Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.04/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$134.04

60 head · 388 lb average

Value per head Derived

$520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$10.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.28

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	387	139.71	540	18thin
Medium and Large 2	391	133.00	521	26
Medium and Large 3	385	129.37	498	16thin

One grade step is worth $10.33/cwt here — about $43 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

134.04

—

FL average10 barns · 834 hd

135.32

−1.28

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	—	High	1,562	88.18	1,378	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	67.66	889	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,174	54.57	641	4thin

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	—	—	1,540	92.82/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,429	4
Bulls	—	—	1,405	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,110	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	133.29/cwt	130.00–135.00	696	3
Bulls	—	—	1,965	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	143.53/cwt	142.00–145.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	134.54/cwt	132.00–137.00	562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	127.43/cwt	125.00–130.00	539	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	124.94/cwt	123.00–127.00	581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	121.96/cwt	120.00–124.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	148.92/cwt	147.00–151.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	127.04/cwt	125.00–129.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	118.06/cwt	114.00–120.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	138.22/cwt	137.00–140.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	138.43/cwt	137.00–140.00	443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	153.60/cwt	150.00–157.00	396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	144.03/cwt	142.00–145.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	144.24/cwt	139.00–148.00	387	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	117.07/cwt	115.00–119.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	132.38/cwt	130.00–135.00	494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	141.65/cwt	141.00–143.00	734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	157.43/cwt	155.00–160.00	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	174.16/cwt	170.00–178.00	545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	164.34/cwt	160.00–167.00	605	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	54.57/cwt	54.00–56.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	163.52/cwt	162.00–165.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	148.29/cwt	145.00–150.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	142.95/cwt	140.00–149.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	131.90/cwt	129.00–135.00	690	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	66.46/cwt	64.00–67.50	847	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	257	181.49/cwt	175.00–185.00	466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	182.89/cwt	180.00–185.00	580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	138.44/cwt	137.00–140.00	648	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,376	69.59/cwt	68.00–72.00	958	5

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 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 509Last week 687Year ago 498

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 205Year ago 184

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,540	91.00–95.00	92.82
2	—	1,405	79.00	79.00
1	—	1,965	88.00	88.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,174	54.00–56.00	54.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,274	64.00–67.50	66.46
5	—	1,376	68.00–72.00	69.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	130.00–135.00	133.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	142.00–145.00	143.53
6	—	418	132.00–137.00	134.54
2	—	313	147.00–151.00	148.92
4	—	515	125.00–129.00	127.04
4	—	258	150.00–157.00	153.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	125.00–130.00	127.43
6	—	465	123.00–127.00	124.94
3	—	527	114.00–120.00	118.06
5	—	369	137.00–140.00	138.22
3	—	310	142.00–145.00	144.03
5	—	268	139.00–148.00	144.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	120.00–124.00	121.96
4	—	320	137.00–140.00	138.43
2	—	473	115.00–119.00	117.07
6	—	373	130.00–135.00	132.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	141.00–143.00	141.65
2	—	410	162.00–165.00	163.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	155.00–160.00	157.43
3	—	462	145.00–150.00	148.29
3	—	257	175.00–185.00	181.49
5	—	317	180.00–185.00	182.89
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	313	170.00–178.00	174.16
5	—	368	160.00–167.00	164.34
3	—	412	140.00–149.00	142.95
4	—	523	129.00–135.00	131.90
4	—	468	137.00–140.00	138.44

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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