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
BullsAverage1,48788.691,3196thin
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 2210260.12/cwt255.00–265.005464
SteersMedium and Large 2255231.90/cwt227.00–237.005912
SteersMedium and Large 2316215.53/cwt210.00–220.0068113
SteersMedium and Large 2424183.99/cwt180.00–190.007807
SteersMedium and Large 2506167.36/cwt165.00–170.008473
HeifersMedium and Large 2526136.27/cwt132.00–140.007176
SteersMedium and Large 2475178.29/cwt175.00–180.008474
SteersMedium and Large 2370198.61/cwt195.00–205.007354
HeifersMedium and Large 2381164.02/cwt160.00–167.006256
HeifersMedium and Large 2207187.22/cwt180.00–195.003885
HeifersMedium and Large 2412152.55/cwt150.00–155.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 2270179.41/cwt175.00–183.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 2319172.10/cwt167.00–175.005495
HeifersMedium and Large 2475147.42/cwt145.00–150.007004
SteersMedium and Large 1405196.51/cwt192.00–200.007964
SteersMedium and Large 1507180.52/cwt179.00–182.009152
SteersMedium and Large 1319227.03/cwt222.00–232.0072415
HeifersMedium and Large 1461157.75/cwt155.00–160.007277
HeifersMedium and Large 1406163.03/cwt157.00–167.006627
HeifersMedium and Large 1256193.38/cwt185.00–205.0049512
SteersMedium and Large 1258252.29/cwt240.00–260.0065110
SteersMedium and Large 1361215.98/cwt210.00–220.007808
SteersMedium and Large 1208285.32/cwt275.00–295.005936
SteersMedium and Large 1460186.70/cwt184.00–190.008593
HeifersMedium and Large 1312183.25/cwt180.00–186.0057211
HeifersMedium and Large 1370171.79/cwt170.00–175.006365
HeifersMedium and Large 1502148.50/cwt145.00–150.007454
HeifersMedium and Large 1551140.34/cwt139.00–142.007733
BullsMedium and Large 3461164.78/cwt162.00–170.007604
HeifersMedium and Large 3425144.88/cwt140.00–150.006164
SteersMedium and Large 3428171.61/cwt170.00–175.007343
SteersMedium and Large 3372188.57/cwt185.00–192.007012
SteersMedium and Large 3303206.59/cwt200.00–210.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 1203210.08/cwt205.00–215.004263
BullsMedium and Large 1367208.41/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
Bulls1,43986.23/cwt85.00–88.001,2415
Bulls1,725101.00/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.