Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2019-08-19

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Aug 19
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
527 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 465▼ 182 vs year ago 709 · −25.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 163▼ 225 vs year ago 333 · −67.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.33/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$143.33
55 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.86
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477147.8970527
Medium and Large 2427144.6361816thin
Medium and Large 3437131.3357412thin
One grade step is worth $16.56/cwt here — about $131 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 sale55 hd
143.33
—
FL average9 barns · 593 hd
126.47
+16.86
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—Average1,65987.691,4554thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19760.5472412
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06552.585606thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1218213.44/cwt210.00–215.004653
Steers—Medium and Large 1263192.38/cwt190.00–195.005062
Steers—Medium and Large 2288175.97/cwt172.00–180.005072
Steers—Medium and Large 1313178.24/cwt175.00–180.005583
Steers—Medium and Large 2315171.03/cwt170.00–172.005392
Steers—Medium and Large 3368142.66/cwt140.00–147.005255
Steers—Medium and Large 2370152.40/cwt150.00–155.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 1420148.46/cwt145.00–152.006244
Steers—Medium and Large 2427139.76/cwt135.00–142.005973
Steers—Medium and Large 3468125.63/cwt122.00–129.005884
Steers—Medium and Large 2477132.35/cwt130.00–137.006313
Steers—Medium and Large 2505125.99/cwt125.00–127.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 3512120.03/cwt119.00–122.006153
Steers—Medium and Large 1561129.80/cwt127.00–132.007287
Steers—Medium and Large 2585123.52/cwt121.00–126.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 1603116.66/cwt115.00–120.007033
Steers—Medium and Large 1667116.16/cwt113.00–119.007755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1253153.71/cwt152.00–157.003893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323145.76/cwt141.00–148.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370124.47/cwt122.00–127.004614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1404123.84/cwt121.00–128.005005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418117.06/cwt115.00–119.004892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463122.78/cwt120.00–125.005687
Heifers—Medium and Large 2508111.99/cwt110.00–115.005695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523118.97/cwt118.00–120.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558112.55/cwt109.00–115.006285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563121.91/cwt118.00–126.006864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612111.31/cwt109.00–115.006813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423147.46/cwt145.00–150.006242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2508125.01/cwt123.00–127.006354
Bulls—Medium and Large 3563114.09/cwt110.00–118.006422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65987.69/cwt86.00–89.001,4554
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06552.58/cwt50.00–55.005606
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14057.84/cwt55.00–61.006597
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27664.31/cwt63.00–66.008215

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.