Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2022-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-22

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 $177.62/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$177.62

64 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$6.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.84

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	466	180.05	838	39
Medium and Large 3	315	177.48	559	3thin
Medium and Large 2	420	173.32	727	22

One grade step is worth $6.74/cwt here — about $111 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 sale64 hd

177.62

—

FL average9 barns · 512 hd

170.78

+6.84

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	1,748	117.38	2,052	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	91.03	1,093	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,107	80.28	889	8thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	267	170.44/cwt	167.00–172.00	455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	157.93/cwt	156.00–160.00	655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	136.54/cwt	135.00–138.00	717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	151.38/cwt	150.00–152.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	137.29/cwt	135.00–142.00	490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	138.46/cwt	137.00–140.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	182.28/cwt	180.00–187.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	177.48/cwt	175.00–182.00	559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	215.36/cwt	205.00–220.00	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	170.85/cwt	167.00–175.00	887	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	193.24/cwt	190.00–195.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	181.75/cwt	180.00–184.00	665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	172.64/cwt	171.00–176.00	789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	164.92/cwt	160.00–170.00	755	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	142.97/cwt	141.00–145.00	691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	155.44/cwt	152.00–162.00	490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	174.48/cwt	170.00–178.00	749	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	163.07/cwt	160.00–167.00	613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	153.76/cwt	147.00–157.00	561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	205.08/cwt	200.00–210.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	145.41/cwt	141.00–149.00	769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	151.11/cwt	147.00–155.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	168.55/cwt	165.00–172.00	957	8
Bulls	—	—	1,815	124.55/cwt	121.00–134.00	2,261	8
Bulls	—	—	1,700	112.16/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,907	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	88.64/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,073	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	97.21/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,142	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	80.28/cwt	76.00–83.00	889	8

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 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 626Last week 281Year ago 892

Slaughter CattleReceipts 323Last week 203Year ago 298

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
3	—	267	167.00–172.00	170.44
4	—	415	156.00–160.00	157.93
4	—	565	137.00–140.00	138.46
7	—	376	160.00–167.00	163.07
9	—	529	141.00–149.00	145.41
4	—	468	147.00–155.00	151.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	135.00–138.00	136.54
3	—	427	150.00–152.00	151.38
6	—	483	141.00–145.00	142.97
3	—	315	152.00–162.00	155.44
3	—	365	147.00–157.00	153.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	135.00–142.00	137.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	180.00–187.00	182.28
3	—	275	205.00–220.00	215.36
15	—	519	167.00–175.00	170.85
3	—	360	190.00–195.00	193.24
3	—	457	171.00–176.00	172.64
4	—	315	200.00–210.00	205.08
8	—	568	165.00–172.00	168.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	175.00–182.00	177.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	180.00–184.00	181.75
8	—	458	160.00–170.00	164.92
7	—	429	170.00–178.00	174.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,815	121.00–134.00	124.55
11	—	1,700	109.00–116.00	112.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,211	85.00–91.00	88.64
12	—	1,175	94.00–102.00	97.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,107	76.00–83.00	80.28

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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