Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 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 $265.08/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$265.08

94 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$27.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.93

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	419	277.52	1,162	52
Medium and Large 2	433	249.67	1,082	42

One grade step is worth $27.85/cwt here — about $80 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 sale94 hd

265.08

—

FL average8 barns · 520 hd

253.14

+11.93

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	1,451	129.34	1,876	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	115.56	1,396	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,066	100.70	1,073	23

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	221.39/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,169	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	299.56/cwt	285.00–310.00	818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	216.71/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	256.61/cwt	250.00–265.00	785	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	212.56/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	222.10/cwt	215.00–227.00	957	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	224.87/cwt	220.00–230.00	843	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	217.82/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,015	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	244.22/cwt	235.00–255.00	906	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	237.66/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,105	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	289.62/cwt	275.00–300.00	921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	242.28/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	218.61/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,253	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	261.13/cwt	255.00–270.00	971	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	234.21/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	325.95/cwt	320.00–335.00	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	257.77/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,199	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	296.17/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,099	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	244.61/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,274	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	263.12/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,089	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	240.72/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,009	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	223.48/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,142	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	316.03/cwt	305.00–325.00	983	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	241.78/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,344	7
Bulls	—	—	1,386	125.94/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,746	9
Bulls	—	—	1,548	134.44/cwt	133.00–139.00	2,081	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	109.65/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,286	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	119.62/cwt	117.00–131.00	1,474	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	97.45/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,028	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	105.76/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,144	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 Aug 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,092Last week 1,014Year ago 930

Slaughter CattleReceipts 614Last week 394Year ago 278

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	528	215.00–230.00	221.39
5	—	273	285.00–310.00	299.56
5	—	318	275.00–300.00	289.62
5	—	425	230.00–250.00	242.28
6	—	573	210.00–227.00	218.61
7	—	372	255.00–270.00	261.13
7	—	484	230.00–240.00	234.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	270	320.00–335.00	325.95
8	—	465	245.00–270.00	257.77
9	—	371	280.00–310.00	296.17
9	—	521	240.00–250.00	244.61
5	—	414	255.00–275.00	263.12
7	—	311	305.00–325.00	316.03
7	—	556	235.00–247.00	241.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	212.00–220.00	216.71
7	—	306	250.00–265.00	256.61
9	—	371	235.00–255.00	244.22
10	—	465	230.00–245.00	237.66
7	—	419	234.00–250.00	240.72
7	—	511	219.00–227.00	223.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	210.00–215.00	212.56
5	—	431	215.00–227.00	222.10
6	—	375	220.00–230.00	224.87
7	—	466	212.00–222.00	217.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,386	122.00–127.00	125.94
6	—	1,548	133.00–139.00	134.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,173	105.00–115.00	109.65
32	—	1,232	117.00–131.00	119.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,055	91.00–101.00	97.45
9	—	1,082	103.00–109.00	105.76

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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