Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2019-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-01-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.85/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$173.85

92 head · 395 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$19.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.25

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	405	180.64	732	46
Medium and Large 2	388	169.04	655	34
Medium and Large 3	378	161.46	611	12thin

One grade step is worth $19.19/cwt here — about $121 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 sale92 hd

173.85

—

FL average10 barns · 608 hd

168.60

+5.25

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,613	72.37	1,167	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,032	50.59	522	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	46.27	516	19

Every lot, as filed

52 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	56.49/cwt	56.00–57.00	607	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	46.27/cwt	43.00–49.00	516	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	50.26/cwt	48.00–53.00	518	36
Bulls	—	—	1,613	72.37/cwt	71.00–73.00	1,167	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	167.47/cwt	165.00–170.00	678	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	147.42/cwt	145.00–150.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	156.02/cwt	155.00–157.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	138.53/cwt	135.00–142.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	148.96/cwt	147.00–150.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	155.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	135.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	276	187.83/cwt	180.00–200.00	518	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	138.49/cwt	137.00–139.00	834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	234.30/cwt	225.00–245.00	504	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	147.57/cwt	145.00–150.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	143.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	165.08/cwt	160.00–170.00	754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	151.95/cwt	147.00–157.00	798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	211.63/cwt	205.00–220.00	574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	175.18/cwt	170.00–180.00	745	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	185.07/cwt	182.00–188.00	587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	141.26/cwt	135.00–145.00	739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	354	164.03/cwt	162.00–167.00	581	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	152.54/cwt	150.00–155.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	217	206.90/cwt	200.00–215.00	449	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	193.37/cwt	190.00–195.00	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	179.84/cwt	177.00–185.00	649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	148.36/cwt	145.00–150.00	868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	173.94/cwt	160.00–180.00	383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	117.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	132.40/cwt	130.00–135.00	483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	173.08/cwt	170.00–175.00	632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	160.15/cwt	155.00–165.00	668	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	178.44/cwt	175.00–180.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	115.27/cwt	110.00–118.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	149.38/cwt	147.00–152.00	485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	160.77/cwt	157.00–167.00	511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	153.77/cwt	150.00–160.00	570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	314	137.95/cwt	135.00–140.00	433	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	134.55/cwt	132.00–137.00	619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	154.81/cwt	150.00–160.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	140.52/cwt	137.00–147.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	130.26/cwt	128.00–135.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	123.94/cwt	120.00–126.00	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	207	197.77/cwt	190.00–205.00	409	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	127.60/cwt	125.00–130.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	135.71/cwt	132.00–137.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	114.55/cwt	113.00–119.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	172.55/cwt	165.00–185.00	457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	126.07/cwt	122.00–132.00	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	140.81/cwt	137.00–145.00	591	6

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)

Wed Jan 9, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,097Last week 0Year ago 1,129

Slaughter CattleReceipts 346Last week 685Year ago 319

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	56.00–57.00	56.49
36	—	1,030	48.00–53.00	50.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,115	43.00–49.00	46.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,613	71.00–73.00	72.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	405	165.00–170.00	167.47
2	—	522	145.00–150.00	147.42
2	—	457	155.00–157.00	156.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	135.00–142.00	138.53
3	—	460	147.00–150.00	148.96
4	—	405	150.00–160.00	155.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	125.00–130.00	127.60
4	—	460	132.00–137.00	135.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	130.00–140.00	135.95
5	—	276	180.00–200.00	187.83
4	—	317	182.00–188.00	185.07
4	—	523	135.00–145.00	141.26
2	—	477	150.00–155.00	152.54
4	—	217	200.00–215.00	206.90
5	—	365	170.00–175.00	173.08
6	—	417	155.00–165.00	160.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	602	137.00–139.00	138.49
6	—	215	225.00–245.00	234.30
6	—	457	160.00–170.00	165.08
6	—	525	147.00–157.00	151.95
7	—	271	205.00–220.00	211.63
8	—	425	170.00–180.00	175.18
3	—	306	190.00–195.00	193.37
3	—	361	177.00–185.00	179.84
3	—	585	145.00–150.00	148.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	422	145.00–150.00	147.57
2	—	475	140.00–147.00	143.43
5	—	354	162.00–167.00	164.03
3	—	325	175.00–180.00	178.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	220	160.00–180.00	173.94
4	—	517	115.00–120.00	117.56
3	—	561	110.00–118.00	115.27
4	—	325	147.00–152.00	149.38
2	—	477	120.00–125.00	122.46
2	—	270	150.00–160.00	154.81
3	—	360	137.00–147.00	140.52
3	—	433	128.00–135.00	130.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	130.00–135.00	132.40
7	—	314	135.00–140.00	137.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	318	157.00–167.00	160.77
5	—	371	150.00–160.00	153.77
6	—	460	132.00–137.00	134.55
3	—	558	120.00–126.00	123.94
4	—	207	190.00–205.00	197.77
4	—	617	113.00–119.00	114.55
5	—	265	165.00–185.00	172.55
5	—	526	122.00–132.00	126.07
6	—	420	137.00–145.00	140.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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