Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2019-08-05

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Aug 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
611 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 631▼ 213 vs year ago 824 · −25.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
215 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 103▼ 138 vs year ago 353 · −39.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.29/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$151.29
77 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$697
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.74
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2399154.9261822
Medium and Large 1494151.4174848
Medium and Large 3428139.105957thin
One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $22 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 sale77 hd
151.29
—
FL average10 barns · 733 hd
141.55
+9.74
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
Bulls—Average1,45486.411,2564thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16963.0673731
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09355.3760510

Every lot

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1213243.13/cwt230.00–250.005183
Steers—Medium and Large 1263212.43/cwt210.00–215.005592
Steers—Medium and Large 2263188.16/cwt185.00–195.004953
Steers—Medium and Large 2305180.69/cwt180.00–182.005513
Steers—Medium and Large 1310190.87/cwt187.00–195.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1363163.64/cwt163.00–165.005943
Steers—Medium and Large 2370155.78/cwt152.00–160.005764
Steers—Medium and Large 3373146.56/cwt145.00–150.005473
Steers—Medium and Large 2414146.08/cwt143.00–150.006057
Steers—Medium and Large 1420158.05/cwt156.00–160.006644
Steers—Medium and Large 3420138.46/cwt135.00–142.005822
Steers—Medium and Large 1458145.99/cwt145.00–147.006694
Steers—Medium and Large 3518128.55/cwt125.00–132.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 1520139.92/cwt138.00–142.0072810
Steers—Medium and Large 2523133.35/cwt132.00–134.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 2560127.95/cwt125.00–131.007172
Steers—Medium and Large 1563136.07/cwt133.00–139.007666
Steers—Medium and Large 1625129.21/cwt127.00–133.0080814
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320132.46/cwt130.00–135.004242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330139.51/cwt137.00–145.004603
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360126.25/cwt125.00–128.004555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367135.58/cwt133.00–137.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413118.94/cwt117.00–120.004913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418127.40/cwt125.00–130.005336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460128.98/cwt128.00–130.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528124.05/cwt122.00–126.006552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565120.95/cwt118.00–123.006835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612115.98/cwt114.00–120.007103
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528132.54/cwt130.00–135.007004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623116.82/cwt116.00–121.007286
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39384.54/cwt83.00–87.001,1783
Bulls——1,63592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,5041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09355.37/cwt52.00–58.0060510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15360.99/cwt57.00–63.0070319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19466.33/cwt65.00–70.0079212

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.