Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $216.03/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$216.03

63 head · 400 lb average

Value per head Derived

$865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$21.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.28

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	405	221.61	897	47
Medium and Large 2	387	199.64	773	16thin

One grade step is worth $21.97/cwt here — about $125 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 sale63 hd

216.03

—

FL average8 barns · 419 hd

211.75

+4.28

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	—	Low	1,415	104.60	1,480	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,513	99.83	1,510	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	83.79	951	35

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	413	182.27/cwt	175.00–190.00	753	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	187.03/cwt	182.00–195.00	686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	163.03/cwt	160.00–165.00	911	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	152.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	165.80/cwt	160.00–170.00	686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	200.24/cwt	190.00–210.00	627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	259	260.95/cwt	250.00–275.00	676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	195.46/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	196.11/cwt	190.00–202.00	820	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	186.63/cwt	185.00–190.00	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	215.84/cwt	207.00–225.00	935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	227.40/cwt	220.00–235.00	830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	202.44/cwt	196.00–210.00	982	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	207.68/cwt	200.00–215.00	660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	203.84/cwt	200.00–210.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	172.24/cwt	167.00–177.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	188.56/cwt	185.00–192.00	1,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	158.05/cwt	155.00–160.00	575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	178.88/cwt	170.00–185.00	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	163.90/cwt	160.00–172.00	865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	152.41/cwt	150.00–157.00	797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	213.38/cwt	207.00–220.00	565	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	238.39/cwt	228.00–250.00	758	8
Bulls	—	—	1,215	103.36/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,256	4
Bulls	—	—	1,615	105.85/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,709	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	94.00/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,372	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,585	107.88/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,710	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	81.93/cwt	78.00–85.00	884	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,257	87.85/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,104	11

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 Feb 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 720Last week 898Year ago 753

Slaughter CattleReceipts 664Last week 385Year ago 461

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	413	175.00–190.00	182.27
5	—	367	182.00–195.00	187.03
5	—	559	160.00–165.00	163.03
4	—	313	190.00–210.00	200.24
5	—	456	170.00–185.00	178.88
3	—	528	160.00–172.00	163.90
12	—	265	207.00–220.00	213.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	150.00–155.00	152.57
5	—	364	155.00–160.00	158.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	414	160.00–170.00	165.80
4	—	368	167.00–177.00	172.24
3	—	523	150.00–157.00	152.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	259	250.00–275.00	260.95
3	—	528	191.00–205.00	195.46
6	—	433	207.00–225.00	215.84
8	—	365	220.00–235.00	227.40
11	—	485	196.00–210.00	202.44
4	—	560	185.00–192.00	188.56
8	—	318	228.00–250.00	238.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	190.00–202.00	196.11
3	—	475	185.00–190.00	186.63
4	—	318	200.00–215.00	207.68
5	—	365	200.00–210.00	203.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,215	102.00–105.00	103.36
4	—	1,615	102.00–113.00	105.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,460	90.00–99.00	94.00
29	—	1,585	104.00–115.00	107.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,079	78.00–85.00	81.93
11	—	1,257	87.00–89.00	87.85

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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