Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $141.43/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$141.43

70 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$15.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.79

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	149.46	703	26
Medium and Large 2	457	138.86	634	24
Medium and Large 3	435	134.08	583	20

One grade step is worth $15.39/cwt here — about $120 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 sale70 hd

141.43

—

FL average10 barns · 678 hd

137.65

+3.79

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	1,529	79.16	1,210	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	56.60	692	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,193	48.86	583	3thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 3	—	420	109.88/cwt	105.00–115.00	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	126.96/cwt	125.00–130.00	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	159.58/cwt	157.00–162.00	503	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	132.47/cwt	130.00–135.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.40/cwt	120.00–125.00	636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	131.07/cwt	127.00–135.00	535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	126.77/cwt	125.00–129.00	581	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	133.45/cwt	130.00–137.00	758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	143.23/cwt	140.00–145.00	518	3
Bulls	—	—	1,613	81.91/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,321	7
Bulls	—	—	1,411	75.30/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,062	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	55.38/cwt	53.00–58.00	682	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	62.11/cwt	60.00–64.00	736	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	48.86/cwt	47.00–53.00	583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	139.47/cwt	138.00–141.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	159.97/cwt	155.00–165.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	139.65/cwt	135.00–144.00	730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	127.72/cwt	127.00–130.00	806	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	150.14/cwt	147.00–155.00	689	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	165.58/cwt	160.00–170.00	603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	112.44/cwt	110.00–115.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	129.73/cwt	125.00–135.00	480	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	134.58/cwt	132.00–137.00	424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	119.57/cwt	117.00–122.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	121.41/cwt	117.00–125.00	504	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	153.40/cwt	150.00–157.00	560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	144.46/cwt	140.00–150.00	604	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	137.93/cwt	135.00–140.00	651	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	123.59/cwt	120.00–127.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	123.81/cwt	110.00–130.00	661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	118.96/cwt	115.00–123.00	619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	108.56/cwt	105.00–112.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	128.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	118.48/cwt	117.00–120.00	438	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 Dec 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,137Last week 1,498Year ago 837

Slaughter CattleReceipts 216Last week 204Year ago 184

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	105.00–115.00	109.88
2	—	468	105.00–112.00	108.56
3	—	322	125.00–130.00	128.42
4	—	370	117.00–120.00	118.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	120.00–125.00	122.40
4	—	558	115.00–120.00	117.47
8	—	408	127.00–135.00	131.07
9	—	458	125.00–129.00	126.77
2	—	358	138.00–141.00	139.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	110.00–115.00	112.44
2	—	573	105.00–110.00	107.53
8	—	370	125.00–135.00	129.73
4	—	315	132.00–137.00	134.58
4	—	468	117.00–122.00	119.57
7	—	415	117.00–125.00	121.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	125.00–130.00	126.96
4	—	315	157.00–162.00	159.58
2	—	430	130.00–135.00	132.47
3	—	362	140.00–145.00	143.23
6	—	520	115.00–123.00	118.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	130.00–137.00	133.45
4	—	408	155.00–165.00	159.97
4	—	523	135.00–144.00	139.65
4	—	631	127.00–130.00	127.72
5	—	459	147.00–155.00	150.14
7	—	364	160.00–170.00	165.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	150.00–157.00	153.40
7	—	418	140.00–150.00	144.46
7	—	472	135.00–140.00	137.93
2	—	565	120.00–127.00	123.59
4	—	534	110.00–130.00	123.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,613	79.00–85.00	81.91
5	—	1,411	72.00–77.00	75.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,231	53.00–58.00	55.38
2	—	1,185	60.00–64.00	62.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	47.00–53.00	48.86

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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