Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $286.52/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$286.52

86 head · 429 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$34.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.03

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	422	298.06	1,259	57
Medium and Large 2	441	263.83	1,164	29

One grade step is worth $34.24/cwt here — about $94 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 sale86 hd

286.52

—

FL average8 barns · 515 hd

268.49

+18.03

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	1,460	125.36	1,830	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	94.66	1,161	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	84.52	845	14

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	278	284.95/cwt	280.00–290.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	233.37/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,104	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	257.33/cwt	250.00–265.00	857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	290.34/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,083	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	325.52/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,182	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	236.89/cwt	229.00–247.00	1,218	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	249.93/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,407	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	254.87/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,218	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	276.45/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,274	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	277.20/cwt	270.00–285.00	868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	218.42/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	259.91/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,378	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	294.29/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,236	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	236.74/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,252	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	302.10/cwt	290.00–315.00	952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	267.66/cwt	260.00–275.00	958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	254.58/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,161	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	245.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	335.35/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,083	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	260.18/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	257.28/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,075	14
Bulls	—	—	1,425	122.39/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,744	12
Bulls	—	—	1,563	134.28/cwt	132.00–135.00	2,099	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	105.60/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,383	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	93.62/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,141	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	84.52/cwt	80.00–89.00	845	14

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 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 951Last week 1,003Year ago 905

Slaughter CattleReceipts 352Last week 430Year ago 554

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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
4	—	278	280.00–290.00	284.95
7	—	514	229.00–247.00	236.89
4	—	313	270.00–285.00	277.20
4	—	358	260.00–275.00	267.66
7	—	456	245.00–262.00	254.58
14	—	418	245.00–270.00	257.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	230.00–237.00	233.37
4	—	333	250.00–265.00	257.33
4	—	523	215.00–222.00	218.42
4	—	373	240.00–250.00	245.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	280.00–300.00	290.34
6	—	478	250.00–260.00	254.87
9	—	529	230.00–245.00	236.74
4	—	315	290.00–315.00	302.10
4	—	418	250.00–270.00	260.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	363	310.00–340.00	325.52
4	—	563	245.00–255.00	249.93
9	—	461	265.00–290.00	276.45
8	—	530	250.00–270.00	259.91
12	—	420	280.00–310.00	294.29
8	—	323	320.00–350.00	335.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,425	120.00–128.00	122.39
4	—	1,563	132.00–135.00	134.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	104.00–107.00	105.60
21	—	1,219	90.00–100.00	93.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,000	80.00–89.00	84.52

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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