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Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 13

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609

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Feeder Cattle receipts

444 head

▼ 211 vs last sale 655▼ 112 vs year ago 556 · −20.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

209 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 207▲ 140 vs year ago 69 · +202.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.23/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$140.23

40 head · 375 lb average

Value per head Derived

$526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$25.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.27

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	372	146.69	546	12thin
Medium and Large 2	371	139.44	517	25
Medium and Large 3	422	120.98	511	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.71/cwt here — about $36 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 sale40 hd

140.23

—

FL average10 barns · 722 hd

142.51

−2.27

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	1,750	83.97	1,469	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,200	58.03	697	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	52.15	505	14

Every lot

28 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	220	217.67/cwt	210.00–225.00	479	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	263	181.19/cwt	177.00–185.00	477	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	313	175.84/cwt	170.00–179.00	550	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	166.34/cwt	162.00–169.00	612	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	158.30/cwt	155.00–160.00	598	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	147.59/cwt	145.00–150.00	620	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	156.44/cwt	153.00–160.00	740	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	153.45/cwt	150.00–157.00	780	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	146.42/cwt	144.00–149.00	766	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	132.45/cwt	130.00–135.00	695	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	148.52/cwt	147.00–150.00	829	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	141.07/cwt	137.00–145.00	797	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	255	161.53/cwt	160.00–163.00	412	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	263	152.72/cwt	150.00–155.00	402	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	155.55/cwt	153.00–161.00	487	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	144.58/cwt	142.00–147.00	455	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	356	141.93/cwt	138.00–145.00	505	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	139.34/cwt	137.00–141.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	422	120.98/cwt	120.00–123.00	511	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	134.54/cwt	133.00–136.00	572	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	136.96/cwt	135.00–139.00	630	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	126.04/cwt	125.00–127.00	590	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	557	114.69/cwt	110.00–117.00	639	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	153.37/cwt	150.00–157.00	718	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,750	83.97/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,469	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	52.15/cwt	50.00–56.00	505	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	61.02/cwt	60.00–62.00	656	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	56.54/cwt	55.00–58.00	714	12

This sale against other markets

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 May 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 655Year ago 556

Slaughter CattleReceipts 209Last week 207Year ago 69

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	150.00–157.00	153.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	160.00–163.00	161.53
2	—	460	135.00–139.00	136.96
3	—	313	153.00–161.00	155.55
5	—	420	137.00–141.00	139.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	142.00–147.00	144.58
2	—	468	125.00–127.00	126.04
3	—	557	110.00–117.00	114.69
4	—	425	133.00–136.00	134.54
7	—	263	150.00–155.00	152.72
7	—	356	138.00–145.00	141.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	120.00–123.00	120.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	220	210.00–225.00	217.67
2	—	508	150.00–157.00	153.45
2	—	558	147.00–150.00	148.52
4	—	473	153.00–160.00	156.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	144.00–149.00	146.42
2	—	565	137.00–145.00	141.07
4	—	263	177.00–185.00	181.19
5	—	368	162.00–169.00	166.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	145.00–150.00	147.59
2	—	525	130.00–135.00	132.45
3	—	313	170.00–179.00	175.84
3	—	378	155.00–160.00	158.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	83.00–85.00	83.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,075	60.00–62.00	61.02
12	—	1,263	55.00–58.00	56.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	968	50.00–56.00	52.15

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.