Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2019-05-20

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
505 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 444▼ 77 vs year ago 582 · −13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 209▲ 12 vs year ago 184 · +6.5%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.89/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$170.89
56 head · 376 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.90
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1373178.4966628
Medium and Large 2371166.3161822
Medium and Large 3406152.216186thin
One grade step is worth $26.28/cwt here — about $48 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 sale56 hd
170.89
—
FL average10 barns · 467 hd
161.98
+8.90
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—Low1,49884.261,2627thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,01258.1258820
CowsLean 85-90%Average99152.5552113

Every lot, as filed

33 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—413160.03/cwt159.00–161.006612
BullsMedium and Large 1—458157.03/cwt155.00–159.007194
BullsMedium and Large 2—458147.54/cwt145.00–150.006762
BullsMedium and Large 3—463138.52/cwt137.00–140.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—208184.82/cwt180.00–190.003842
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313152.91/cwt151.00–157.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1—407142.62/cwt140.00–144.005803
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470138.98/cwt137.00–140.006533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363148.47/cwt147.00–150.005394
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470129.91/cwt128.00–132.006112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418132.66/cwt132.00–134.005553
HeifersMedium and Large 2—363140.97/cwt140.00–142.005124
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329147.96/cwt145.00–150.004875
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315138.52/cwt137.00–140.004362
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360133.46/cwt132.00–135.004802
SteersMedium and Large 1—305181.48/cwt180.00–183.005542
SteersMedium and Large 1—365170.96/cwt170.00–172.006242
SteersMedium and Large 1—265205.34/cwt197.00–210.005443
SteersMedium and Large 1—505154.51/cwt153.00–156.007804
SteersMedium and Large 1—217222.44/cwt210.00–230.004835
SteersMedium and Large 1—459159.43/cwt157.00–163.007325
SteersMedium and Large 1—415164.20/cwt162.00–166.006817
SteersMedium and Large 2—260191.15/cwt187.00–195.004972
SteersMedium and Large 2—338173.02/cwt170.00–175.005855
SteersMedium and Large 2—431157.81/cwt155.00–160.006807
SteersMedium and Large 2—368163.33/cwt160.00–167.006018
SteersMedium and Large 3—387156.33/cwt155.00–157.006053
SteersMedium and Large 3—425148.09/cwt144.00–150.006293
Bulls——1,54379.06/cwt77.00–81.001,2202
Bulls——1,48086.34/cwt84.00–90.001,2785
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05362.10/cwt60.00–64.006546
CowsBoner 80-85%—99456.42/cwt55.00–59.0056114
CowsLean 85-90%—99152.55/cwt50.00–55.0052113

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.