Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2019-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $200.05/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$200.05

42 head · 364 lb average

Value per head Derived

$729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$15

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

$55.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.07

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	355	207.17	736	32
Medium and Large 2	326	194.31	633	6thin
Medium and Large 3	495	151.68	751	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.49/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale42 hd

200.05

—

FL average10 barns · 397 hd

177.98

+22.07

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	1,317	81.56	1,074	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,212	67.12	814	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	57.79	624	5thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	206	181.77/cwt	175.00–185.00	374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	169.52/cwt	167.00–172.00	873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	199.73/cwt	195.00–205.00	739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	173.61/cwt	172.00–177.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	220.85/cwt	215.00–225.00	724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	190.91/cwt	185.00–195.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	202.08/cwt	197.00–207.00	616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	202.36/cwt	195.00–210.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	168.45/cwt	167.00–170.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	134.91/cwt	130.00–140.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	166.01/cwt	165.00–167.00	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	224.64/cwt	220.00–232.00	593	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	178.49/cwt	177.00–180.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	134.62/cwt	130.00–137.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	174.71/cwt	165.00–180.00	451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	124.97/cwt	123.00–127.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	153.30/cwt	150.00–155.00	851	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	517	139.83/cwt	135.00–145.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	157.98/cwt	157.00–160.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	184.76/cwt	180.00–190.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	156.58/cwt	150.00–160.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	155.19/cwt	150.00–160.00	403	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	212	242.76/cwt	235.00–250.00	515	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	137.53/cwt	135.00–140.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	124.40/cwt	121.00–126.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	139.88/cwt	135.00–145.00	716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	157.36/cwt	155.00–160.00	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	139.57/cwt	137.00–142.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	144.34/cwt	142.00–147.00	462	2
Bulls	—	—	1,317	81.56/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,074	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	69.05/cwt	68.00–71.00	875	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	57.79/cwt	53.00–59.00	624	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	63.91/cwt	62.00–67.00	716	3

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 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 422Last week 498Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 184Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	206	175.00–185.00	181.77
3	—	555	130.00–137.00	134.62
4	—	258	165.00–180.00	174.71
5	—	613	121.00–126.00	124.40
6	—	512	135.00–145.00	139.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	417	130.00–135.00	132.54
2	—	375	135.00–140.00	137.53
2	—	320	142.00–147.00	144.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	557	123.00–127.00	124.97
4	—	260	150.00–160.00	155.19
2	—	322	155.00–160.00	157.36
2	—	417	137.00–142.00	139.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	167.00–172.00	169.52
4	—	370	195.00–205.00	199.73
3	—	481	172.00–177.00	173.61
5	—	328	215.00–225.00	220.85
5	—	411	185.00–195.00	190.91
2	—	565	165.00–167.00	166.01
5	—	264	220.00–232.00	224.64
6	—	212	235.00–250.00	242.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	197.00–207.00	202.08
2	—	265	195.00–210.00	202.36
2	—	407	177.00–180.00	178.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	167.00–170.00	168.45
2	—	575	130.00–140.00	134.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	150.00–155.00	153.30
2	—	367	180.00–190.00	184.76
3	—	506	150.00–160.00	156.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	135.00–145.00	139.83
3	—	416	157.00–160.00	157.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,317	79.00–84.00	81.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,267	68.00–71.00	69.05
3	—	1,121	62.00–67.00	63.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,080	53.00–59.00	57.79

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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