Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-14

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 $144.17/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$144.17

60 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$15.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.67

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	486	148.36	721	30
Medium and Large 2	448	143.22	642	21
Medium and Large 3	447	132.38	592	9thin

One grade step is worth $15.98/cwt here — about $129 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 sale60 hd

144.17

—

FL average10 barns · 731 hd

136.50

+7.67

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	1,619	83.21	1,347	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	56.71	680	12

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	—	—	1,619	83.21/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,347	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	55.46/cwt	54.00–58.00	632	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	60.45/cwt	59.00–63.00	834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	142.40/cwt	140.00–145.00	446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	124.97/cwt	123.00–127.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	117.45/cwt	115.00–120.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	161.53/cwt	155.00–165.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	125.66/cwt	125.00–127.00	821	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	108.00/cwt	107.00–110.00	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	165.84/cwt	162.00–170.00	605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	128.51/cwt	127.00–130.00	781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	133.39/cwt	130.00–137.00	764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	147.43/cwt	145.00–150.00	683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	137.05/cwt	135.00–139.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	126.01/cwt	124.00–127.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	108.47/cwt	107.00–110.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	105.53/cwt	103.00–108.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	121.93/cwt	117.00–125.00	522	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	156.37/cwt	155.00–159.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	147.47/cwt	145.00–150.00	605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	139.07/cwt	135.00–142.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	135.96/cwt	135.00–138.00	432	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	167.41/cwt	165.00–172.00	536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	123.54/cwt	121.00–126.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	128.95/cwt	127.00–130.00	462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	115.37/cwt	112.00–119.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	128.45/cwt	127.00–130.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	123.53/cwt	122.00–125.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	126.89/cwt	122.00–132.00	416	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	158.24/cwt	155.00–160.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	113.53/cwt	112.00–115.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	128.98/cwt	128.00–130.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	180.19/cwt	175.00–185.00	582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	118.40/cwt	116.00–121.00	616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	596	2

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 Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,391Last week 1,932Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 371Last week 239Year ago 0

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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,619	80.00–86.00	83.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,139	54.00–58.00	55.46
3	—	1,380	59.00–63.00	60.45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	140.00–145.00	142.40
2	—	458	123.00–127.00	124.97
2	—	515	115.00–120.00	117.45
5	—	609	107.00–110.00	108.00
2	—	563	112.00–115.00	113.53
4	—	423	128.00–130.00	128.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	107.00–110.00	108.47
2	—	558	103.00–108.00	105.53
5	—	428	117.00–125.00	121.93
3	—	318	135.00–138.00	135.96
3	—	358	127.00–130.00	128.95
4	—	473	112.00–119.00	115.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	122.00–125.00	123.53
4	—	328	122.00–132.00	126.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	155.00–165.00	161.53
3	—	653	125.00–127.00	125.66
6	—	365	162.00–170.00	165.84
6	—	608	127.00–130.00	128.51
4	—	573	130.00–137.00	133.39
2	—	463	145.00–150.00	147.43
2	—	528	135.00–139.00	137.05
4	—	323	175.00–185.00	180.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	155.00–159.00	156.37
4	—	410	145.00–150.00	147.47
5	—	464	135.00–142.00	139.07
3	—	320	165.00–172.00	167.41
4	—	580	121.00–126.00	123.54
2	—	518	127.00–130.00	128.45
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	155.00–160.00	158.24
2	—	520	116.00–121.00	118.40
2	—	563	110.00–115.00	112.56
2	—	468	125.00–130.00	127.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	124.00–127.00	126.01

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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