Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $257.86/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$257.86

90 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$17.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	264.46	1,165	56
Medium and Large 2	419	246.98	1,035	34

One grade step is worth $17.48/cwt here — about $130 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 sale90 hd

257.86

—

FL average7 barns · 534 hd

258.10

−0.24

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	1,416	130.80	1,852	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,178	117.45	1,383	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,121	107.33	1,203	17

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	460	261.07/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,201	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	265.23/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,093	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	254.42/cwt	250.00–260.00	952	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	268.34/cwt	260.00–275.00	843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	246.11/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,029	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	278.62/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,006	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	382.56/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,239	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	291.01/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,190	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	361.13/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,304	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	299.78/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,379	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	276.10/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,331	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	264.93/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	430.56/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,154	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	287.56/cwt	280.00–300.00	943	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	327.12/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,351	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	322.63/cwt	315.00–330.00	919	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	320.13/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,200	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	292.20/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	335.24/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,056	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	226.05/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	274.86/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,451	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	238.87/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,369	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	236.78/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,141	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	243.63/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,243	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	222.53/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,375	8
Bulls	—	—	1,283	123.39/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,583	4
Bulls	—	—	1,593	140.69/cwt	130.00–145.00	2,241	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	119.78/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,423	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	111.49/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,236	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	109.09/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,244	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	102.66/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,165	8

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 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 872Last week 534Year ago 898

Slaughter CattleReceipts 410Last week 642Year ago 385

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	255.00–267.00	261.07
13	—	412	260.00–270.00	265.23
9	—	361	270.00–290.00	278.62
5	—	328	280.00–300.00	287.56
6	—	285	315.00–330.00	322.63
5	—	573	230.00–245.00	238.87
6	—	510	237.00–250.00	243.63
8	—	618	220.00–225.00	222.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	250.00–260.00	254.42
7	—	314	260.00–275.00	268.34
6	—	418	240.00–252.00	246.11
5	—	516	220.00–230.00	226.05
9	—	482	230.00–245.00	236.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	324	360.00–400.00	382.56
11	—	361	340.00–380.00	361.13
10	—	460	290.00–310.00	299.78
4	—	573	260.00–270.00	264.93
8	—	268	410.00–450.00	430.56
6	—	413	315.00–340.00	327.12
6	—	528	265.00–285.00	274.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	409	280.00–305.00	291.01
5	—	482	270.00–280.00	276.10
6	—	375	310.00–330.00	320.13
6	—	315	320.00–350.00	335.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	285.00–300.00	292.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,283	120.00–128.00	123.39
3	—	1,593	130.00–145.00	140.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,188	115.00–130.00	119.78
12	—	1,140	105.00–113.00	109.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,109	107.00–114.00	111.49
8	—	1,135	98.00–105.00	102.66

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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