Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $342.40/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$342.40

70 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$369

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$20.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.89

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	351	359.88	1,262	9thin
Medium and Large 2	414	339.83	1,407	19thin
Medium and Large 1	480	339.82	1,630	42

One grade step is worth $20.06/cwt here — about −$369 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 sale70 hd

342.40

—

FL average5 barns · 213 hd

345.30

−2.89

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	1,405	142.22	1,997	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	122.13	1,464	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	104.90	1,110	10

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	370	310.27/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	243.91/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,022	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	262.32/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,359	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	321.23/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	287.70/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,332	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	237.32/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,217	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	331	363.84/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	309.65/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,765	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	410.88/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,294	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	307.24/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	315.19/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	340.17/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	299.95/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,869	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	383.82/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,267	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	370.66/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	291.09/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	354.93/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,331	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	394.66/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	331.74/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	335.87/cwt	330.00–340.00	927	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	286.80/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	290.18/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,198	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	291.46/cwt	280.00–300.00	915	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	269.17/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,149	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	265.14/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,228	4
Bulls	—	—	1,362	137.12/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,868	3
Bulls	—	—	1,430	145.28/cwt	143.00–150.00	2,078	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	118.42/cwt	111.00–124.00	1,386	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	131.77/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,679	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	104.90/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,110	10

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 Feb 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 757Last week 542Year ago 577

Slaughter CattleReceipts 309Last week 243Year ago 247

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	300.00–320.00	310.27
4	—	518	255.00–270.00	262.32
5	—	313	315.00–330.00	321.23
4	—	463	280.00–295.00	287.70
5	—	276	330.00–340.00	335.87
6	—	413	280.00–300.00	290.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	240.00–250.00	243.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	230.00–245.00	237.32
5	—	366	275.00–295.00	286.80
5	—	314	280.00–300.00	291.46
5	—	427	260.00–275.00	269.17
4	—	463	260.00–270.00	265.14
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	355.00–370.00	363.84
4	—	375	350.00–360.00	354.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	570	300.00–320.00	309.65
7	—	315	400.00–420.00	410.88
8	—	520	305.00–325.00	315.19
4	—	433	330.00–350.00	340.17
6	—	623	295.00–305.00	299.95
4	—	363	385.00–405.00	394.66
5	—	460	320.00–340.00	331.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	300.00–315.00	307.24
5	—	330	380.00–390.00	383.82
5	—	376	365.00–380.00	370.66
5	—	527	285.00–295.00	291.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,362	135.00–138.00	137.12
5	—	1,430	143.00–150.00	145.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,170	111.00–124.00	118.42
10	—	1,274	126.00–136.00	131.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,058	101.00–108.00	104.90

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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