Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2019-08-21

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Aug 21
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
472 head
▼ 231 vs last sale 703▼ 288 vs year ago 760 · −37.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 144▼ 79 vs year ago 190 · −41.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.07/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$164.07
58 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.40
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413168.7569733
Medium and Large 2392160.0262819thin
Medium and Large 3401151.136066thin
One grade step is worth $17.62/cwt here — about $91 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 sale58 hd
164.07
—
FL average10 barns · 813 hd
133.66
+30.40
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—Average1,92390.661,7433thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23260.0373919
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01954.405545thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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—453128.01/cwt127.00–130.005803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473121.30/cwt120.00–124.005743
SteersMedium and Large 1—568142.42/cwt140.00–145.008092
SteersMedium and Large 2—408153.44/cwt150.00–157.006262
SteersMedium and Large 3—330168.97/cwt167.00–170.005583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—282171.63/cwt170.00–175.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373135.88/cwt134.00–140.005073
SteersMedium and Large 1—265212.92/cwt205.00–220.005642
SteersMedium and Large 1—371174.61/cwt170.00–180.006489
SteersMedium and Large 2—468145.98/cwt145.00–147.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405138.46/cwt135.00–142.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265158.57/cwt155.00–162.004202
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378129.07/cwt125.00–131.004883
SteersMedium and Large 1—419164.14/cwt160.00–170.006887
SteersMedium and Large 2—365163.45/cwt160.00–167.005974
HeifersMedium and Large 1—309164.17/cwt160.00–170.005077
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335138.52/cwt137.00–140.004642
SteersMedium and Large 1—506145.16/cwt142.00–150.007355
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01954.40/cwt52.00–57.005545
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19759.18/cwt55.00–61.0070815
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36163.20/cwt63.00–64.008604
Bulls——1,92390.66/cwt90.00–91.001,7433
SteersMedium and Large 2—323178.16/cwt177.00–182.005754
BullsMedium and Large 3—460133.42/cwt130.00–137.006144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—500123.50/cwt120.00–127.006184
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423126.69/cwt122.00–131.005366
SteersMedium and Large 1—470159.79/cwt155.00–165.007514
SteersMedium and Large 2—287178.37/cwt175.00–180.005123
BullsMedium and Large 3—568117.53/cwt115.00–120.006682
BullsMedium and Large 1—510136.02/cwt135.00–137.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360143.52/cwt142.00–145.005174
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313151.88/cwt147.00–157.004754
SteersMedium and Large 1—319193.12/cwt187.00–195.006164
SteersMedium and Large 2—575124.03/cwt122.00–126.007132
SteersMedium and Large 3—472133.29/cwt130.00–140.006293

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.