Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2019-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.85/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$159.85

83 head · 394 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$40.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.43

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	357	181.00	646	31
Medium and Large 2	417	150.11	626	37
Medium and Large 3	415	140.16	582	15thin

One grade step is worth $40.84/cwt here — about $64 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 sale83 hd

159.85

—

FL average10 barns · 975 hd

137.42

+22.43

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	1,553	85.81	1,333	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,128	61.23	690	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	954	55.17	526	7thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	255	167.41/cwt	163.00–172.00	427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	124.64/cwt	124.00–126.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	164.88/cwt	160.00–170.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	133.52/cwt	130.00–137.00	545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	153.43/cwt	152.00–155.00	419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	151.03/cwt	147.00–155.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	133.05/cwt	132.00–134.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	113.53/cwt	112.00–115.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	123.29/cwt	120.00–128.00	503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	118.48/cwt	117.00–120.00	566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	107.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	139.57/cwt	135.00–142.00	435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	114.22/cwt	112.00–119.00	480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	138.51/cwt	137.00–140.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	207	253.55/cwt	240.00–260.00	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	198.44/cwt	195.00–205.00	605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	150.97/cwt	146.00–156.00	684	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	204.53/cwt	195.00–215.00	548	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	167.77/cwt	165.00–173.00	599	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	162.89/cwt	157.00–167.00	687	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	258	180.29/cwt	170.00–190.00	465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	187.10/cwt	185.00–190.00	580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	158.25/cwt	157.00–160.00	570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	138.95/cwt	135.00–145.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	127.87/cwt	125.00–132.00	650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	119.52/cwt	117.00–122.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	150.68/cwt	145.00–155.00	613	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	170.19/cwt	167.00–177.00	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	147.96/cwt	147.00–150.00	537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	135.50/cwt	132.00–142.00	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	130.43/cwt	127.00–132.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	116.72/cwt	115.00–120.00	593	3
Bulls	—	—	1,553	85.81/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,333	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	63.60/cwt	63.00–65.00	721	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	59.20/cwt	58.00–62.00	665	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	55.17/cwt	54.00–56.00	526	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 (Mon)

Mon Aug 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 689Last week 527Year ago 689

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 108Year ago 268

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	163.00–172.00	167.41
2	—	365	140.00–145.00	142.43
3	—	475	124.00–126.00	124.64
4	—	313	160.00–170.00	164.88
4	—	408	130.00–137.00	133.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	152.00–155.00	153.43
2	—	308	147.00–155.00	151.03
2	—	368	132.00–134.00	133.05
2	—	565	112.00–115.00	113.53
5	—	408	120.00–128.00	123.29
6	—	478	117.00–120.00	118.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	105.00–110.00	107.48
3	—	312	135.00–142.00	139.57
3	—	420	112.00–119.00	114.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	137.00–140.00	138.51
3	—	207	240.00–260.00	253.55
3	—	305	195.00–205.00	198.44
4	—	453	146.00–156.00	150.97
6	—	268	195.00–215.00	204.53
6	—	357	165.00–173.00	167.77
7	—	422	157.00–167.00	162.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	258	170.00–190.00	180.29
5	—	310	185.00–190.00	187.10
5	—	360	157.00–160.00	158.25
5	—	456	135.00–145.00	138.95
5	—	508	125.00–132.00	127.87
6	—	565	117.00–122.00	119.52
7	—	407	145.00–155.00	150.68
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	167.00–177.00	170.19
3	—	363	147.00–150.00	147.96
3	—	410	132.00–142.00	135.50
3	—	477	127.00–132.00	130.43
3	—	508	115.00–120.00	116.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,553	83.00–89.00	85.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,133	63.00–65.00	63.60
7	—	1,123	58.00–62.00	59.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	954	54.00–56.00	55.17

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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