Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $223.48/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$223.48

58 head · 408 lb average

Value per head Derived

$912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$53.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.35

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	235.74	956	36
Medium and Large 2	373	213.36	795	15thin
Medium and Large 3	496	182.07	904	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.67/cwt here — about $52 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 sale58 hd

223.48

—

FL average8 barns · 405 hd

219.13

+4.35

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	1,648	122.39	2,017	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,286	93.93	1,208	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,344	83.78	1,126	7thin

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	—	316	213.40/cwt	205.00–220.00	674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	190.68/cwt	185.00–196.00	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	220.20/cwt	210.00–230.00	562	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	182.96/cwt	177.00–186.00	948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	169.90/cwt	165.00–175.00	608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	206.52/cwt	200.00–210.00	770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	254.77/cwt	245.00–265.00	848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	209.85/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	173.44/cwt	170.00–180.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	188.54/cwt	185.00–192.00	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	224.34/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	195.10/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	210.17/cwt	205.00–215.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	227.23/cwt	220.00–235.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	190.11/cwt	185.00–195.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	175.23/cwt	170.00–180.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	240.41/cwt	230.00–250.00	877	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	207.86/cwt	202.00–217.00	1,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	264.54/cwt	255.00–275.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	231.82/cwt	222.00–242.00	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	197.28/cwt	190.00–205.00	834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	175.11/cwt	170.00–180.00	986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	223.48/cwt	220.00–230.00	697	3
Bulls	—	—	1,477	113.08/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,670	3
Bulls	—	—	1,699	125.18/cwt	121.00–133.00	2,127	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	92.80/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,068	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,586	96.43/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,529	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,344	83.78/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,126	7

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 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 596Last week 635Year ago 777

Slaughter CattleReceipts 280Last week 520Year ago 540

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	316	205.00–220.00	213.40
4	—	470	185.00–196.00	190.68
8	—	255	210.00–230.00	220.20
3	—	518	177.00–186.00	182.96
3	—	373	200.00–210.00	206.52
4	—	423	190.00–205.00	197.28
4	—	563	170.00–180.00	175.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	165.00–175.00	169.90
4	—	320	170.00–180.00	175.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	185.00–195.00	190.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	245.00–265.00	254.77
3	—	558	200.00–215.00	209.85
4	—	470	217.00–232.00	224.34
8	—	365	230.00–250.00	240.41
5	—	517	202.00–217.00	207.86
6	—	273	255.00–275.00	264.54
6	—	428	222.00–242.00	231.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	170.00–180.00	173.44
4	—	480	185.00–192.00	188.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	190.00–200.00	195.10
4	—	363	205.00–215.00	210.17
4	—	275	220.00–235.00	227.23
3	—	312	220.00–230.00	223.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,477	111.00–116.00	113.08
10	—	1,699	121.00–133.00	125.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,151	90.00–95.00	92.80
9	—	1,586	96.00–100.00	96.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,344	80.00–87.00	83.78

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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