Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2019-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-15

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 $171.49/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$171.49

74 head · 376 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$20.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.24

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	372	179.12	667	40
Medium and Large 2	381	164.54	626	23
Medium and Large 3	378	158.30	599	11thin

One grade step is worth $20.81/cwt here — about $68 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 sale74 hd

171.49

—

FL average10 barns · 417 hd

162.25

+9.24

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	1,643	83.70	1,375	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,102	57.02	628	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	974	51.86	505	12

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	303	156.70/cwt	155.00–160.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	131.78/cwt	127.00–134.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	119.94/cwt	118.00–122.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	160.48/cwt	157.00–163.00	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	184.63/cwt	180.00–190.00	499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	161.02/cwt	160.00–162.00	411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	154.61/cwt	150.00–157.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	123.11/cwt	120.00–126.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	214	213.40/cwt	205.00–220.00	457	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	143.51/cwt	137.00–147.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	168.89/cwt	167.00–172.00	554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	141.66/cwt	140.00–144.00	608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	131.16/cwt	127.00–135.00	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	159.52/cwt	157.00–162.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	156.61/cwt	155.00–160.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	153.29/cwt	150.00–155.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	148.86/cwt	145.00–152.00	555	7
Bulls	—	—	1,878	89.39/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,679	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	51.86/cwt	50.00–53.00	505	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	55.88/cwt	54.00–59.00	628	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,034	60.44/cwt	60.00–62.00	625	5
Bulls	—	—	1,526	80.85/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,234	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	140.45/cwt	138.00–143.00	538	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	262	208.59/cwt	200.00–215.00	547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	151.95/cwt	150.00–154.00	726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	148.44/cwt	147.00–150.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	149.98/cwt	149.00–151.00	717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	138.98/cwt	137.00–141.00	632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	146.54/cwt	145.00–149.00	465	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	173.48/cwt	172.00–175.00	616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	176.02/cwt	175.00–177.00	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	157.57/cwt	155.00–160.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	162.03/cwt	160.00–163.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	129.08/cwt	123.00–132.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	116.97/cwt	115.00–118.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	181.02/cwt	180.00–182.00	567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	165.72/cwt	163.00–168.00	694	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	165.50/cwt	162.00–170.00	606	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	157.45/cwt	155.00–160.00	732	2

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 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 597Last week 908Year ago 640

Slaughter CattleReceipts 178Last week 271Year ago 140

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	303	155.00–160.00	156.70
2	—	255	160.00–162.00	161.02
7	—	429	140.00–144.00	141.66
7	—	373	145.00–152.00	148.86
6	—	455	137.00–141.00	138.98
3	—	518	123.00–132.00	129.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	127.00–134.00	131.78
3	—	268	150.00–157.00	154.61
6	—	383	138.00–143.00	140.45
5	—	317	145.00–149.00	146.54
3	—	523	115.00–118.00	116.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	118.00–122.00	119.94
2	—	420	120.00–126.00	123.11
2	—	370	127.00–135.00	131.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	459	157.00–163.00	160.48
7	—	214	205.00–220.00	213.40
6	—	510	157.00–162.00	159.52
5	—	262	200.00–215.00	208.59
4	—	355	172.00–175.00	173.48
2	—	313	180.00–182.00	181.02
9	—	419	163.00–168.00	165.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	270	180.00–190.00	184.63
3	—	512	137.00–147.00	143.51
3	—	418	155.00–160.00	156.61
2	—	478	150.00–154.00	151.95
2	—	318	175.00–177.00	176.02
9	—	366	162.00–170.00	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	167.00–172.00	168.89
2	—	463	140.00–145.00	142.43
2	—	423	147.00–150.00	148.44
2	—	375	155.00–160.00	157.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	150.00–155.00	153.29
2	—	478	149.00–151.00	149.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	160.00–163.00	162.03
2	—	465	155.00–160.00	157.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,878	88.00–93.00	89.39
6	—	1,526	79.00–85.00	80.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	974	50.00–53.00	51.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,124	54.00–59.00	55.88
5	—	1,034	60.00–62.00	60.44

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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