Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.99/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$174.99

42 head · 372 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$41.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.39

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	385	178.79	689	26
Medium and Large 2	334	173.30	580	14thin
Medium and Large 3	460	137.45	632	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.34/cwt here — about $56 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 sale42 hd

174.99

—

FL average9 barns · 221 hd

149.61

+25.39

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	1,701	101.73	1,731	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	68.47	819	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	58.42	641	32

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,588	98.31/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,561	7
Bulls	—	—	2,098	113.70/cwt	108.00–119.00	2,385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	180.89/cwt	177.00–185.00	503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	188.21/cwt	185.00–195.00	683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	177.42/cwt	175.00–180.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	181.77/cwt	177.00–187.00	582	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	58.42/cwt	55.00–60.00	641	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	218	202.70/cwt	200.00–205.00	442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	194.62/cwt	190.00–197.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	176.94/cwt	172.00–182.00	717	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	170.28/cwt	165.00–175.00	460	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	66.14/cwt	63.00–69.00	796	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	145.85/cwt	142.00–150.00	758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	170.96/cwt	167.00–175.00	778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	149.81/cwt	145.00–155.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	137.45/cwt	135.00–140.00	632	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	72.64/cwt	71.00–77.00	859	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	153.26/cwt	150.00–160.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	123.96/cwt	120.00–128.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	143.64/cwt	140.00–147.00	457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	137.93/cwt	134.00–142.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	144.42/cwt	142.00–147.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	113.94/cwt	110.00–118.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	164.81/cwt	160.00–170.00	437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	155.10/cwt	150.00–160.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	149.95/cwt	145.00–155.00	402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	141.08/cwt	137.00–145.00	540	4

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 Mar 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 191Year ago 908

Slaughter CattleReceipts 359Last week 273Year ago 271

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,588	93.00–103.00	98.31
2	—	2,098	108.00–119.00	113.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,097	55.00–60.00	58.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,204	63.00–69.00	66.14
29	—	1,182	71.00–77.00	72.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	177.00–185.00	180.89
3	—	363	185.00–195.00	188.21
2	—	218	200.00–205.00	202.70
3	—	308	190.00–197.00	194.62
8	—	405	172.00–182.00	176.94
2	—	520	142.00–150.00	145.85
6	—	455	167.00–175.00	170.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	175.00–180.00	177.42
6	—	320	177.00–187.00	181.77
4	—	270	165.00–175.00	170.28
2	—	468	145.00–155.00	149.81
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	135.00–140.00	137.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	307	150.00–160.00	153.26
4	—	510	120.00–128.00	123.96
2	—	458	134.00–142.00	137.93
4	—	413	142.00–147.00	144.42
2	—	265	160.00–170.00	164.81
4	—	358	150.00–160.00	155.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	140.00–147.00	143.64
2	—	513	110.00–118.00	113.94
2	—	268	145.00–155.00	149.95
4	—	383	137.00–145.00	141.08

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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