Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.67/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$149.67

59 head · 420 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$16.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.17

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	419	159.13	667	24
Medium and Large 2	440	143.47	631	21
Medium and Large 3	392	142.77	559	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.36/cwt here — about $108 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 sale59 hd

149.67

—

FL average10 barns · 337 hd

136.50

+13.17

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	1,570	81.05	1,272	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,332	55.77	743	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	49.57	595	5thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	370	159.80/cwt	155.00–165.00	591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	149.38/cwt	147.00–152.00	550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	153.31/cwt	150.00–157.00	495	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	58.43/cwt	58.00–61.00	777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	144.44/cwt	142.00–147.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	158.46/cwt	155.00–162.00	737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	147.72/cwt	145.00–152.00	616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	128.63/cwt	125.00–132.00	602	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	49.57/cwt	48.00–52.00	595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	177.40/cwt	175.00–180.00	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	158.56/cwt	155.00–162.00	655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	130.11/cwt	125.00–135.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	142.62/cwt	138.00–147.00	660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	136.94/cwt	132.00–142.00	596	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	54.77/cwt	52.00–57.00	730	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	133.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	118.58/cwt	115.00–122.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	107.42/cwt	105.00–110.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	123.36/cwt	120.00–127.00	456	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	126.02/cwt	125.00–127.00	529	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	136.15/cwt	132.00–140.00	368	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	111.02/cwt	110.00–112.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	101.83/cwt	100.00–103.00	524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	122.42/cwt	120.00–125.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	107.39/cwt	105.00–112.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	113.94/cwt	111.00–117.00	547	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	126.88/cwt	125.00–131.00	412	3
Bulls	—	—	1,570	81.05/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,272	3

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 Apr 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 313Last week 441Year ago 679

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 259Year ago 226

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	155.00–165.00	159.80
2	—	518	142.00–147.00	144.44
8	—	465	155.00–162.00	158.46
2	—	260	175.00–180.00	177.40
8	—	413	155.00–162.00	158.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	130.00–132.00	131.00
6	—	368	147.00–152.00	149.38
5	—	417	145.00–152.00	147.72
2	—	563	125.00–135.00	130.11
6	—	463	138.00–147.00	142.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	323	150.00–157.00	153.31
2	—	468	125.00–132.00	128.63
6	—	435	132.00–142.00	136.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	130.00–135.00	133.30
4	—	415	115.00–122.00	118.58
4	—	270	132.00–140.00	136.15
3	—	507	105.00–112.00	107.39
8	—	480	111.00–117.00	113.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	105.00–110.00	107.42
8	—	370	120.00–127.00	123.36
2	—	410	110.00–112.00	111.02
5	—	515	100.00–103.00	101.83
3	—	325	125.00–131.00	126.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	420	125.00–127.00	126.02
2	—	470	120.00–125.00	122.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,329	58.00–61.00	58.43
16	—	1,333	52.00–57.00	54.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,201	48.00–52.00	49.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,570	80.00–83.00	81.05

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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