Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 15.00-20.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.10/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$133.10

46 head · 391 lb average

Value per head Derived

$521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$22.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.85

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	379	140.82	533	21
Medium and Large 2	366	132.42	485	15thin
Medium and Large 3	455	117.90	536	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.92/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale46 hd

133.10

—

FL average10 barns · 413 hd

144.95

−11.85

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	91.00	1,561	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	64.62	764	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	57.12	614	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	128.42/cwt	125.00–132.00	546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	474	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	116.04/cwt	110.00–119.00	554	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	70.51/cwt	69.00–72.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.97/cwt	123.00–125.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	142.90/cwt	140.00–146.00	519	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	137.61/cwt	135.00–140.00	383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	138.52/cwt	137.00–140.00	429	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	120.97/cwt	120.00–122.00	506	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	57.12/cwt	55.00–59.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	253	154.61/cwt	150.00–157.00	391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	147.58/cwt	145.00–150.00	472	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	123.38/cwt	120.00–125.00	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	123.57/cwt	120.00–127.00	467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	113.93/cwt	110.00–116.00	579	3
Bulls	—	—	1,715	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	129.04/cwt	127.00–130.00	410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	123.24/cwt	120.00–125.00	444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	106.30/cwt	105.00–109.00	441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	115.58/cwt	113.00–118.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	111.56/cwt	110.00–113.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	122.42/cwt	120.00–125.00	392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	119.58/cwt	117.00–122.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	100.98/cwt	100.00–102.00	520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	109.68/cwt	109.00–110.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	114.35/cwt	110.00–119.00	427	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	61.68/cwt	60.00–63.00	685	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 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 437Last week 509Year ago 422

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 120Year ago 74

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 15.00-20.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	118.00–120.00	118.98
4	—	413	135.00–140.00	137.58
2	—	525	123.00–125.00	123.97
4	—	363	140.00–146.00	142.90
3	—	253	150.00–157.00	154.61
6	—	320	145.00–150.00	147.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	125.00–132.00	128.42
4	—	358	130.00–135.00	132.52
2	—	278	135.00–140.00	137.61
4	—	310	137.00–140.00	138.52
3	—	473	120.00–125.00	123.38
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	110.00–119.00	116.04
2	—	418	120.00–122.00	120.97
2	—	378	120.00–127.00	123.57
3	—	508	110.00–116.00	113.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	127.00–130.00	129.04
2	—	465	113.00–118.00	115.58
2	—	413	117.00–122.00	119.58
4	—	515	100.00–102.00	100.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	120.00–125.00	123.24
2	—	423	110.00–113.00	111.56
4	—	320	120.00–125.00	122.42
3	—	483	109.00–110.00	109.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	105.00–109.00	106.30
4	—	373	110.00–119.00	114.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	69.00–72.00	70.51
4	—	1,110	60.00–63.00	61.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	55.00–59.00	57.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	91.00	91.00

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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