Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2019-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.72/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$126.72

95 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$86

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$4.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.63

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	409	128.86	527	23
Medium and Large 1	523	127.74	668	32
Medium and Large 2	491	124.69	613	40

One grade step is worth $4.18/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale95 hd

126.72

—

FL average10 barns · 983 hd

127.35

−0.63

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	1,652	80.71	1,333	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	50.19	585	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	43.97	477	23

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,875	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,577	78.28/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,234	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	55.10/cwt	53.00–56.00	745	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	49.07/cwt	46.00–52.00	551	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	166.46/cwt	160.00–170.00	446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	146.06/cwt	140.00–150.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	101.52/cwt	100.00–103.00	475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	133.07/cwt	130.00–136.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	106.32/cwt	105.00–107.00	601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	136.37/cwt	135.00–137.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	123.16/cwt	122.00–125.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	116.92/cwt	115.00–120.00	427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	111.48/cwt	110.00–113.00	485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	106.28/cwt	103.00–108.00	648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	119.95/cwt	118.00–122.00	573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	142.75/cwt	140.00–147.00	508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	107.79/cwt	107.00–111.00	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	99.44/cwt	97.00–102.00	510	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	126.02/cwt	125.00–127.00	476	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	138.55/cwt	137.00–140.00	436	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	43.97/cwt	42.00–47.00	477	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	134.45/cwt	132.00–137.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	112.98/cwt	112.00–114.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	139.72/cwt	135.00–145.00	370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	123.33/cwt	120.00–127.00	388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	111.49/cwt	111.00–113.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	127.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	106.37/cwt	105.00–108.00	646	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	118.46/cwt	117.00–120.00	486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	132.08/cwt	130.00–134.00	482	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	104.47/cwt	103.00–106.00	538	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	125.31/cwt	122.00–132.00	705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	160.84/cwt	157.00–165.00	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	115.98/cwt	112.00–120.00	612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	149.44/cwt	147.00–152.00	460	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	155.33/cwt	150.00–160.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	108.45/cwt	107.00–110.00	504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	105.31/cwt	104.00–107.00	440	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	138.07/cwt	135.00–141.00	635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	115.07/cwt	110.00–120.00	642	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	509	107.98/cwt	105.00–110.00	550	5

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 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,335Last week 1,092Year ago 965

Slaughter CattleReceipts 421Last week 384Year ago 339

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	88.00	88.00
3	—	1,577	77.00–81.00	78.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,352	53.00–56.00	55.10
22	—	1,123	46.00–52.00	49.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,085	42.00–47.00	43.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	160.00–170.00	166.46
3	—	420	135.00–137.00	136.37
5	—	356	140.00–147.00	142.75
2	—	465	125.00–130.00	127.58
11	—	607	105.00–108.00	106.37
2	—	318	157.00–165.00	160.84
8	—	528	112.00–120.00	115.98
6	—	558	110.00–120.00	115.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	140.00–150.00	146.06
5	—	528	122.00–125.00	123.16
5	—	658	107.00–111.00	107.79
4	—	611	111.00–113.00	111.49
3	—	563	122.00–132.00	125.31
10	—	460	135.00–141.00	138.07
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	413	125.00–130.00	127.42
4	—	478	118.00–122.00	119.95
4	—	363	132.00–137.00	134.45
6	—	308	147.00–152.00	149.44
5	—	509	105.00–110.00	107.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	100.00–103.00	101.52
5	—	365	115.00–120.00	116.92
8	—	513	97.00–102.00	99.44
2	—	315	120.00–127.00	123.33
9	—	418	104.00–107.00	105.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	308	130.00–136.00	133.07
4	—	435	110.00–113.00	111.48
6	—	378	125.00–127.00	126.02
4	—	265	135.00–145.00	139.72
6	—	515	103.00–106.00	104.47
6	—	465	107.00–110.00	108.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	105.00–107.00	106.32
3	—	610	103.00–108.00	106.28
4	—	315	137.00–140.00	138.55
2	—	463	112.00–114.00	112.98
2	—	410	117.00–120.00	118.46
8	—	365	130.00–134.00	132.08
2	—	268	150.00–160.00	155.33
6	—	518	108.00–110.00	109.00

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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