Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.94/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −132.91 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$304.94

8 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$20.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.93

vs FL average

−5.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	314.95	1,590	4thin
Medium and Large 2	518	294.93	1,528	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.02/cwt here — about $63 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

304.94

—

FL average5 barns · 29 hd

301.01

+3.93

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−5.82

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−132.91

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	1,733	152.13	2,636	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,322	132.66	1,753	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,193	118.48	1,413	11

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1	350–400	370	413.71/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,531	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	460.37/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,243	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	337.58/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	314.95/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	382.71/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	422.21/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,364	6
Bulls	—	—	1,581	140.04/cwt	133.00–149.00	2,214	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	128.34/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,743	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	116.07/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,414	7
Bulls	—	—	1,847	161.19/cwt	155.00–174.00	2,977	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	138.41/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,762	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	122.70/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	308.11/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,291	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	285.88/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	328.69/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	339.76/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,080	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	357.28/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	310.05/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	294.93/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	395.11/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,316	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	380.27/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,407	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	314.69/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	267.66/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	293.37/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,083	7

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 782Last week 745Year ago 418

Slaughter CattleReceipts 403Last week 305Year ago 291

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	440.00–480.00	460.37
6	300–350	323	415.00–430.00	422.21
7	350–400	370	400.00–425.00	413.71
5	400–450	415	375.00–395.00	382.71
4	450–500	470	330.00–345.00	337.58
4	500–550	505	310.00–320.00	314.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	333	390.00–400.00	395.11
8	350–400	370	370.00–390.00	380.27
4	400–450	423	350.00–365.00	357.28
4	450–500	470	305.00–315.00	310.05
4	500–550	518	290.00–300.00	294.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	318	330.00–350.00	339.76
7	350–400	366	310.00–335.00	328.69
5	400–450	419	300.00–320.00	308.11
5	450–500	469	280.00–295.00	285.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	305.00–325.00	314.69
7	350–400	369	285.00–305.00	293.37
4	450–500	475	260.00–275.00	267.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,581	133.00–149.00	140.04
8	—	1,847	155.00–174.00	161.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,358	124.00–134.00	128.34
9	—	1,273	136.00–142.00	138.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,218	111.00–118.00	116.07
4	—	1,148	121.00–126.00	122.70

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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