Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2018-04-02

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Apr 2
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
345 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 427▲ 345 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 107▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.65/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$158.65
96 head · 368 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.34
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1337170.9757643
Medium and Large 2384153.5559037
Medium and Large 3414137.3556816thin
One grade step is worth $33.62/cwt here — about $8 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 sale96 hd
158.65
—
FL average10 barns · 805 hd
157.31
+1.34
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—Average1,36883.411,1414thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19655.0765913
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02150.685187thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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—520148.51/cwt147.00–150.007724
SteersMedium and Large 3—520139.58/cwt135.00–142.007266
SteersMedium and Large 1—310209.95/cwt205.00–215.006513
SteersMedium and Large 2—254200.91/cwt195.00–205.005105
SteersMedium and Large 3—372175.92/cwt172.00–180.006542
SteersMedium and Large 3—308192.37/cwt190.00–195.005923
SteersMedium and Large 3—452153.52/cwt150.00–157.006944
Bulls——1,36883.41/cwt81.00–86.001,1414
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19655.07/cwt53.00–57.0065913
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03245.78/cwt43.00–48.004722
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01752.64/cwt51.00–55.005355
SteersMedium and Large 2—356184.77/cwt182.00–187.006584
SteersMedium and Large 2—430170.66/cwt167.00–175.007343
SteersMedium and Large 1—527154.01/cwt152.00–157.008125
SteersMedium and Large 1—208235.10/cwt230.00–245.004895
SteersMedium and Large 1—360193.94/cwt190.00–200.006985
SteersMedium and Large 3—427161.07/cwt157.00–165.006882
SteersMedium and Large 1—412182.48/cwt180.00–185.007522
SteersMedium and Large 2—220212.73/cwt210.00–215.004684
SteersMedium and Large 1—271216.11/cwt210.00–225.005864
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525118.34/cwt116.00–121.006216
SteersMedium and Large 2—317198.73/cwt197.00–200.006305
HeifersMedium and Large 2—230189.49/cwt180.00–197.004366
HeifersMedium and Large 2—312162.56/cwt160.00–165.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 1—262187.39/cwt180.00–192.0049113
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325152.92/cwt150.00–157.004976
HeifersMedium and Large 3—405137.47/cwt135.00–140.005572
SteersMedium and Large 1—610128.00/cwt125.00–132.007814
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524129.02/cwt127.00–133.006765
HeifersMedium and Large 2—362160.80/cwt155.00–165.005825
HeifersMedium and Large 2—412143.53/cwt142.00–145.005914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565117.62/cwt115.00–119.006653
HeifersMedium and Large 3—355147.54/cwt145.00–150.005242
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475137.29/cwt135.00–140.006526
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265169.91/cwt165.00–175.004506
HeifersMedium and Large 1—306175.87/cwt170.00–180.0053810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563122.82/cwt120.00–125.006915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414149.60/cwt147.00–152.006195
HeifersMedium and Large 1—353166.76/cwt165.00–170.005894
HeifersMedium and Large 1—205207.68/cwt200.00–215.004264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455148.46/cwt145.00–152.006752

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.