Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.77/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$132.77

90 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$14.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.68

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	138.81	659	33
Medium and Large 2	441	132.55	584	35
Medium and Large 3	439	124.06	545	22

One grade step is worth $14.75/cwt here — about $114 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 sale90 hd

132.77

—

FL average9 barns · 875 hd

126.09

+6.68

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	1,364	74.92	1,022	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,160	60.12	698	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	53.27	556	6thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	145.08/cwt	142.00–150.00	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	133.40/cwt	130.00–135.00	418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	139.58/cwt	137.00–142.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	112.05/cwt	110.00–113.00	591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	137.38/cwt	135.00–140.00	577	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	64.00/cwt	62.00–66.00	847	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	118.32/cwt	117.00–119.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	112.12/cwt	108.00–115.00	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	113.35/cwt	110.00–117.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	144.84/cwt	140.00–147.00	468	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	151.68/cwt	150.00–155.00	466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	153.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	553	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	123.39/cwt	120.00–127.00	383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	113.98/cwt	113.00–116.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	119.93/cwt	117.00–123.00	492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	108.40/cwt	105.00–110.00	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	127.89/cwt	124.00–132.00	592	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	142.97/cwt	137.00–147.00	653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	102.18/cwt	101.00–103.00	478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	127.02/cwt	126.00–128.00	455	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	107.54/cwt	106.00–109.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	142.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	142.86/cwt	140.00–147.00	524	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	124.64/cwt	121.00–130.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	97.45/cwt	95.00–99.00	515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	103.47/cwt	102.00–105.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	111.02/cwt	110.00–113.00	674	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	117.43/cwt	115.00–120.00	544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	117.89/cwt	115.00–120.00	606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	125.54/cwt	120.00–130.00	712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	189.63/cwt	185.00–195.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	110.28/cwt	105.00–114.00	513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	116.17/cwt	115.00–118.00	537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	131.93/cwt	130.00–135.00	484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	115.35/cwt	112.00–118.00	655	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	163.45/cwt	160.00–170.00	449	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	122.46/cwt	118.00–124.00	759	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	58.90/cwt	57.00–61.00	653	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	53.27/cwt	52.00–56.00	556	6
Bulls	—	—	1,340	81.63/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,094	3
Bulls	—	—	1,367	73.96/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,011	21

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 Sep 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,092Last week 1,041Year ago 1,160

Slaughter CattleReceipts 384Last week 156Year ago 309

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	142.00–150.00	145.08
5	—	359	150.00–160.00	153.90
5	—	457	137.00–147.00	142.97
5	—	504	121.00–130.00	124.64
7	—	567	120.00–130.00	125.54
2	—	270	185.00–195.00	189.63
4	—	620	118.00–124.00	122.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	110.00–113.00	112.05
3	—	323	140.00–147.00	144.84
3	—	573	105.00–110.00	108.40
4	—	425	125.00–127.00	126.01
4	—	463	115.00–120.00	117.43
5	—	367	130.00–135.00	131.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	135.00–140.00	137.38
3	—	307	150.00–155.00	151.68
4	—	463	124.00–132.00	127.89
7	—	367	140.00–147.00	142.86
7	—	514	115.00–120.00	117.89
7	—	568	112.00–118.00	115.35
3	—	275	160.00–170.00	163.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	130.00–135.00	133.40
3	—	407	113.00–116.00	113.98
4	—	358	126.00–128.00	127.02
4	—	510	102.00–105.00	103.47
5	—	465	105.00–114.00	110.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	137.00–142.00	139.58
5	—	525	108.00–115.00	112.12
2	—	410	117.00–123.00	119.93
2	—	565	106.00–109.00	107.54
3	—	607	110.00–113.00	111.02
5	—	462	115.00–118.00	116.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	117.00–119.00	118.32
4	—	310	120.00–127.00	123.39
4	—	415	107.00–110.00	108.48
5	—	468	101.00–103.00	102.18
5	—	528	95.00–99.00	97.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	110.00–117.00	113.35
2	—	405	120.00–125.00	122.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	140.00–145.00	142.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,323	62.00–66.00	64.00
19	—	1,109	57.00–61.00	58.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,044	52.00–56.00	53.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	80.00–85.00	81.63
21	—	1,367	73.00–77.00	73.96

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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