Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $288.30/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$288.30

92 head · 424 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,223

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$29.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.94

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	434	298.25	1,296	53
Medium and Large 2	418	275.60	1,151	34
Medium and Large 3	359	269.15	966	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.10/cwt here — about $330 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 sale92 hd

288.30

—

FL average8 barns · 484 hd

272.35

+15.94

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	1,572	111.07	1,746	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,346	93.10	1,253	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	75.81	811	22

Every lot, as filed

32 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 2	—	466	226.95/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,058	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	250.23/cwt	245.00–255.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	227.67/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,282	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	246.53/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,030	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	258.80/cwt	250.00–265.00	939	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	264.81/cwt	260.00–270.00	869	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	260.29/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,354	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	359.05/cwt	340.00–380.00	944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	255.27/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,182	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	275.24/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,156	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	240.91/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,272	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	307.56/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,261	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	244.06/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,381	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	233.57/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	217.83/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,131	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	214.04/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,229	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	342.51/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,093	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	308.33/cwt	290.00–320.00	999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	286.90/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,308	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	339.79/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,206	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	231.61/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,184	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	247.26/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,150	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	297.50/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	269.15/cwt	260.00–275.00	966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	231.93/cwt	230.00–235.00	997	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	242.90/cwt	240.00–245.00	904	5
Bulls	—	—	1,659	114.35/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,897	4
Bulls	—	—	1,455	106.70/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,552	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	104.06/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,326	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	90.91/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,236	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	80.10/cwt	78.00–83.00	858	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	72.23/cwt	71.00–74.00	773	12

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 Nov 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,097Last week 1,434Year ago 813

Slaughter CattleReceipts 386Last week 428Year ago 301

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	220.00–232.00	226.95
6	—	320	245.00–255.00	250.23
7	—	519	215.00–220.00	217.83
7	—	574	210.00–217.00	214.04
5	—	430	230.00–235.00	231.93
5	—	372	240.00–245.00	242.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	220.00–235.00	227.67
9	—	418	240.00–255.00	246.53
5	—	363	250.00–265.00	258.80
6	—	328	260.00–270.00	264.81
7	—	511	225.00–240.00	231.61
8	—	465	240.00–255.00	247.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	520	250.00–270.00	260.29
6	—	263	340.00–380.00	359.05
5	—	410	290.00–320.00	307.56
5	—	566	240.00–250.00	244.06
5	—	621	230.00–239.00	233.57
7	—	319	330.00–360.00	342.51
7	—	456	270.00–300.00	286.90
8	—	355	325.00–355.00	339.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	245.00–265.00	255.27
8	—	420	265.00–285.00	275.24
5	—	528	235.00–245.00	240.91
5	—	324	290.00–320.00	308.33
8	—	360	290.00–305.00	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	359	260.00–275.00	269.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,659	113.00–117.00	114.35
3	—	1,455	106.00–108.00	106.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,274	102.00–107.00	104.06
25	—	1,360	84.00–95.00	90.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,071	78.00–83.00	80.10
12	—	1,070	71.00–74.00	72.23

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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