Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.15/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$154.15

73 head · 423 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$17.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.89

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	380	156.75	596	37
Medium and Large 1	469	152.96	717	32
Medium and Large 3	446	139.64	622	4thin

One grade step is worth $17.11/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale73 hd

154.15

—

FL average10 barns · 509 hd

146.26

+7.89

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	—	Low	1,501	87.63	1,315	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,384	67.83	939	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	60.03	626	10

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,339	80.10/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,073	5
Bulls	—	—	1,426	87.35/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,246	9
Bulls	—	—	1,798	95.66/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,720	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,397	66.49/cwt	63.00–69.00	929	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	71.84/cwt	71.00–74.00	966	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	60.03/cwt	58.00–63.00	626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	129.57/cwt	125.00–132.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	139.08/cwt	135.00–143.00	526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	165.17/cwt	160.00–170.00	600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	154.55/cwt	152.00–160.00	726	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	141.97/cwt	141.00–144.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	161.98/cwt	160.00–164.00	672	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	129.27/cwt	128.00–133.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	143.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	139.85/cwt	135.00–145.00	578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	132.47/cwt	130.00–135.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	123.89/cwt	120.00–128.00	574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	154.46/cwt	152.00–157.00	653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	101.53/cwt	100.00–103.00	574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	158.31/cwt	155.00–162.00	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	167.36/cwt	160.00–175.00	435	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	145.94/cwt	143.00–149.00	693	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	107.25/cwt	105.00–109.00	615	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	156.27/cwt	152.00–159.00	561	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	114.21/cwt	112.00–117.00	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	149.38/cwt	145.00–154.00	538	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	138.56/cwt	135.00–144.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	120.97/cwt	120.00–122.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	157.28/cwt	154.00–159.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	115.36/cwt	112.00–117.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	147.20/cwt	145.00–150.00	752	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	177.54/cwt	175.00–180.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	139.72/cwt	135.00–145.00	370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	169.18/cwt	165.00–172.00	550	7

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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 529Last week 664Year ago 689

Slaughter CattleReceipts 249Last week 176Year ago 194

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,339	77.00–82.00	80.10
9	—	1,426	85.00–90.00	87.35
5	—	1,798	93.00–99.00	95.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,397	63.00–69.00	66.49
9	—	1,345	71.00–74.00	71.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,042	58.00–63.00	60.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	125.00–132.00	129.57
6	—	378	135.00–143.00	139.08
3	—	322	140.00–145.00	143.42
6	—	463	120.00–128.00	123.89
9	—	573	105.00–109.00	107.25
2	—	265	135.00–145.00	139.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	413	135.00–145.00	139.85
4	—	455	130.00–135.00	132.47
5	—	624	112.00–117.00	114.21
8	—	360	145.00–154.00	149.38
3	—	305	154.00–159.00	157.28
3	—	585	112.00–117.00	115.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	100.00–103.00	101.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	160.00–170.00	165.17
6	—	470	152.00–160.00	154.55
3	—	582	141.00–144.00	141.97
4	—	415	160.00–164.00	161.98
4	—	603	128.00–133.00	129.27
7	—	511	145.00–150.00	147.20
2	—	305	175.00–180.00	177.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	152.00–157.00	154.46
8	—	260	160.00–175.00	167.36
6	—	475	143.00–149.00	145.94
5	—	359	152.00–159.00	156.27
5	—	506	135.00–144.00	138.56
7	—	325	165.00–172.00	169.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	155.00–162.00	158.31
2	—	568	120.00–122.00	120.97

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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