Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to Market Closure for Holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $248.88/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$248.88

66 head · 392 lb average

Value per head Derived

$974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$18.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	392	254.98	1,000	44
Medium and Large 2	390	236.70	923	22

One grade step is worth $18.28/cwt here — about $77 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 sale66 hd

248.88

—

FL average1 barns · 66 hd

248.88

+0.00

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	1,775	119.45	2,120	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,339	104.17	1,395	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	89.35	944	14

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	287.31/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,350	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	264.81/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	279.25/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	327.68/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,245	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	89.35/cwt	84.00–94.00	944	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,575	107.96/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,700	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	100.56/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,121	21
Bulls	—	—	2,053	125.62/cwt	123.00–127.00	2,579	4
Bulls	—	—	1,616	115.92/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,873	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	261	388.56/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,014	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	258.41/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,186	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	246.84/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,049	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	273.44/cwt	265.00–285.00	894	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	223.62/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,158	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	254.36/cwt	245.00–265.00	931	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	238.40/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,223	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	357.17/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,164	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	306.66/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,306	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	238.85/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,130	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	249.48/cwt	245.00–255.00	801	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	225.08/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,042	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	237.36/cwt	230.00–242.00	871	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	230.93/cwt	225.00–237.00	993	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	292.78/cwt	285.00–300.00	776	4

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 Jan 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 604Last week 883Year ago 683

Slaughter CattleReceipts 326Last week 496Year ago 252

No trends offered due to Market Closure for Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	470	275.00–305.00	287.31
4	—	525	255.00–275.00	264.81
5	—	380	320.00–340.00	327.68
7	—	261	375.00–405.00	388.56
9	—	326	340.00–380.00	357.17
7	—	426	295.00–315.00	306.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	270.00–285.00	279.25
7	—	459	250.00–270.00	258.41
4	—	513	232.00–245.00	238.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	425	240.00–255.00	246.84
9	—	327	265.00–285.00	273.44
4	—	518	220.00–227.00	223.62
9	—	366	245.00–265.00	254.36
5	—	473	235.00–245.00	238.85
4	—	265	285.00–300.00	292.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	321	245.00–255.00	249.48
6	—	463	220.00–230.00	225.08
5	—	367	230.00–242.00	237.36
4	—	430	225.00–237.00	230.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,056	84.00–94.00	89.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,575	106.00–112.00	107.96
21	—	1,115	96.00–102.00	100.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,053	123.00–127.00	125.62
7	—	1,616	110.00–121.00	115.92

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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