Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2019-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-11

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.46/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$153.46

54 head · 368 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$17.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.14

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	388	157.55	611	27
Medium and Large 2	342	152.52	521	20
Medium and Large 3	366	140.33	514	7thin

One grade step is worth $17.22/cwt here — about $97 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 sale54 hd

153.46

—

FL average10 barns · 715 hd

147.32

+6.14

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	1,560	85.52	1,334	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,164	65.13	758	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	987	55.54	548	14

Every lot, as filed

36 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)

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	Medium and Large 1	—	470	175.97/cwt	175.00–177.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	183.39/cwt	180.00–187.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	187.40/cwt	185.00–190.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	136.10/cwt	133.00–139.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	181.54/cwt	175.00–185.00	463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	168.64/cwt	165.00–172.00	526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	232.45/cwt	230.00–235.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	188.09/cwt	182.00–192.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	190.14/cwt	185.00–195.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	261	206.37/cwt	200.00–210.00	539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	201.53/cwt	200.00–205.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	162.41/cwt	160.00–165.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	161.01/cwt	160.00–162.00	894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	177.57/cwt	175.00–180.00	657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	173.95/cwt	170.00–180.00	880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	223.02/cwt	215.00–232.00	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	204.83/cwt	200.00–210.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	181.81/cwt	177.00–187.00	858	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	214.12/cwt	210.00–220.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	131.14/cwt	127.00–135.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	141.76/cwt	140.00–145.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	157.94/cwt	155.00–160.00	597	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	146.46/cwt	144.00–150.00	671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	221	171.92/cwt	165.00–175.00	380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	157.70/cwt	150.00–165.00	437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	155.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	628	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	142.40/cwt	140.00–145.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	132.39/cwt	130.00–135.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	123.07/cwt	121.00–125.00	642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	158.31/cwt	155.00–163.00	508	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	317	147.36/cwt	145.00–150.00	467	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,427	1
Bulls	—	—	1,551	84.03/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,303	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	67.67/cwt	67.00–68.00	906	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	64.16/cwt	61.00–65.00	703	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	55.54/cwt	52.00–58.00	548	14

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 (Mon)

Mon Mar 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 498Last week 429Year ago 473

Slaughter CattleReceipts 184Last week 396Year ago 83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	175.00–177.00	175.97
4	—	412	180.00–187.00	183.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	185.00–190.00	187.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	133.00–139.00	136.10
3	—	255	175.00–185.00	181.54
4	—	312	165.00–172.00	168.64
5	—	378	155.00–160.00	157.94
5	—	458	144.00–150.00	146.46
8	—	405	150.00–160.00	155.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	127.00–135.00	131.14
3	—	360	140.00–145.00	141.76
2	—	317	145.00–150.00	147.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	221	165.00–175.00	171.92
4	—	277	150.00–165.00	157.70
2	—	417	140.00–145.00	142.40
2	—	470	130.00–135.00	132.39
2	—	522	121.00–125.00	123.07
7	—	321	155.00–163.00	158.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	235	230.00–235.00	232.45
5	—	409	182.00–192.00	188.09
2	—	555	160.00–162.00	161.01
5	—	506	170.00–180.00	173.95
6	—	265	215.00–232.00	223.02
4	—	362	200.00–210.00	204.83
4	—	472	177.00–187.00	181.81
5	—	306	210.00–220.00	214.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	185.00–195.00	190.14
3	—	261	200.00–210.00	206.37
3	—	326	200.00–205.00	201.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	160.00–165.00	162.41
4	—	370	175.00–180.00	177.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,551	80.00–87.00	84.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,339	67.00–68.00	67.67
13	—	1,096	61.00–65.00	64.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	987	52.00–58.00	55.54

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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