Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

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 $150.72/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$150.72

90 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$8.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.44

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	154.34	703	43
Medium and Large 2	425	147.90	629	33
Medium and Large 3	401	146.23	587	14thin

One grade step is worth $8.11/cwt here — about $117 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 sale90 hd

150.72

—

FL average10 barns · 886 hd

137.28

+13.44

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	—	Low	1,659	82.41	1,367	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,070	60.42	646	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	52.79	550	10

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	131.83/cwt	128.00–136.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	144.66/cwt	140.00–148.00	388	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	149.76/cwt	145.00–155.00	629	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	165.78/cwt	160.00–170.00	534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	132.03/cwt	130.00–135.00	606	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	156.52/cwt	153.00–162.00	601	5
Bulls	—	—	1,508	78.14/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	140.03/cwt	137.00–143.00	637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	117.43/cwt	115.00–120.00	544	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	52.79/cwt	51.00–57.00	550	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,037	58.35/cwt	56.00–62.00	605	15
Bulls	—	—	1,810	86.69/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,569	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	64.30/cwt	63.00–69.00	727	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	173.25/cwt	170.00–175.00	454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	135.43/cwt	131.00–139.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	175.42/cwt	172.00–179.00	549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	126.47/cwt	123.00–130.00	658	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	165.21/cwt	160.00–170.00	691	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	117.30/cwt	114.00–124.00	718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	124.54/cwt	121.00–127.00	639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	142.95/cwt	140.00–145.00	509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	137.97/cwt	137.00–140.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	122.57/cwt	120.00–125.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	121.58/cwt	117.00–126.00	681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	132.55/cwt	130.00–135.00	488	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	129.45/cwt	127.00–132.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	125.47/cwt	123.00–128.00	471	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	183.24/cwt	180.00–185.00	564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	155.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	711	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	137.43/cwt	134.00–141.00	701	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	128.07/cwt	126.00–134.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	132.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	170.07/cwt	165.00–175.00	604	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	126.48/cwt	123.00–129.00	589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	122.85/cwt	120.00–127.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	139.54/cwt	137.00–142.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	113.30/cwt	110.00–115.00	578	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 Sep 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 961Last week 694Year ago 1,015

Slaughter CattleReceipts 226Last week 184Year ago 193

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	128.00–136.00	131.83
5	—	356	140.00–145.00	142.95
6	—	560	117.00–126.00	121.58
5	—	466	123.00–129.00	126.48
5	—	516	120.00–127.00	122.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	268	140.00–148.00	144.66
4	—	463	115.00–120.00	117.43
3	—	310	137.00–140.00	137.97
4	—	418	120.00–125.00	122.57
6	—	368	130.00–135.00	132.55
3	—	510	110.00–115.00	113.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	123.00–128.00	125.47
4	—	313	130.00–135.00	132.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	145.00–155.00	149.76
5	—	384	153.00–162.00	156.52
8	—	455	137.00–143.00	140.03
3	—	262	170.00–175.00	173.25
4	—	313	172.00–179.00	175.42
4	—	520	123.00–130.00	126.47
3	—	612	114.00–124.00	117.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	160.00–170.00	165.78
5	—	459	130.00–135.00	132.03
4	—	428	137.00–142.00	139.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	131.00–139.00	135.43
8	—	418	160.00–170.00	165.21
3	—	308	180.00–185.00	183.24
5	—	456	150.00–160.00	155.92
6	—	510	134.00–141.00	137.43
4	—	618	126.00–134.00	128.07
10	—	355	165.00–175.00	170.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	121.00–127.00	124.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	127.00–132.00	129.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	76.00–80.00	78.14
2	—	1,810	84.00–89.00	86.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,041	51.00–57.00	52.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,037	56.00–62.00	58.35
8	—	1,131	63.00–69.00	64.30

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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