Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.31/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$257.31

67 head · 349 lb average

Value per head Derived

$898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$29.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.67

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	348	266.13	926	47
Medium and Large 2	351	236.60	831	20

One grade step is worth $29.53/cwt here — about $95 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 sale67 hd

257.31

—

FL average8 barns · 292 hd

252.64

+4.67

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	1,423	113.28	1,612	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	100.19	1,342	18

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	525	197.91/cwt	195.00–201.00	1,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	203.72/cwt	200.00–209.00	937	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	199.80/cwt	195.00–205.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	196.98/cwt	192.00–201.00	814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	306	208.92/cwt	205.00–215.00	639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	213.55/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,106	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	216.48/cwt	210.00–220.00	892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	241.71/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,015	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	211.10/cwt	205.00–217.00	999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	291.90/cwt	280.00–305.00	768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	229.79/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,092	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	272	211.18/cwt	205.00–215.00	574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	194.25/cwt	191.00–196.00	897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	210.62/cwt	204.00–220.00	872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	256.12/cwt	245.00–265.00	917	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	245.14/cwt	230.00–265.00	767	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	286.00/cwt	270.00–300.00	878	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	226.99/cwt	220.00–232.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	217.82/cwt	212.00–223.00	808	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	225.77/cwt	220.00–232.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	257.96/cwt	245.00–270.00	696	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	306.92/cwt	295.00–320.00	660	4
Bulls	—	—	1,330	102.53/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,364	4
Bulls	—	—	1,563	113.86/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,780	4
Bulls	—	—	1,360	126.84/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,725	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	94.46/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,191	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	105.91/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,502	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 May 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 694Last week 653Year ago 546

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 308Year ago 212

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	195.00–201.00	197.91
5	—	460	200.00–209.00	203.72
7	—	414	204.00–220.00	210.62
5	—	273	220.00–232.00	226.99
11	—	371	212.00–223.00	217.82
6	—	328	220.00–232.00	225.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	195.00–205.00	199.80
7	—	413	192.00–201.00	196.98
5	—	306	205.00–215.00	208.92
5	—	272	205.00–215.00	211.18
3	—	462	191.00–196.00	194.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	210.00–217.00	213.55
5	—	420	230.00–250.00	241.71
8	—	263	280.00–305.00	291.90
4	—	475	220.00–240.00	229.79
11	—	358	245.00–265.00	256.12
11	—	307	270.00–300.00	286.00
4	—	215	295.00–320.00	306.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	210.00–220.00	216.48
4	—	473	205.00–217.00	211.10
9	—	313	230.00–265.00	245.14
4	—	270	245.00–270.00	257.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,330	101.00–105.00	102.53
4	—	1,563	112.00–116.00	113.86
3	—	1,360	122.00–129.00	126.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,261	91.00–100.00	94.46
9	—	1,418	102.00–112.00	105.91

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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