Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2020-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.70/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$145.70

79 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$0.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.31

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	145.87	697	37
Medium and Large 2	411	145.73	599	31
Medium and Large 3	362	145.07	526	11thin

One grade step is worth $0.80/cwt here — about $171 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 sale79 hd

145.70

—

FL average10 barns · 605 hd

145.39

+0.31

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	1,411	90.20	1,272	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,258	66.73	839	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	56.86	575	17

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	69.53/cwt	69.00–70.00	784	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	56.86/cwt	54.00–60.00	575	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	66.07/cwt	62.00–71.00	851	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	124.65/cwt	122.00–126.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	135.96/cwt	134.00–138.00	765	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	163.40/cwt	160.00–165.00	441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	137.03/cwt	132.00–142.00	641	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	154.77/cwt	150.00–160.00	503	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	159.62/cwt	157.00–162.00	587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	154.45/cwt	150.00–159.00	649	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	135.28/cwt	132.00–137.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	152.68/cwt	150.00–155.00	554	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	144.43/cwt	142.00–147.00	520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	144.61/cwt	140.00–149.00	742	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	146.56/cwt	143.00–150.00	671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	143.90/cwt	140.00–148.00	604	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	132.98/cwt	132.00–135.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	257	152.36/cwt	150.00–157.00	392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	141.91/cwt	135.00–145.00	390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	109.68/cwt	106.00–112.00	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	127.68/cwt	126.00–131.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	136.44/cwt	134.00–139.00	566	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	125.21/cwt	120.00–128.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	147.43/cwt	145.00–152.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	138.44/cwt	137.00–140.00	505	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	140.63/cwt	140.00–142.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	132.24/cwt	130.00–135.00	487	7
Bulls	—	—	1,600	98.65/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	610	4
Bulls	—	—	1,393	91.46/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,274	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	142.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	653	4
Bulls	—	—	1,341	84.21/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,129	10

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 542Last week 687Year ago 597

Slaughter CattleReceipts 305Last week 294Year ago 178

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,128	69.00–70.00	69.53
51	—	1,288	62.00–71.00	66.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,011	54.00–60.00	56.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,600	97.00–99.00	98.65
14	—	1,393	90.00–94.00	91.46
10	—	1,341	80.00–86.00	84.21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	122.00–126.00	124.65
6	—	563	134.00–138.00	135.96
4	—	368	157.00–162.00	159.62
8	—	420	150.00–159.00	154.45
6	—	513	140.00–149.00	144.61
10	—	458	143.00–150.00	146.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	160.00–165.00	163.40
8	—	468	132.00–142.00	137.03
3	—	523	132.00–137.00	135.28
9	—	363	150.00–155.00	152.68
8	—	420	140.00–148.00	143.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	150.00–160.00	154.77
4	—	360	142.00–147.00	144.43
3	—	415	132.00–135.00	132.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	257	150.00–157.00	152.36
4	—	510	115.00–118.00	116.49
3	—	467	126.00–131.00	127.68
10	—	415	134.00–139.00	136.44
3	—	307	145.00–152.00	147.43
10	—	365	137.00–140.00	138.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	135.00–145.00	141.91
5	—	518	106.00–112.00	109.68
4	—	405	125.00–129.00	126.98
3	—	325	140.00–142.00	140.63
7	—	368	130.00–135.00	132.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	118.00–120.00	118.98
3	—	358	120.00–128.00	125.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	118.00–120.00	118.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	140.00–145.00	142.54

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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