Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.16/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −130.68 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$307.16

8 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$30.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.06

vs FL average

−11.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	322.25	1,669	4thin
Medium and Large 2	518	292.08	1,513	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.99, low $352.46, median $437.85 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

307.16

—

FL average3 barns · 17 hd

307.23

−0.06

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−11.13

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−130.68

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	1,522	146.00	2,223	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	133.21	1,549	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	119.60	1,265	11

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2	400–450	423	353.55/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	412.34/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,476	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	346.67/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	297.30/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	311.19/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,161	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	119.60/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,265	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	129.05/cwt	123.00–134.00	1,506	25
Bulls	—	—	1,195	134.62/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,609	2
Bulls	—	—	1,616	149.25/cwt	142.00–154.00	2,412	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	141.22/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,631	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	265.19/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	346.16/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,260	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	277.26/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,303	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	390.57/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	351.35/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,100	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	292.08/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	451.63/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,165	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	333.54/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,424	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	295.15/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,248	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	438.19/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,398	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	381.70/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	314.76/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,001	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	406.80/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,334	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	307.62/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	322.25/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,669	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 Mar 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 564Last week 521Year ago 637

Slaughter CattleReceipts 303Last week 257Year ago 388

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	400.00–410.00	406.80
7	350–400	366	370.00–390.00	381.70
5	400–450	423	330.00–370.00	353.55
6	450–500	458	300.00–315.00	307.62
4	500–550	518	280.00–305.00	292.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	258	440.00–460.00	451.63
7	300–350	319	430.00–450.00	438.19
8	350–400	358	405.00–420.00	412.34
3	400–450	412	380.00–410.00	390.57
7	450–500	463	330.00–360.00	346.67
4	500–550	518	315.00–330.00	322.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	313	340.00–360.00	351.35
7	350–400	364	335.00–355.00	346.16
9	400–450	427	325.00–345.00	333.54
4	450–500	463	290.00–305.00	297.30
3	500–550	515	260.00–275.00	265.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	305.00–325.00	314.76
5	350–400	373	305.00–315.00	311.19
4	400–450	423	290.00–300.00	295.15
4	450–500	470	270.00–285.00	277.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,058	114.00–124.00	119.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,167	123.00–134.00	129.05
13	—	1,155	138.00–146.00	141.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	131.00–138.00	134.62
7	—	1,616	142.00–154.00	149.25

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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