Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2023-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $274.67/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$274.67

75 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,217

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$24.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.61

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	453	284.72	1,289	43
Medium and Large 3	370	265.20	981	4thin
Medium and Large 2	439	260.59	1,144	28

One grade step is worth $24.12/cwt here — about $144 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 sale75 hd

274.67

—

FL average8 barns · 570 hd

263.06

+11.61

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	—	High	1,501	116.00	1,741	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,402	98.02	1,375	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	80.50	872	13

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	—	330	251.91/cwt	250.00–255.00	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	226.10/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	266.66/cwt	260.00–275.00	864	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	220.39/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,137	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	206.93/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,082	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	230.15/cwt	225.00–235.00	974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	234.52/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,337	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	295.81/cwt	290.00–300.00	917	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	288.60/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,218	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	314.69/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,158	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	254.14/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,329	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	262.23/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,093	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	357.88/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,099	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	241.16/cwt	235.00–245.00	916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	273.36/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,260	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	282.20/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	251.86/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,181	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	236.05/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,206	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	265.20/cwt	260.00–270.00	981	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	218.42/cwt	215.00–222.00	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	243.85/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	233.74/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	242.54/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,038	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	239.11/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	253.90/cwt	250.00–260.00	912	5
Bulls	—	—	1,522	123.49/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,880	6
Bulls	—	—	1,443	103.57/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,495	2
Bulls	—	—	1,499	113.13/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,696	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	76.41/cwt	73.00–79.00	760	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	84.00/cwt	82.00–87.00	974	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	93.42/cwt	88.00–98.00	1,175	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,586	103.88/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,648	11

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 29, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 717Last week 905Year ago 1,052

Slaughter CattleReceipts 322Last week 493Year ago 451

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	330	250.00–255.00	251.91
5	—	467	220.00–230.00	226.10
5	—	523	205.00–210.00	206.93
4	—	423	225.00–235.00	230.15
5	—	380	235.00–245.00	241.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	324	260.00–275.00	266.66
7	—	516	217.00–225.00	220.39
6	—	428	240.00–245.00	242.54
5	—	460	235.00–242.00	239.11
5	—	359	250.00–260.00	253.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	215.00–222.00	218.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	232.00–237.00	234.52
5	—	310	290.00–300.00	295.81
5	—	417	250.00–270.00	262.23
4	—	370	275.00–290.00	282.20
5	—	469	247.00–255.00	251.86
5	—	511	230.00–240.00	236.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	422	275.00–305.00	288.60
8	—	368	300.00–330.00	314.69
5	—	523	250.00–257.00	254.14
5	—	307	340.00–370.00	357.88
7	—	461	265.00–285.00	273.36
5	—	576	240.00–250.00	243.85
4	—	616	230.00–235.00	233.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	260.00–270.00	265.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,522	120.00–129.00	123.49
2	—	1,443	102.00–105.00	103.57
7	—	1,499	109.00–116.00	113.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	995	73.00–79.00	76.41
7	—	1,159	82.00–87.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,258	88.00–98.00	93.42
11	—	1,586	102.00–107.00	103.88

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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