Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.01/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$142.01

66 head · 417 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$15.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.43

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	418	151.21	633	19thin
Medium and Large 2	426	139.87	596	30
Medium and Large 3	401	135.50	543	17thin

One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $89 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 sale66 hd

142.01

—

FL average10 barns · 376 hd

142.44

−0.43

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	1,600	87.68	1,403	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	57.57	672	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	970	49.32	478	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	263	172.38/cwt	170.00–175.00	453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	127.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	145.85/cwt	140.00–150.00	681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	134.94/cwt	131.00–137.00	617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	119.15/cwt	115.00–122.00	662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	531	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	57.57/cwt	54.00–60.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	136.01/cwt	135.00–137.00	691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	154.73/cwt	152.00–160.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	163.39/cwt	160.00–165.00	523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	122.48/cwt	120.00–126.00	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	134.96/cwt	132.00–138.00	553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	149.80/cwt	145.00–155.00	469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	169.42/cwt	167.00–172.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	156.31/cwt	155.00–157.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	156.38/cwt	155.00–157.00	422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	149.08/cwt	147.00–152.00	544	5
Bulls	—	—	1,554	84.50/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,313	4
Bulls	—	—	1,693	94.03/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	133.13/cwt	130.00–140.00	355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	112.07/cwt	110.00–115.00	529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	102.03/cwt	100.00–104.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	135.95/cwt	134.00–138.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	118.45/cwt	117.00–120.00	492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	103.54/cwt	100.00–107.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	128.37/cwt	125.00–132.00	421	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	126.03/cwt	125.00–127.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	109.95/cwt	109.00–112.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	123.93/cwt	120.00–127.00	454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	146.42/cwt	144.00–149.00	605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	111.64/cwt	110.00–115.00	592	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	49.32/cwt	48.00–52.00	478	3

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 Apr 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 348Last week 307Year ago 562

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 172Year ago 150

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	170.00–175.00	172.38
2	—	560	125.00–130.00	127.46
5	—	467	140.00–150.00	145.85
2	—	508	135.00–137.00	136.01
3	—	410	152.00–160.00	154.73
2	—	310	167.00–172.00	169.42
3	—	367	155.00–157.00	156.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	131.00–137.00	134.94
5	—	556	115.00–122.00	119.15
3	—	320	160.00–165.00	163.39
5	—	512	120.00–126.00	122.48
3	—	270	155.00–157.00	156.38
5	—	365	147.00–152.00	149.08
6	—	413	144.00–149.00	146.42
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	120.00–125.00	122.46
6	—	373	140.00–145.00	142.42
2	—	410	132.00–138.00	134.96
4	—	313	145.00–155.00	149.80
3	—	530	110.00–115.00	111.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	267	130.00–140.00	133.13
7	—	472	110.00–115.00	112.07
2	—	313	134.00–138.00	135.95
6	—	415	117.00–120.00	118.45
4	—	508	105.00–110.00	107.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	508	100.00–104.00	102.03
4	—	475	100.00–107.00	103.54
8	—	328	125.00–132.00	128.37
3	—	428	109.00–112.00	109.95
7	—	366	120.00–127.00	123.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	125.00–127.00	126.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,167	54.00–60.00	57.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	48.00–52.00	49.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,554	83.00–88.00	84.50
2	—	1,693	93.00–95.00	94.03

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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