Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-08

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 $290.56/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$290.56

71 head · 420 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,221

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$28.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.35

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	297.75	1,249	53
Medium and Large 2	423	269.38	1,139	18thin

One grade step is worth $28.37/cwt here — about $110 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 sale71 hd

290.56

—

FL average8 barns · 494 hd

267.21

+23.35

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	—	Low	1,475	110.63	1,631	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	90.57	1,134	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,166	79.26	924	7thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	522	218.28/cwt	213.00–222.00	1,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	230.35/cwt	225.00–235.00	958	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	255.28/cwt	250.00–260.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	269.84/cwt	265.00–275.00	837	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	260.89/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,317	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	329.61/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	247.30/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,410	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	281.69/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,301	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	306.27/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,256	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	241.20/cwt	237.00–247.00	885	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	258.28/cwt	250.00–265.00	963	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	230.06/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,183	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	284.76/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	241.58/cwt	237.00–248.00	1,242	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	299.61/cwt	290.00–310.00	968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	249.13/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,019	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	245.64/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	225.92/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	356.17/cwt	340.00–370.00	944	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	312.17/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,174	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	254.68/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,197	4
Bulls	—	—	1,303	100.30/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,307	4
Bulls	—	—	1,521	114.73/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,745	4
Bulls	—	—	1,725	123.11/cwt	121.00–125.00	2,124	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	88.54/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,093	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	99.88/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,335	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	79.26/cwt	78.00–83.00	924	7

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 8, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,027Last week 1,097Year ago 780

Slaughter CattleReceipts 342Last week 386Year ago 335

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	213.00–222.00	218.28
9	—	416	225.00–235.00	230.35
4	—	318	250.00–260.00	255.28
5	—	367	237.00–247.00	241.20
5	—	456	220.00–230.00	225.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	310	265.00–275.00	269.84
7	—	373	250.00–265.00	258.28
7	—	514	225.00–237.00	230.06
9	—	409	240.00–260.00	249.13
10	—	458	237.00–254.00	245.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	505	250.00–272.00	260.89
10	—	323	320.00–340.00	329.61
10	—	570	240.00–255.00	247.30
5	—	462	270.00–290.00	281.69
6	—	410	295.00–317.00	306.27
7	—	265	340.00–370.00	356.17
7	—	376	305.00–322.00	312.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	374	275.00–300.00	284.76
5	—	514	237.00–248.00	241.58
4	—	323	290.00–310.00	299.61
4	—	470	245.00–265.00	254.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,303	96.00–104.00	100.30
4	—	1,521	110.00–116.00	114.73
2	—	1,725	121.00–125.00	123.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,234	85.00–92.00	88.54
5	—	1,337	97.00–102.00	99.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,166	78.00–83.00	79.26

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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