Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

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 $279.61/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$279.61

84 head · 444 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$254

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

$1.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.39

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	375	280.52	1,051	21
Medium and Large 1	467	279.30	1,305	63

One grade step is worth $1.22/cwt here — about −$254 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 sale84 hd

279.61

—

FL average8 barns · 549 hd

269.22

+10.39

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	1,593	132.60	2,112	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,213	104.41	1,266	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	94.12	1,043	14

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	361	261.09/cwt	250.00–270.00	943	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	223.56/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,252	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	290.30/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,199	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	275.15/cwt	270.00–280.00	894	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	254.37/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,058	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	248.07/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,158	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	321.23/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,192	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	301.05/cwt	290.00–310.00	966	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	254.33/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,345	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	232.52/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,430	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	331.12/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,040	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	228.69/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	271.30/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	269.20/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,141	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	254.19/cwt	250.00–260.00	801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	225.00/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,168	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	277.71/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,311	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	217.31/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,100	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	228.37/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,053	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	250.22/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,391	7
Bulls	—	—	1,452	129.27/cwt	121.00–133.00	1,877	6
Bulls	—	—	2,015	142.57/cwt	137.00–148.00	2,873	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	111.44/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,365	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	94.12/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,043	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	100.97/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,219	47

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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,071Last week 519Year ago 685

Slaughter CattleReceipts 602Last week 1,154Year ago 476

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
7	—	361	250.00–270.00	261.09
12	—	560	220.00–227.00	223.56
8	—	325	270.00–280.00	275.15
7	—	416	250.00–260.00	254.37
15	—	467	240.00–257.00	248.07
7	—	519	220.00–232.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	315	250.00–260.00	254.19
7	—	506	215.00–219.00	217.31
7	—	461	220.00–235.00	228.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	413	280.00–300.00	290.30
7	—	371	310.00–330.00	321.23
9	—	529	250.00–260.00	254.33
4	—	615	230.00–235.00	232.52
7	—	314	320.00–340.00	331.12
4	—	668	225.00–235.00	228.69
9	—	472	265.00–295.00	277.71
7	—	556	245.00–257.00	250.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	321	290.00–310.00	301.05
7	—	379	260.00–280.00	271.30
7	—	424	265.00–275.00	269.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,452	121.00–133.00	129.27
2	—	2,015	137.00–148.00	142.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,225	108.00–117.00	111.44
47	—	1,207	95.00–104.00	100.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,108	91.00–100.00	94.12

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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