Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.59/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$159.59

48 head · 344 lb average

Value per head Derived

$549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$20.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.58

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	300	175.53	526	9thin
Medium and Large 2	360	156.62	563	24
Medium and Large 3	345	154.77	534	15thin

One grade step is worth $20.75/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale48 hd

159.59

—

FL average9 barns · 263 hd

150.01

+9.58

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	1,630	91.65	1,494	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,074	61.44	660	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	54.76	568	23

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	—	1,675	95.88/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	507	118.29/cwt	115.00–120.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	126.74/cwt	122.00–129.00	655	3
Bulls	—	—	1,608	89.54/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,440	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	143.63/cwt	140.00–147.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	137.25/cwt	135.00–142.00	648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	133.40/cwt	130.00–137.00	571	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,051	60.86/cwt	58.00–64.00	640	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	181.42/cwt	175.00–187.00	484	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	175.29/cwt	174.00–178.00	552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	158.91/cwt	155.00–162.00	578	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	165.20/cwt	160.00–170.00	525	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	67.55/cwt	66.00–69.00	892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	154.90/cwt	151.00–159.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	128.60/cwt	125.00–132.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	166.35/cwt	162.00–170.00	438	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	146.64/cwt	145.00–149.00	522	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	54.76/cwt	51.00–57.00	568	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	148.64/cwt	145.00–152.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	113.29/cwt	110.00–115.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	121.16/cwt	120.00–123.00	509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	129.42/cwt	127.00–132.00	408	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	124.94/cwt	123.00–127.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	282	133.09/cwt	130.00–135.00	375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	123.12/cwt	120.00–126.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	143.45/cwt	140.00–147.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	253	143.64/cwt	142.00–147.00	363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	132.57/cwt	130.00–135.00	477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	138.33/cwt	135.00–143.00	434	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 Mar 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 307Last week 268Year ago 782

Slaughter CattleReceipts 172Last week 89Year ago 138

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,675	95.00–99.00	95.88
8	—	1,608	86.00–92.00	89.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,051	58.00–64.00	60.86
2	—	1,320	66.00–69.00	67.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,038	51.00–57.00	54.76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	115.00–120.00	118.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	122.00–129.00	126.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	140.00–147.00	143.63
3	—	472	135.00–142.00	137.25
3	—	315	174.00–178.00	175.29
7	—	364	155.00–162.00	158.91
2	—	520	125.00–132.00	128.60
7	—	263	162.00–170.00	166.35
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	130.00–137.00	133.40
8	—	318	160.00–170.00	165.20
5	—	356	145.00–149.00	146.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	267	175.00–187.00	181.42
2	—	415	151.00–159.00	154.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	145.00–152.00	148.64
2	—	503	117.00–120.00	118.51
2	—	465	123.00–127.00	124.94
4	—	415	125.00–130.00	127.41
2	—	355	140.00–147.00	143.45
3	—	253	142.00–147.00	143.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	110.00–115.00	113.29
5	—	420	120.00–123.00	121.16
5	—	282	130.00–135.00	133.09
4	—	360	130.00–135.00	132.57
7	—	314	135.00–143.00	138.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	315	127.00–132.00	129.42
2	—	365	120.00–126.00	123.12

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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