Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.88/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$159.88

77 head · 389 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$24.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.92

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	378	169.56	640	37
Medium and Large 2	405	152.51	618	31
Medium and Large 3	380	145.47	552	9thin

One grade step is worth $24.10/cwt here — about $88 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 sale77 hd

159.88

—

FL average4 barns · 267 hd

153.96

+5.92

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	1,558	80.31	1,252	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	58.24	691	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	48.84	532	11

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,526	82.81/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,264	8
Bulls	—	—	1,763	88.68/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,563	3
Bulls	—	—	1,514	74.68/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,131	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	54.13/cwt	52.00–58.00	608	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	63.71/cwt	61.00–66.00	809	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	48.84/cwt	47.00–52.00	532	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	158.75/cwt	155.00–162.00	668	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	170.17/cwt	165.00–175.00	618	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	152.53/cwt	150.00–155.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	195.19/cwt	185.00–200.00	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	145.43/cwt	141.00–150.00	739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	185.67/cwt	180.00–190.00	581	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	138.45/cwt	135.00–140.00	381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	141.61/cwt	140.00–145.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	135.97/cwt	135.00–138.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	122.72/cwt	120.00–124.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	121.94/cwt	119.00–124.00	569	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	146.93/cwt	145.00–150.00	617	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	143.04/cwt	140.00–145.00	657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	157.43/cwt	155.00–160.00	590	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	135.76/cwt	131.00–138.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	124.99/cwt	124.00–127.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	169.86/cwt	165.00–175.00	447	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	174.36/cwt	170.00–177.00	563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	113.39/cwt	110.00–115.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	125.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	444	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	132.16/cwt	127.00–135.00	416	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	162.60/cwt	160.00–165.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	144.59/cwt	142.00–150.00	521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	137.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	141.64/cwt	140.00–145.00	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	128.31/cwt	127.00–129.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	115.98/cwt	115.00–118.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	153.36/cwt	150.00–157.00	480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	121.57/cwt	117.00–126.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	134.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	560	9

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 Nov 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,193Last week 1,295Year ago 938

Slaughter CattleReceipts 441Last week 229Year ago 235

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,526	81.00–86.00	82.81
3	—	1,763	88.00–90.00	88.68
8	—	1,514	73.00–76.00	74.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,124	52.00–58.00	54.13
9	—	1,270	61.00–66.00	63.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,089	47.00–52.00	48.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	421	155.00–162.00	158.75
10	—	363	165.00–175.00	170.17
2	—	460	150.00–155.00	152.53
3	—	260	185.00–200.00	195.19
4	—	508	141.00–150.00	145.43
9	—	313	180.00–190.00	185.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	420	145.00–150.00	146.93
5	—	459	140.00–145.00	143.04
6	—	375	155.00–160.00	157.43
3	—	525	131.00–138.00	135.76
3	—	557	124.00–127.00	124.99
4	—	263	165.00–175.00	169.86
5	—	323	170.00–177.00	174.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	160.00–165.00	162.60
3	—	360	142.00–150.00	144.59
4	—	425	135.00–140.00	137.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	135.00–140.00	138.45
3	—	315	140.00–145.00	141.61
3	—	360	135.00–138.00	135.97
3	—	422	120.00–124.00	122.72
7	—	467	119.00–124.00	121.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	110.00–115.00	113.39
6	—	355	120.00–130.00	125.07
3	—	315	127.00–135.00	132.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	140.00–145.00	141.64
3	—	458	127.00–129.00	128.31
3	—	578	115.00–118.00	115.98
4	—	313	150.00–157.00	153.36
4	—	508	117.00–126.00	121.57
9	—	417	130.00–140.00	134.27

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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