Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-11

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 $272.30/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$272.30

104 head · 435 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$39.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.82

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	427	294.50	1,256	45
Medium and Large 3	383	256.30	981	16thin
Medium and Large 2	464	255.01	1,184	43

One grade step is worth $39.48/cwt here — about $73 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 sale104 hd

272.30

—

FL average8 barns · 549 hd

270.47

+1.82

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	1,448	117.24	1,698	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,393	99.90	1,392	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	81.99	953	16

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	313	277.80/cwt	270.00–285.00	870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	257.85/cwt	250.00–265.00	825	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	240.08/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,100	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	214.83/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,113	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	247.70/cwt	240.00–255.00	916	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	224.40/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,270	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	290.18/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,204	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	244.44/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,144	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	251.83/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,304	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	228.54/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	258.81/cwt	255.00–265.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	259.65/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,104	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	229.78/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,294	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	280.19/cwt	275.00–285.00	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	312.24/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,133	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	274.60/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	284.77/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,094	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	307.21/cwt	300.00–315.00	992	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	236.85/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,222	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	240.86/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	248.07/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,037	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	213.44/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,206	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	374.29/cwt	360.00–390.00	984	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	264.46/cwt	260.00–270.00	955	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	233.60/cwt	230.00–237.00	988	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	337.38/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,096	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	227.84/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,171	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	226.13/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,063	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	243.96/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,395	5
Bulls	—	—	1,448	117.24/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,698	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	95.51/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,330	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	107.96/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,504	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	85.31/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,028	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	74.70/cwt	72.00–79.00	799	5

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 Oct 11, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,219Last week 1,465Year ago 931

Slaughter CattleReceipts 344Last week 390Year ago 480

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	313	270.00–285.00	277.80
6	—	458	235.00–245.00	240.08
9	—	566	220.00–230.00	224.40
9	—	418	240.00–255.00	248.07
7	—	361	260.00–270.00	264.46
9	—	514	222.00–235.00	227.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	320	250.00–265.00	257.85
4	—	518	210.00–220.00	214.83
4	—	370	240.00–255.00	247.70
10	—	565	210.00–217.00	213.44
8	—	423	230.00–237.00	233.60
6	—	470	220.00–232.00	226.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	275.00–305.00	290.18
6	—	518	247.00–257.00	251.83
4	—	608	225.00–232.00	228.54
8	—	363	305.00–320.00	312.24
4	—	468	260.00–290.00	274.60
6	—	263	360.00–390.00	374.29
6	—	325	330.00–345.00	337.38
5	—	572	242.00–247.00	243.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	468	240.00–250.00	244.44
6	—	425	250.00–270.00	259.65
10	—	563	220.00–240.00	229.78
5	—	384	275.00–300.00	284.77
6	—	323	300.00–315.00	307.21
9	—	516	230.00–245.00	236.85
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	255.00–265.00	258.81
4	—	323	275.00–285.00	280.19
7	—	424	235.00–245.00	240.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,448	111.00–121.00	117.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,393	91.00–101.00	95.51
12	—	1,393	102.00–115.00	107.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,205	80.00–90.00	85.31
5	—	1,070	72.00–79.00	74.70

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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