Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2019-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.89/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$170.89

56 head · 376 lb average

Value per head Derived

$642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$26.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.90

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	373	178.49	666	28
Medium and Large 2	371	166.31	618	22
Medium and Large 3	406	152.21	618	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.28/cwt here — about $48 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 sale56 hd

170.89

—

FL average10 barns · 467 hd

161.98

+8.90

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	1,498	84.26	1,262	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,012	58.12	588	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	991	52.55	521	13

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	—	413	160.03/cwt	159.00–161.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	157.03/cwt	155.00–159.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	147.54/cwt	145.00–150.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	138.52/cwt	137.00–140.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	208	184.82/cwt	180.00–190.00	384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	152.91/cwt	151.00–157.00	479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	142.62/cwt	140.00–144.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	138.98/cwt	137.00–140.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	148.47/cwt	147.00–150.00	539	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	129.91/cwt	128.00–132.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	132.66/cwt	132.00–134.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	140.97/cwt	140.00–142.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	147.96/cwt	145.00–150.00	487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	138.52/cwt	137.00–140.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	133.46/cwt	132.00–135.00	480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	181.48/cwt	180.00–183.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	170.96/cwt	170.00–172.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	205.34/cwt	197.00–210.00	544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	154.51/cwt	153.00–156.00	780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	217	222.44/cwt	210.00–230.00	483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	159.43/cwt	157.00–163.00	732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	164.20/cwt	162.00–166.00	681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	191.15/cwt	187.00–195.00	497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	173.02/cwt	170.00–175.00	585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	157.81/cwt	155.00–160.00	680	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	163.33/cwt	160.00–167.00	601	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	387	156.33/cwt	155.00–157.00	605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	148.09/cwt	144.00–150.00	629	3
Bulls	—	—	1,543	79.06/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,220	2
Bulls	—	—	1,480	86.34/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,278	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	62.10/cwt	60.00–64.00	654	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	994	56.42/cwt	55.00–59.00	561	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	52.55/cwt	50.00–55.00	521	13

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 May 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 505Last week 444Year ago 582

Slaughter CattleReceipts 196Last week 209Year ago 184

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	159.00–161.00	160.03
4	—	458	155.00–159.00	157.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	145.00–150.00	147.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	137.00–140.00	138.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	208	180.00–190.00	184.82
3	—	313	151.00–157.00	152.91
3	—	407	140.00–144.00	142.62
3	—	470	137.00–140.00	138.98
4	—	363	147.00–150.00	148.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	128.00–132.00	129.91
3	—	418	132.00–134.00	132.66
4	—	363	140.00–142.00	140.97
5	—	329	145.00–150.00	147.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	137.00–140.00	138.52
2	—	360	132.00–135.00	133.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	180.00–183.00	181.48
2	—	365	170.00–172.00	170.96
3	—	265	197.00–210.00	205.34
4	—	505	153.00–156.00	154.51
5	—	217	210.00–230.00	222.44
5	—	459	157.00–163.00	159.43
7	—	415	162.00–166.00	164.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	187.00–195.00	191.15
5	—	338	170.00–175.00	173.02
7	—	431	155.00–160.00	157.81
8	—	368	160.00–167.00	163.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	155.00–157.00	156.33
3	—	425	144.00–150.00	148.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	77.00–81.00	79.06
5	—	1,480	84.00–90.00	86.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,053	60.00–64.00	62.10
14	—	994	55.00–59.00	56.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	991	50.00–55.00	52.55

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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