Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.99/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −142.84 against this barn's trailing median of $399.83.

Average price

$256.99

13 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$21.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs FL average

−9.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	265.17	1,374	8thin
Medium and Large 2	522	243.91	1,273	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.26/cwt here — about $100 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

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.47, low $343.85, median $399.83 across 31 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 sale13 hd

256.99

—

FL average5 barns · 46 hd

255.26

+1.73

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−9.88

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.83

−142.84

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	1,480	150.23	2,224	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,338	134.73	1,802	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,129	123.20	1,391	10

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	131.70/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,723	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,167	119.68/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,397	7
Bulls	—	—	1,319	137.82/cwt	128.00–146.00	1,818	6
Bulls	—	—	1,601	159.54/cwt	152.00–169.00	2,554	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	131.41/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,367	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	141.60/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,989	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	344.15/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,088	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	304.42/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,434	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	334.67/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,265	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	243.91/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	265.17/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,374	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	411.56/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,465	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	318.22/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,327	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	386.24/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,429	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	397.79/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,285	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	312.33/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,024	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	293.83/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	304.10/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,143	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	267.18/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,256	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	297.30/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,376	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	287.82/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,531	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	331.59/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,539	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	314.86/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	427.67/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,381	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	453.67/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,225	5

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 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 745Last week 564Year ago 622

Slaughter CattleReceipts 305Last week 303Year ago 279

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,308	125.00–137.00	131.70
11	—	1,405	140.00–147.00	141.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,167	116.00–126.00	119.68
3	—	1,040	130.00–134.00	131.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,319	128.00–146.00	137.82
8	—	1,601	152.00–169.00	159.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	330.00–360.00	344.15
12	350–400	378	325.00–345.00	334.67
7	400–450	417	310.00–325.00	318.22
6	450–500	463	290.00–305.00	297.30
8	500–550	518	260.00–270.00	265.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	305.00–320.00	312.33
5	350–400	376	300.00–310.00	304.10
5	400–450	428	285.00–300.00	293.83
6	450–500	470	260.00–275.00	267.18
5	500–550	522	240.00–250.00	243.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	390.00–405.00	397.79
5	350–400	370	380.00–395.00	386.24
7	450–500	471	300.00–310.00	304.42
5	500–550	532	280.00–300.00	287.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	270	445.00–460.00	453.67
12	300–350	323	420.00–435.00	427.67
9	350–400	356	405.00–420.00	411.56
7	450–500	464	320.00–340.00	331.59
6	500–550	525	310.00–320.00	314.86

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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