Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $156.99/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$156.99

65 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$12.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.79

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	412	163.10	672	33
Medium and Large 3	367	151.57	556	6thin
Medium and Large 2	401	150.50	603	26

One grade step is worth $12.60/cwt here — about $69 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 sale65 hd

156.99

—

FL average10 barns · 949 hd

141.20

+15.79

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	1,353	90.37	1,223	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	65.58	750	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,064	57.96	617	9thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	64.08/cwt	62.00–67.00	742	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	68.96/cwt	68.00–72.00	766	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	57.96/cwt	54.00–60.00	617	9
Bulls	—	—	1,353	90.37/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,223	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	512	120.61/cwt	116.00–123.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	119.97/cwt	117.00–123.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	134.14/cwt	130.00–136.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	161.15/cwt	157.00–165.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	112.47/cwt	110.00–115.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	122.94/cwt	120.00–126.00	471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	131.76/cwt	127.00–134.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	144.81/cwt	140.00–150.00	384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	132.92/cwt	131.00–135.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	136.05/cwt	132.00–140.00	558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	144.83/cwt	140.00–148.00	461	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	142.05/cwt	140.00–145.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	119.58/cwt	117.00–122.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	154.12/cwt	150.00–157.00	472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	124.54/cwt	120.00–127.00	519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	184.88/cwt	180.00–190.00	579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	155.22/cwt	150.00–159.00	643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	146.69/cwt	145.00–149.00	610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	143.56/cwt	140.00–147.00	665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	127.55/cwt	125.00–130.00	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	161.03/cwt	160.00–162.00	580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	173.39/cwt	170.00–175.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	126.65/cwt	126.00–128.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	127.07/cwt	124.00–130.00	715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	163.64/cwt	160.00–167.00	512	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	136.74/cwt	132.00–139.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	180.33/cwt	175.00–185.00	483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	139.08/cwt	135.00–141.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	269	201.19/cwt	195.00–210.00	541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	153.43/cwt	150.00–157.00	557	10

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 Jul 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 919Last week 889Year ago 631

Slaughter CattleReceipts 188Last week 121Year ago 103

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,158	62.00–67.00	64.08
4	—	1,111	68.00–72.00	68.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,064	54.00–60.00	57.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,353	90.00–91.00	90.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	116.00–123.00	120.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	117.00–123.00	119.97
4	—	270	157.00–165.00	161.15
3	—	475	127.00–134.00	131.76
2	—	618	118.00–120.00	119.01
8	—	410	132.00–140.00	136.05
2	—	510	120.00–123.00	121.49
5	—	356	140.00–145.00	142.05
5	—	306	150.00–157.00	154.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	130.00–136.00	134.14
2	—	558	110.00–115.00	112.47
2	—	265	140.00–150.00	144.81
5	—	318	140.00–148.00	144.83
4	—	465	117.00–122.00	119.58
3	—	417	120.00–127.00	124.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	120.00–126.00	122.94
2	—	328	131.00–135.00	132.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	180.00–190.00	184.88
5	—	414	150.00–159.00	155.22
4	—	463	140.00–147.00	143.56
4	—	360	160.00–162.00	161.03
3	—	630	126.00–128.00	126.65
3	—	567	132.00–139.00	136.74
3	—	530	135.00–141.00	139.08
9	—	269	195.00–210.00	201.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	145.00–149.00	146.69
4	—	525	125.00–130.00	127.55
3	—	315	170.00–175.00	173.39
2	—	563	124.00–130.00	127.07
2	—	268	175.00–185.00	180.33
10	—	363	150.00–157.00	153.43
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	313	160.00–167.00	163.64
2	—	475	125.00–130.00	127.42

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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