Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for previous two weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.00/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$158.00

90 head · 392 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$22.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.45

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	382	168.10	643	45
Medium and Large 2	415	148.88	618	31
Medium and Large 3	373	145.73	543	14thin

One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $100 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

158.00

—

FL average4 barns · 216 hd

146.55

+11.45

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	—	High	1,546	80.96	1,252	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	58.78	675	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	49.21	511	17

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	—	—	1,835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,652	1
Bulls	—	—	1,323	76.55/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,013	5
Bulls	—	—	1,664	82.82/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,378	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	57.80/cwt	55.00–60.00	644	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	64.31/cwt	64.00–65.00	860	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	51.57/cwt	48.00–54.00	565	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	148.41/cwt	145.00–152.00	687	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	256	198.86/cwt	190.00–210.00	509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	163.43/cwt	160.00–167.00	585	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	183.32/cwt	180.00–185.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	208	219.64/cwt	210.00–230.00	457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	141.60/cwt	140.00–145.00	368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	117.70/cwt	115.00–119.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	138.91/cwt	137.00–141.00	445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	123.54/cwt	120.00–127.00	531	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.36/cwt	120.00–125.00	691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	173.11/cwt	167.00–177.00	552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	132.45/cwt	130.00–135.00	507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	140.41/cwt	137.00–144.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	155.98/cwt	152.00–159.00	563	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	124.45/cwt	122.00–127.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	147.41/cwt	145.00–150.00	619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	115.59/cwt	112.00–119.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	132.64/cwt	130.00–135.00	422	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	138.54/cwt	135.00–141.00	711	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	122.88/cwt	120.00–125.00	447	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	127.54/cwt	125.00–130.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	160.12/cwt	155.00–165.00	501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	146.88/cwt	142.00–150.00	527	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	136.73/cwt	135.00–140.00	572	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	44.89/cwt	42.00–47.00	419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	159.85/cwt	155.00–165.00	412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	138.53/cwt	137.00–141.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	132.25/cwt	130.00–135.00	541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	161.36/cwt	157.00–167.00	674	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	133.68/cwt	133.00–135.00	742	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 Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 811Last week 1,391Year ago 917

Slaughter CattleReceipts 300Last week 371Year ago 113

No trends offered due to market closure for previous two weeks.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	90.00	90.00
5	—	1,323	73.00–79.00	76.55
7	—	1,664	81.00–85.00	82.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,115	55.00–60.00	57.80
3	—	1,337	64.00–65.00	64.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,095	48.00–54.00	51.57
6	—	933	42.00–47.00	44.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	145.00–152.00	148.41
7	—	256	190.00–210.00	198.86
8	—	358	160.00–167.00	163.43
3	—	317	180.00–185.00	183.32
4	—	208	210.00–230.00	219.64
5	—	513	135.00–141.00	138.54
9	—	418	157.00–167.00	161.36
3	—	555	133.00–135.00	133.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	120.00–125.00	123.36
5	—	319	167.00–177.00	173.11
6	—	463	137.00–144.00	140.41
9	—	361	152.00–159.00	155.98
2	—	525	122.00–127.00	124.45
6	—	420	145.00–150.00	147.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	125.00–130.00	127.54
4	—	313	155.00–165.00	160.12
5	—	359	142.00–150.00	146.88
3	—	418	135.00–140.00	136.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	260	140.00–145.00	141.60
3	—	460	115.00–119.00	117.70
4	—	320	137.00–141.00	138.91
6	—	430	120.00–127.00	123.54
6	—	383	130.00–135.00	132.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	112.00–119.00	115.59
4	—	318	130.00–135.00	132.64
5	—	364	120.00–125.00	122.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	258	155.00–165.00	159.85
5	—	365	137.00–141.00	138.53
9	—	409	130.00–135.00	132.25

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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