Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2019-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.16/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$150.16

42 head · 363 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$41

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

$37.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.56

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	301	168.12	506	17thin
Medium and Large 2	396	142.74	566	15thin
Medium and Large 3	418	130.73	546	10thin

One grade step is worth $37.39/cwt here — about −$41 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

150.16

—

FL average10 barns · 860 hd

146.60

+3.56

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	1,595	79.51	1,268	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	55.35	654	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	49.00	489	9thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	520	162.40/cwt	160.00–165.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	158.55/cwt	157.00–160.00	901	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	187.16/cwt	182.00–190.00	773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	173.45/cwt	172.00–175.00	807	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	164.51/cwt	162.00–167.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	172.75/cwt	170.00–178.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	178.02/cwt	170.00–185.00	383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	150.28/cwt	147.00–152.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	171.94/cwt	165.00–180.00	464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	169.92/cwt	165.00–175.00	518	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	154.82/cwt	150.00–160.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	127.40/cwt	125.00–130.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	136.64/cwt	135.00–140.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	157.12/cwt	152.00–162.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	134.58/cwt	132.00–137.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	123.56/cwt	120.00–127.00	566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	138.13/cwt	135.00–145.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	129.16/cwt	125.00–132.00	554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	208.79/cwt	204.00–214.00	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	179.90/cwt	177.00–183.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	220.20/cwt	215.00–225.00	700	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	189.43/cwt	185.00–191.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	227.09/cwt	220.00–235.00	624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	178.46/cwt	177.00–180.00	750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	205.39/cwt	202.00–207.00	647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	195.81/cwt	192.00–200.00	721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	205.60/cwt	200.00–215.00	551	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	179.97/cwt	175.00–185.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	805	2
Bulls	—	—	1,595	79.51/cwt	77.00–83.00	1,268	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	53.23/cwt	51.00–55.00	609	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	49.00/cwt	47.00–51.00	489	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	59.59/cwt	58.00–63.00	750	6

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 Apr 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 557Last week 562Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 176Last week 150Year ago 0

Compared to last week: 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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	160.00–165.00	162.40
2	—	568	157.00–160.00	158.55
3	—	413	182.00–190.00	187.16
4	—	465	172.00–175.00	173.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	162.00–167.00	164.51
3	—	407	170.00–178.00	172.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	215	170.00–185.00	178.02
3	—	412	147.00–152.00	150.28
6	—	270	165.00–180.00	171.94
6	—	305	165.00–175.00	169.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	150.00–160.00	154.82
2	—	525	125.00–130.00	127.40
3	—	407	135.00–140.00	136.64
4	—	313	152.00–162.00	157.12
4	—	465	132.00–137.00	134.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	120.00–127.00	123.56
3	—	373	135.00–145.00	138.13
5	—	429	125.00–132.00	129.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	204.00–214.00	208.79
2	—	465	177.00–183.00	179.90
4	—	318	215.00–225.00	220.20
4	—	406	185.00–191.00	189.43
6	—	275	220.00–235.00	227.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	177.00–180.00	178.46
3	—	315	202.00–207.00	205.39
4	—	368	192.00–200.00	195.81
5	—	268	200.00–215.00	205.60
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	175.00–185.00	179.97
2	—	565	140.00–145.00	142.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	77.00–83.00	79.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,144	51.00–55.00	53.23
6	—	1,258	58.00–63.00	59.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	998	47.00–51.00	49.00

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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