Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.08/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$143.08

79 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$5.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.49

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	430	144.94	624	30
Medium and Large 1	560	143.11	801	33
Medium and Large 3	391	139.52	545	16thin

One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about $79 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

143.08

—

FL average9 barns · 833 hd

138.59

+4.49

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	1,826	85.72	1,566	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,089	50.46	550	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	45.52	436	8thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	124.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	116.99/cwt	115.00–121.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	136.31/cwt	132.00–137.00	913	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	153.54/cwt	150.00–157.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	185.08/cwt	180.00–190.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	163.86/cwt	160.00–168.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	119.39/cwt	116.00–121.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	125.16/cwt	118.00–128.00	891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	128.04/cwt	125.00–134.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	135.73/cwt	135.00–138.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	116.43/cwt	114.00–118.00	494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	107.42/cwt	105.00–110.00	444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	188.46/cwt	185.00–195.00	481	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	170.32/cwt	165.00–175.00	465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	172.46/cwt	170.00–175.00	552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	130.03/cwt	128.00–132.00	462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	115.44/cwt	112.00–118.00	529	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	131.04/cwt	130.00–132.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	134.88/cwt	131.00–139.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	123.68/cwt	121.00–125.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	141.31/cwt	140.00–142.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	123.43/cwt	122.00–125.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	108.40/cwt	105.00–112.00	558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	124.51/cwt	121.00–127.00	757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	134.70/cwt	132.00–136.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	116.48/cwt	115.00–118.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	144.16/cwt	140.00–148.00	533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	125.89/cwt	122.00–130.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	153.64/cwt	150.00–157.00	561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	108.08/cwt	105.00–110.00	506	5
Bulls	—	—	1,819	85.01/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,546	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	50.46/cwt	48.00–53.00	550	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	45.52/cwt	43.00–48.00	436	8
Bulls	—	—	1,870	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	155.12/cwt	150.00–160.00	486	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 Oct 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,456Last week 868Year ago 1,178

Slaughter CattleReceipts 320Last week 274Year ago 102

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	120.00–130.00	124.91
3	—	503	115.00–121.00	116.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	114.00–118.00	116.43
4	—	355	128.00–132.00	130.03
7	—	458	112.00–118.00	115.44
6	—	515	105.00–112.00	108.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	105.00–110.00	107.42
2	—	368	122.00–125.00	123.43
5	—	468	105.00–110.00	108.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	670	132.00–137.00	136.31
2	—	405	150.00–157.00	153.54
2	—	305	180.00–190.00	185.08
2	—	363	160.00–168.00	163.86
8	—	712	118.00–128.00	125.16
3	—	553	125.00–134.00	128.04
4	—	620	135.00–138.00	135.73
3	—	255	185.00–195.00	188.46
2	—	515	131.00–139.00	134.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	116.00–121.00	119.39
4	—	273	165.00–175.00	170.32
4	—	320	170.00–175.00	172.46
3	—	507	121.00–125.00	123.68
3	—	408	140.00–142.00	141.31
4	—	608	121.00–127.00	124.51
3	—	478	132.00–136.00	134.70
6	—	365	150.00–157.00	153.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	130.00–132.00	131.04
2	—	508	115.00–118.00	116.48
6	—	370	140.00–148.00	144.16
2	—	463	122.00–130.00	125.89
4	—	313	150.00–160.00	155.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,819	84.00–87.00	85.01
1	—	1,870	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,089	48.00–53.00	50.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	958	43.00–48.00	45.52

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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