Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2021-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.84/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$172.84

66 head · 377 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$31.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.86

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	386	176.72	682	46
Medium and Large 2	354	166.02	588	18thin
Medium and Large 3	365	145.14	530	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.58/cwt here — about $152 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 sale66 hd

172.84

—

FL average8 barns · 518 hd

152.98

+19.86

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	1,763	85.83	1,513	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	63.67	739	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	52.68	574	6thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 2	—	410	129.00/cwt	125.00–133.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	139.28/cwt	137.00–144.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	157.42/cwt	155.00–160.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	121.35/cwt	120.00–124.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	160.14/cwt	155.00–165.00	437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	140.49/cwt	137.00–147.00	510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	115.97/cwt	114.00–118.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	152.95/cwt	147.00–157.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	180.18/cwt	170.00–190.00	505	6
Bulls	—	—	1,905	92.65/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,765	4
Bulls	—	—	1,620	75.63/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,225	3
Bulls	—	—	1,717	86.92/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,492	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	62.92/cwt	60.00–65.00	729	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	66.57/cwt	66.00–67.00	776	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	52.68/cwt	51.00–55.00	574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	184.84/cwt	180.00–190.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	163.88/cwt	160.00–168.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	146.61/cwt	145.00–150.00	454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	158.63/cwt	155.00–162.00	742	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	147.28/cwt	142.00–150.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	153.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	167.59/cwt	165.00–170.00	617	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	137.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	447	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	141.68/cwt	137.00–145.00	799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	172.58/cwt	170.00–175.00	552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	208.23/cwt	200.00–215.00	554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	145.14/cwt	140.00–150.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	208	229.64/cwt	220.00–240.00	478	6

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 Feb 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 489Last week 773Year ago 616

Slaughter CattleReceipts 251Last week 231Year ago 69

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	125.00–133.00	129.00
4	—	325	135.00–140.00	137.42
2	—	353	130.00–135.00	132.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	137.00–144.00	139.28
3	—	533	120.00–124.00	121.35
4	—	273	155.00–165.00	160.14
6	—	363	137.00–147.00	140.49
2	—	573	114.00–118.00	115.97
3	—	310	145.00–150.00	146.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	155.00–160.00	157.42
6	—	280	170.00–190.00	180.18
3	—	465	142.00–150.00	147.28
3	—	425	150.00–155.00	153.41
4	—	320	170.00–175.00	172.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	147.00–157.00	152.95
2	—	310	180.00–190.00	184.84
4	—	423	160.00–168.00	163.88
6	—	468	155.00–162.00	158.63
11	—	368	165.00–170.00	167.59
5	—	564	137.00–145.00	141.68
7	—	266	200.00–215.00	208.23
6	—	208	220.00–240.00	229.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	140.00–150.00	145.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,905	91.00–94.00	92.65
3	—	1,620	73.00–79.00	75.63
3	—	1,717	85.00–89.00	86.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,159	60.00–65.00	62.92
7	—	1,166	66.00–67.00	66.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,090	51.00–55.00	52.68

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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