Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.59/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$160.59

45 head · 395 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$3.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.38

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	429	163.03	699	12thin
Medium and Large 2	391	159.86	625	26
Medium and Large 3	351	159.12	558	7thin

One grade step is worth $3.92/cwt here — about $141 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 sale45 hd

160.59

—

FL average10 barns · 360 hd

155.20

+5.38

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	1,637	87.20	1,428	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,137	69.48	790	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	59.94	641	7thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,615	93.64/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,512	2
Bulls	—	—	1,453	81.40/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,183	2
Bulls	—	—	1,775	86.78/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,540	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	76.01/cwt	74.00–78.00	930	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	67.94/cwt	65.00–71.00	759	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	59.94/cwt	57.00–61.00	641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	164.15/cwt	160.00–170.00	673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	174.90/cwt	170.00–180.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	149.42/cwt	147.00–152.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	306	172.06/cwt	170.00–175.00	527	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	142.56/cwt	140.00–145.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	154.46/cwt	150.00–159.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	171.50/cwt	165.00–175.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	156.77/cwt	155.00–160.00	404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	142.41/cwt	140.00–147.00	723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	158.97/cwt	157.00–163.00	726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	139.53/cwt	137.00–142.00	502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	143.63/cwt	140.00–150.00	383	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	164.38/cwt	160.00–169.00	592	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	114.45/cwt	112.00–117.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	117.39/cwt	112.00–120.00	540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	128.09/cwt	124.00–132.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	132.28/cwt	130.00–137.00	413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	324	164.41/cwt	160.00–167.00	533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	143.64/cwt	140.00–147.00	450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	152.26/cwt	147.00–155.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	158.04/cwt	157.00–160.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	156.52/cwt	155.00–158.00	650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	162.44/cwt	160.00–165.00	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	155.87/cwt	152.00–160.00	491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	147.53/cwt	145.00–150.00	538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	148.61/cwt	145.00–152.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	128.79/cwt	122.00–132.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	145.88/cwt	142.00–150.00	610	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 Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 495Last week 794Year ago 417

Slaughter CattleReceipts 192Last week 357Year ago 98

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	91.00–96.00	93.64
2	—	1,453	80.00–83.00	81.40
3	—	1,775	84.00–88.00	86.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,223	74.00–78.00	76.01
17	—	1,117	65.00–71.00	67.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,069	57.00–61.00	59.94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	160.00–170.00	164.15
2	—	358	170.00–180.00	174.90
2	—	505	150.00–159.00	154.46
3	—	457	157.00–163.00	158.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	306	170.00–175.00	172.06
2	—	563	140.00–145.00	142.56
3	—	262	165.00–175.00	171.50
3	—	508	140.00–147.00	142.41
6	—	360	160.00–169.00	164.38
3	—	462	147.00–155.00	152.26
4	—	415	155.00–158.00	156.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	324	160.00–167.00	164.41
2	—	418	142.00–150.00	145.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	147.00–152.00	149.42
3	—	458	157.00–160.00	158.04
4	—	425	160.00–165.00	162.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	130.00–135.00	132.53
2	—	360	137.00–142.00	139.53
3	—	267	140.00–150.00	143.63
2	—	525	112.00–117.00	114.45
2	—	465	124.00–132.00	128.09
4	—	313	140.00–147.00	143.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	258	155.00–160.00	156.77
4	—	315	152.00–160.00	155.87
4	—	365	145.00–150.00	147.53
4	—	413	145.00–152.00	148.61
3	—	525	122.00–132.00	128.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	112.00–120.00	117.39
3	—	312	130.00–137.00	132.28

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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