Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $276.11/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$276.11

57 head · 399 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$28.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.92

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	393	285.68	1,123	38
Medium and Large 2	412	256.97	1,058	19thin

One grade step is worth $28.71/cwt here — about $66 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 sale57 hd

276.11

—

FL average7 barns · 449 hd

286.03

−9.92

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	1,545	131.01	2,024	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,344	109.93	1,477	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	97.93	1,087	25

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 1	—	359	288.37/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,035	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	275.74/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,155	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	263.32/cwt	255.00–270.00	977	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	330.58/cwt	310.00–350.00	853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	283.14/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,433	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	256.88/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,331	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	327.80/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,229	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	415.48/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,309	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	285.24/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,212	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	282.62/cwt	275.00–290.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	244.92/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	232.25/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,203	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	430.71/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,133	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	299.84/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,418	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	277.43/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	266.85/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	250.83/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,304	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	313.45/cwt	300.00–330.00	975	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	356.97/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,178	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	345.54/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,451	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	384.48/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,396	8
Bulls	—	—	1,534	126.04/cwt	118.00–131.00	1,933	7
Bulls	—	—	1,561	137.97/cwt	134.00–143.00	2,154	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	116.59/cwt	113.00–123.00	1,508	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	95.84/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,070	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	103.31/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,131	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	106.09/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,457	26

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 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 726Last week 872Year ago 720

Slaughter CattleReceipts 504Last week 410Year ago 664

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	359	280.00–300.00	288.37
9	—	419	265.00–290.00	275.74
4	—	258	310.00–350.00	330.58
5	—	466	255.00–285.00	266.85
6	—	520	245.00–257.00	250.83
7	—	311	300.00–330.00	313.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	371	255.00–270.00	263.32
4	—	320	275.00–290.00	282.62
4	—	468	240.00–250.00	244.92
4	—	518	225.00–240.00	232.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	506	275.00–295.00	283.14
6	—	315	400.00–430.00	415.48
4	—	263	415.00–445.00	430.71
4	—	473	290.00–310.00	299.84
4	—	555	270.00–285.00	277.43
6	—	420	330.00–360.00	345.54
8	—	363	370.00–400.00	384.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	250.00–270.00	256.88
4	—	375	320.00–335.00	327.80
4	—	425	275.00–295.00	285.24
8	—	330	340.00–375.00	356.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,534	118.00–131.00	126.04
5	—	1,561	134.00–143.00	137.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,293	113.00–123.00	116.59
26	—	1,373	104.00–110.00	106.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,116	91.00–101.00	95.84
7	—	1,095	102.00–105.00	103.31

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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