Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2019-10-14

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,453 head
▲ 332 vs last sale 1,121▲ 473 vs year ago 980 · +48.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 167▼ 165 vs year ago 363 · −45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.49/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$146.49
99 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$76
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.57
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2411148.5661043
Medium and Large 3379144.9455014thin
Medium and Large 1474144.8868642
One grade step is worth $3.68/cwt here — about −$76 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 sale99 hd
146.49
—
FL average10 barns · 1,065 hd
135.92
+10.57
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—Average1,61871.041,1492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14948.2255417
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05643.264579thin

Every lot

49 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 2265179.43/cwt170.00–190.004756
Steers—Medium and Large 3315162.58/cwt160.00–165.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 2323171.89/cwt170.00–175.005555
Steers—Medium and Large 1325179.42/cwt177.00–182.005832
Steers—Medium and Large 3359147.65/cwt145.00–151.005307
Steers—Medium and Large 1365164.74/cwt162.00–167.006017
Steers—Medium and Large 2370155.78/cwt152.00–160.005768
Steers—Medium and Large 1408159.91/cwt155.00–165.006526
Steers—Medium and Large 3413137.16/cwt132.00–140.005663
Steers—Medium and Large 2423147.31/cwt143.00–152.006238
Steers—Medium and Large 2456138.06/cwt135.00–142.006307
Steers—Medium and Large 1463148.78/cwt145.00–152.006899
Steers—Medium and Large 3463129.46/cwt127.00–132.005992
Steers—Medium and Large 1513131.39/cwt127.00–136.006746
Steers—Medium and Large 2535119.49/cwt118.00–121.006394
Steers—Medium and Large 2556116.63/cwt113.00–119.006485
Steers—Medium and Large 1567126.74/cwt123.00–132.007197
Steers—Medium and Large 1604119.79/cwt118.00–126.007245
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1256167.03/cwt160.00–172.004285
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263146.17/cwt140.00–152.003844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318152.36/cwt150.00–155.004856
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329142.04/cwt140.00–145.004675
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330132.49/cwt127.00–135.004373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368124.90/cwt123.00–127.004606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371128.62/cwt123.00–136.004776
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380119.48/cwt118.00–121.004544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408123.48/cwt120.00–128.005049
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415107.98/cwt106.00–110.004484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429115.52/cwt113.00–119.004967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460117.93/cwt115.00–120.005425
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460111.02/cwt110.00–112.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465105.47/cwt104.00–107.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510113.92/cwt110.00–118.005818
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513106.95/cwt105.00–109.005492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558102.47/cwt100.00–105.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578108.28/cwt107.00–111.006263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622103.99/cwt103.00–105.006475
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3408132.45/cwt130.00–135.005402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415147.59/cwt145.00–150.006126
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457146.01/cwt144.00–147.006673
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467134.57/cwt132.00–140.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478126.03/cwt124.00–128.006024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510125.96/cwt124.00–130.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518117.05/cwt115.00–119.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565121.46/cwt120.00–123.006862
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,61871.04/cwt70.00–72.001,1492
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05643.26/cwt42.00–45.004579
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09647.49/cwt46.00–49.0052014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39551.62/cwt51.00–52.007203

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.