Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2019-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.59/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$171.59

70 head · 368 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$15.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.13

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	377	178.16	671	29
Medium and Large 2	366	168.89	618	28
Medium and Large 3	351	162.76	572	13thin

One grade step is worth $15.40/cwt here — about $100 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 sale70 hd

171.59

—

FL average10 barns · 539 hd

164.46

+7.13

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	—	High	1,738	85.27	1,482	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,189	59.93	713	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,134	53.65	608	10

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	164.10/cwt	162.00–166.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	166.30/cwt	165.00–167.00	612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	151.72/cwt	150.00–155.00	771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	158.04/cwt	155.00–161.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	145.99/cwt	145.00–147.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	127.57/cwt	125.00–130.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	140.53/cwt	139.00–142.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	133.47/cwt	132.00–135.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	148.36/cwt	147.00–151.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	156.88/cwt	152.00–162.00	499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	165.10/cwt	160.00–170.00	429	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	129.56/cwt	126.00–133.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	120.02/cwt	115.00–125.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	117.41/cwt	115.00–120.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	150.23/cwt	145.00–155.00	403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	142.10/cwt	140.00–145.00	514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	146.10/cwt	142.00–150.00	457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	134.26/cwt	132.00–137.00	560	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	133.57/cwt	130.00–137.00	485	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	197.38/cwt	195.00–200.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	218.49/cwt	215.00–225.00	470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	158.97/cwt	155.00–161.00	720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	172.54/cwt	170.00–175.00	613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	206.34/cwt	200.00–215.00	547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	164.56/cwt	162.00–167.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	155.07/cwt	150.00–160.00	796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	145.67/cwt	145.00–147.00	739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	182.58/cwt	180.00–185.00	575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	158.14/cwt	155.00–161.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	190.66/cwt	180.00–197.00	511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	164.64/cwt	162.00–167.00	609	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	148.28/cwt	145.00–150.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	157.43/cwt	155.00–160.00	590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	173.56/cwt	170.00–177.00	529	6
Bulls	—	—	1,678	91.13/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,529	2
Bulls	—	—	1,749	84.21/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,473	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	63.01/cwt	62.00–67.00	732	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	57.69/cwt	54.00–60.00	698	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	53.65/cwt	52.00–57.00	608	10

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 May 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 908Last week 460Year ago 793

Slaughter CattleReceipts 271Last week 270Year ago 264

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	162.00–166.00	164.10
3	—	368	165.00–167.00	166.30
3	—	508	150.00–155.00	151.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	155.00–161.00	158.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	145.00–147.00	145.99
2	—	515	125.00–130.00	127.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	139.00–142.00	140.53
2	—	460	132.00–135.00	133.47
3	—	353	147.00–151.00	148.36
4	—	318	152.00–162.00	156.88
6	—	260	160.00–170.00	165.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	126.00–133.00	129.56
2	—	503	115.00–125.00	120.02
2	—	570	115.00–120.00	117.41
4	—	268	145.00–155.00	150.23
5	—	362	140.00–145.00	142.10
6	—	313	142.00–150.00	146.10
7	—	417	132.00–137.00	134.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	130.00–137.00	133.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	195.00–200.00	197.38
3	—	215	215.00–225.00	218.49
3	—	453	155.00–161.00	158.97
4	—	355	170.00–175.00	172.54
5	—	265	200.00–215.00	206.34
6	—	410	162.00–167.00	164.56
6	—	513	150.00–160.00	155.07
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	145.00–147.00	145.67
4	—	315	180.00–185.00	182.58
4	—	420	155.00–161.00	158.14
5	—	268	180.00–197.00	190.66
12	—	370	162.00–167.00	164.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	145.00–150.00	148.28
4	—	375	155.00–160.00	157.43
6	—	305	170.00–177.00	173.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	89.00–93.00	91.13
11	—	1,749	82.00–86.00	84.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,161	62.00–67.00	63.01
11	—	1,210	54.00–60.00	57.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,134	52.00–57.00	53.65

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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