–145.003763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273156.95/cwt150.00–160.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313153.64/cwt150.00–157.004812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323129.22/cwt125.00–133.004174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331139.11/cwt137.00–142.004607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350141.67/cwt140.00–145.004963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2356131.07/cwt130.00–135.004675
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368122.59/cwt120.00–125.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410129.53/cwt127.00–132.005316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411121.66/cwt119.00–125.005007
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427116.66/cwt116.00–118.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465128.61/cwt125.00–132.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465121.34/cwt120.00–123.005647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510119.36/cwt118.00–122.006093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517113.66/cwt112.00–116.005885
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2403143.31/cwt140.00–145.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415132.40/cwt127.00–135.005493
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463138.01/cwt137.00–140.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468124.04/cwt123.00–125.005812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,59086.38/cwt83.00–89.001,3736
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09353.68/cwt51.00–55.005873
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19261.99/cwt61.00–63.007395
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25857.62/cwt55.00–60.0072520

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.