Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2018-03-12

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Mar 12
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
473 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 582▲ 473 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 136▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $217.11/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$217.11
93 head · 342 lb average
Value per head Derived
$742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.54
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1323230.7474648
Medium and Large 2360205.5174037
Medium and Large 3367188.976948thin
One grade step is worth $41.77/cwt here — about $52 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 sale93 hd
217.11
—
FL average10 barns · 607 hd
197.57
+19.54
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—Average1,48788.691,3196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12064.4872217
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08058.2262910

Every lot, as filed

42 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2—210260.12/cwt255.00–265.005464
SteersMedium and Large 2—255231.90/cwt227.00–237.005912
SteersMedium and Large 2—316215.53/cwt210.00–220.0068113
SteersMedium and Large 2—424183.99/cwt180.00–190.007807
SteersMedium and Large 2—506167.36/cwt165.00–170.008473
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526136.27/cwt132.00–140.007176
SteersMedium and Large 2—475178.29/cwt175.00–180.008474
SteersMedium and Large 2—370198.61/cwt195.00–205.007354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381164.02/cwt160.00–167.006256
HeifersMedium and Large 2—207187.22/cwt180.00–195.003885
HeifersMedium and Large 2—412152.55/cwt150.00–155.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270179.41/cwt175.00–183.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—319172.10/cwt167.00–175.005495
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475147.42/cwt145.00–150.007004
SteersMedium and Large 1—405196.51/cwt192.00–200.007964
SteersMedium and Large 1—507180.52/cwt179.00–182.009152
SteersMedium and Large 1—319227.03/cwt222.00–232.0072415
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461157.75/cwt155.00–160.007277
HeifersMedium and Large 1—406163.03/cwt157.00–167.006627
HeifersMedium and Large 1—256193.38/cwt185.00–205.0049512
SteersMedium and Large 1—258252.29/cwt240.00–260.0065110
SteersMedium and Large 1—361215.98/cwt210.00–220.007808
SteersMedium and Large 1—208285.32/cwt275.00–295.005936
SteersMedium and Large 1—460186.70/cwt184.00–190.008593
HeifersMedium and Large 1—312183.25/cwt180.00–186.0057211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370171.79/cwt170.00–175.006365
HeifersMedium and Large 1—502148.50/cwt145.00–150.007454
HeifersMedium and Large 1—551140.34/cwt139.00–142.007733
BullsMedium and Large 3—461164.78/cwt162.00–170.007604
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425144.88/cwt140.00–150.006164
SteersMedium and Large 3—428171.61/cwt170.00–175.007343
SteersMedium and Large 3—372188.57/cwt185.00–192.007012
SteersMedium and Large 3—303206.59/cwt200.00–210.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 1—203210.08/cwt205.00–215.004263
BullsMedium and Large 1—367208.41/cwt205.00–215.007654
CowsLean 85-90%—1,20759.60/cwt57.00–62.007195
CowsLean 85-90%—87551.70/cwt51.00–53.004523
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07264.53/cwt64.00–65.006922
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09563.44/cwt61.00–65.0069512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18166.98/cwt66.00–68.007915
Bulls——1,43986.23/cwt85.00–88.001,2415
Bulls——1,725101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,7421

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.