Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2019-07-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jul 10
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
814 head
▲ 814 vs last sale 0▼ 263 vs year ago 1,077 · −24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
608 head
▲ 608 vs last sale 0▲ 372 vs year ago 236 · +157.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.31/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$159.31
70 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.51
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1376171.3864526
Medium and Large 3358155.3555715thin
Medium and Large 2422150.5463529
One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $10 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 sale70 hd
159.31
—
FL average9 barns · 836 hd
143.81
+15.51
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—Average1,53386.671,3298thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15360.2269467
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07953.6957921

Every lot, as filed

37 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420133.46/cwt130.00–137.005614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—462122.92/cwt120.00–125.005685
SteersMedium and Large 1—465149.42/cwt147.00–152.006952
SteersMedium and Large 2—258182.43/cwt180.00–185.004712
SteersMedium and Large 2—420148.33/cwt145.00–152.006236
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365140.99/cwt140.00–142.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426125.48/cwt123.00–127.005355
SteersMedium and Large 1—408156.02/cwt155.00–157.006372
SteersMedium and Large 1—310188.39/cwt185.00–192.005846
SteersMedium and Large 2—365157.40/cwt155.00–160.005756
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458128.04/cwt127.00–130.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313137.44/cwt135.00–140.004304
SteersMedium and Large 1—360163.54/cwt162.00–165.005892
SteersMedium and Large 1—570138.53/cwt135.00–142.007904
SteersMedium and Large 2—521131.85/cwt130.00–133.006875
HeifersMedium and Large 1—307148.37/cwt145.00–150.004553
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378133.70/cwt132.00–137.005053
HeifersMedium and Large 3—369125.30/cwt122.00–130.004627
SteersMedium and Large 1—220208.94/cwt202.00–215.004604
SteersMedium and Large 2—470142.94/cwt140.00–145.006725
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07357.33/cwt54.00–60.0061535
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24063.39/cwt61.00–65.0078632
Bulls——1,53386.67/cwt85.00–90.001,3298
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07953.69/cwt51.00–56.0057921
SteersMedium and Large 3—333164.89/cwt160.00–170.005498
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575117.99/cwt117.00–119.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513112.44/cwt110.00–115.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313129.56/cwt127.00–132.004064
SteersMedium and Large 1—510139.35/cwt138.00–140.007113
SteersMedium and Large 2—310178.45/cwt172.00–182.005533
SteersMedium and Large 3—370147.57/cwt145.00–150.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270158.31/cwt155.00–162.004272
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525121.96/cwt120.00–124.006404
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420115.98/cwt115.00–118.004873
SteersMedium and Large 1—257193.25/cwt190.00–200.004973
SteersMedium and Large 2—560128.56/cwt125.00–132.007202
SteersMedium and Large 3—410140.27/cwt135.00–143.005753

How this sale compares

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.