Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.22/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$156.22

44 head · 351 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.45

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	354	159.50	564	29
Medium and Large 2	344	149.87	516	15thin

One grade step is worth $9.63/cwt here — about $49 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 sale44 hd

156.22

—

FL average9 barns · 238 hd

143.77

+12.45

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	1,810	87.00	1,575	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,321	58.72	776	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,310	52.82	692	4thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,810	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	152.43/cwt	150.00–155.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	125.97/cwt	125.00–127.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	136.39/cwt	135.00–139.00	419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	124.70/cwt	120.00–127.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	133.44/cwt	131.00–136.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	148.71/cwt	147.00–152.00	384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	128.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	222	148.54/cwt	147.00–152.00	330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	134.11/cwt	132.00–136.00	496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	254	135.91/cwt	130.00–140.00	345	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	63.51/cwt	63.00–65.00	875	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,310	52.82/cwt	51.00–54.00	692	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	57.44/cwt	55.00–61.00	750	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	165.40/cwt	162.00–171.00	447	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	166.29/cwt	163.00–169.00	539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	157.38/cwt	155.00–160.00	414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	155.96/cwt	154.00–158.00	636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	146.56/cwt	145.00–148.00	535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	155.09/cwt	151.00–159.00	509	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	143.39/cwt	140.00–147.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	154.19/cwt	150.00–160.00	577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	131.63/cwt	130.00–135.00	619	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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 348Year ago 557

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 43Year ago 176

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	87.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,378	63.00–65.00	63.51
15	—	1,306	55.00–61.00	57.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,310	51.00–54.00	52.82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	150.00–155.00	152.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	125.00–127.00	125.97
3	—	307	135.00–139.00	136.39
2	—	410	131.00–136.00	133.44
3	—	258	147.00–152.00	148.71
3	—	222	147.00–152.00	148.54
4	—	370	132.00–136.00	134.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	120.00–127.00	124.70
3	—	383	125.00–130.00	128.39
5	—	254	130.00–140.00	135.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	270	162.00–171.00	165.40
9	—	324	163.00–169.00	166.29
6	—	408	154.00–158.00	155.96
2	—	465	140.00–147.00	143.39
7	—	374	150.00–160.00	154.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	263	155.00–160.00	157.38
2	—	365	145.00–148.00	146.56
6	—	328	151.00–159.00	155.09
3	—	470	130.00–135.00	131.63

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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