Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2022-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-01

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 $176.56/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$176.56

72 head · 421 lb average

Value per head Derived

$743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$180

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$5.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.43

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	375	179.24	672	33
Medium and Large 3	316	177.95	562	7thin
Medium and Large 1	491	173.49	853	32

One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about −$180 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 sale72 hd

176.56

—

FL average6 barns · 249 hd

173.13

+3.43

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	1,424	103.77	1,478	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,407	82.01	1,154	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	77.67	820	9thin

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)

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 1	—	268	169.67/cwt	165.00–175.00	455	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	154.29/cwt	152.00–158.00	727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	164.93/cwt	160.00–170.00	586	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	142.40/cwt	140.00–147.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	148.40/cwt	145.00–152.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	158.02/cwt	157.00–160.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	158.81/cwt	155.00–163.00	667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	172.85/cwt	165.00–180.00	562	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	168.04/cwt	165.00–170.00	788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	188.47/cwt	185.00–192.00	580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	173.92/cwt	172.00–176.00	727	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	179.58/cwt	177.00–182.00	742	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	171.72/cwt	167.00–175.00	872	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	151.83/cwt	147.00–157.00	574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	175.46/cwt	172.00–179.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	167.69/cwt	165.00–170.00	951	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	180.17/cwt	175.00–185.00	672	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	177.95/cwt	175.00–182.00	562	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	187.70/cwt	180.00–195.00	522	4
Bulls	—	—	1,424	103.77/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,478	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	80.30/cwt	79.00–81.00	998	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,547	83.48/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,291	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	77.67/cwt	75.00–79.00	820	9

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 (Wed)

Wed Jun 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 642Last week 614Year ago 527

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 483Year ago 449

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	268	165.00–175.00	169.67
5	—	471	152.00–158.00	154.29
6	—	355	160.00–170.00	164.93
6	—	420	155.00–163.00	158.81
6	—	325	165.00–180.00	172.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	140.00–147.00	142.40
4	—	428	145.00–152.00	148.40
3	—	328	157.00–160.00	158.02
4	—	378	147.00–157.00	151.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	165.00–170.00	168.04
6	—	308	185.00–192.00	188.47
8	—	418	172.00–176.00	173.92
10	—	373	175.00–185.00	180.17
4	—	278	180.00–195.00	187.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	413	177.00–182.00	179.58
5	—	508	167.00–175.00	171.72
6	—	470	172.00–179.00	175.46
11	—	567	165.00–170.00	167.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	316	175.00–182.00	177.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,424	101.00–107.00	103.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	79.00–81.00	80.30
7	—	1,547	82.00–85.00	83.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,056	75.00–79.00	77.67

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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