Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.76/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$182.76

60 head · 367 lb average

Value per head Derived

$672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$10.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.65

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	318	186.45	593	24
Medium and Large 1	414	181.14	750	30
Medium and Large 3	332	176.11	584	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.34/cwt here — about $9 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 sale60 hd

182.76

—

FL average10 barns · 410 hd

176.11

+6.65

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	1,715	95.30	1,634	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,098	68.06	748	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	57.29	597	6thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	1,835	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,688	1
Bulls	—	—	1,655	96.95/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,605	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	71.45/cwt	69.00–75.00	869	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,006	65.39/cwt	62.00–68.00	658	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	57.29/cwt	55.00–61.00	597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	140.02/cwt	138.00–142.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	182.95/cwt	180.00–186.00	567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	157.92/cwt	155.00–162.00	812	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	158.48/cwt	157.00–160.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	197.78/cwt	190.00–205.00	524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	174.35/cwt	170.00–180.00	617	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	304	194.53/cwt	190.00–200.00	591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	162.43/cwt	160.00–165.00	609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	208.23/cwt	205.00–210.00	646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	173.24/cwt	170.00–175.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	165.41/cwt	160.00–168.00	782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	139.02/cwt	137.00–140.00	859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	188.62/cwt	185.00–192.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	274	152.91/cwt	147.00–157.00	419	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	153.84/cwt	150.00–158.00	497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	138.09/cwt	135.00–145.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	121.96/cwt	120.00–126.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	132.40/cwt	130.00–135.00	483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	216.64/cwt	210.00–222.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	256	163.91/cwt	160.00–170.00	420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	154.10/cwt	150.00–160.00	549	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	162.60/cwt	160.00–165.00	509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	136.45/cwt	135.00–138.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	121.52/cwt	120.00–123.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	124.56/cwt	122.00–127.00	536	4

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 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 687Last week 530Year ago 429

Slaughter CattleReceipts 205Last week 249Year ago 396

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,655	95.00–99.00	96.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,216	69.00–75.00	71.45
14	—	1,006	62.00–68.00	65.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,042	55.00–61.00	57.29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	138.00–142.00	140.02
5	—	256	160.00–170.00	163.91
5	—	356	150.00–160.00	154.10
6	—	313	160.00–165.00	162.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	274	147.00–157.00	152.91
8	—	323	150.00–158.00	153.84
2	—	413	135.00–138.00	136.45
4	—	508	120.00–123.00	121.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	135.00–145.00	138.09
3	—	485	120.00–126.00	121.96
4	—	365	130.00–135.00	132.40
4	—	430	122.00–127.00	124.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	310	180.00–186.00	182.95
2	—	375	160.00–165.00	162.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	514	155.00–162.00	157.92
3	—	310	205.00–210.00	208.23
3	—	417	170.00–175.00	173.24
3	—	473	160.00–168.00	165.41
3	—	618	137.00–140.00	139.02
4	—	363	185.00–192.00	188.62
7	—	274	210.00–222.00	216.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	157.00–160.00	158.48
6	—	265	190.00–205.00	197.78
7	—	354	170.00–180.00	174.35
9	—	304	190.00–200.00	194.53

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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