Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2019-05-06

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
655 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 693▼ 85 vs year ago 740 · −11.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 326▲ 76 vs year ago 131 · +58.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.91/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$169.91
69 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.37
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1411178.1873323
Medium and Large 2391169.9666528
Medium and Large 3389159.2661918thin
One grade step is worth $18.92/cwt here — about $114 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 sale69 hd
169.91
—
FL average10 barns · 547 hd
163.54
+6.37
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—Average1,69787.381,4833thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08460.0265126
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02553.9155310

Every lot

36 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1220225.45/cwt220.00–230.004962
Steers—Medium and Large 1255219.45/cwt217.00–222.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 2268193.29/cwt190.00–195.005183
Steers—Medium and Large 3313178.36/cwt175.00–182.005584
Steers—Medium and Large 2316190.70/cwt185.00–195.006035
Steers—Medium and Large 3361163.03/cwt160.00–165.005895
Steers—Medium and Large 2362171.91/cwt167.00–175.006225
Steers—Medium and Large 1368177.95/cwt177.00–179.006554
Steers—Medium and Large 2409161.14/cwt159.00–165.006597
Steers—Medium and Large 1415172.06/cwt167.00–177.007146
Steers—Medium and Large 3415150.99/cwt150.00–152.006274
Steers—Medium and Large 3456146.82/cwt145.00–148.006695
Steers—Medium and Large 2465156.94/cwt155.00–159.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 1470168.56/cwt167.00–170.007924
Steers—Medium and Large 2510152.55/cwt150.00–155.007784
Steers—Medium and Large 1534157.98/cwt155.00–160.008445
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1262163.55/cwt161.00–165.004293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263150.89/cwt147.00–155.003972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307162.22/cwt157.00–165.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313152.56/cwt150.00–155.004784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320138.34/cwt135.00–142.004432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368148.98/cwt147.00–150.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368142.87/cwt140.00–145.005267
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380133.38/cwt130.00–135.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408144.42/cwt140.00–149.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411132.91/cwt127.00–137.005465
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428118.56/cwt115.00–122.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468127.41/cwt125.00–130.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510131.92/cwt128.00–136.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520120.96/cwt119.00–122.006293
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460162.96/cwt161.00–165.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517155.22/cwt154.00–156.008025
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69787.38/cwt86.00–89.001,4833
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02553.91/cwt50.00–56.0055310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02658.61/cwt56.00–61.0060120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27964.74/cwt64.00–68.008286

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.