Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $269.34/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −168.50 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$269.34

20 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$5.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.17

vs FL average

−36.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	270.41	1,513	16thin
Medium and Large 2	525	265.10	1,392	4thin

One grade step is worth $5.31/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale20 hd

269.34

—

FL average3 barns · 49 hd

272.51

−3.17

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−36.13

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−168.50

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	1,557	150.88	2,350	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	132.18	1,596	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	115.73	1,273	18

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	114.29/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,256	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	122.95/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,356	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	126.64/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,412	14
Bulls	—	—	1,430	143.95/cwt	134.00–150.00	2,058	8
Bulls	—	—	1,727	160.12/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,765	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	137.36/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,777	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	274.79/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,149	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	311.70/cwt	300.00–320.00	991	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	256.74/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,181	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	295.40/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,108	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	265.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,392	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	323.70/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	320.14/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,153	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	296.98/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,256	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	360.30/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	282.15/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,337	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	379.54/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,234	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	359.73/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,349	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	380.87/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,383	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	313.80/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	254.60/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	283.41/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,454	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	403.72/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	266.07/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,530	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	275.08/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	334.94/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	243.05/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,269	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 Apr 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 757Last week 782Year ago 748

Slaughter CattleReceipts 390Last week 403Year ago 291

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,099	108.00–118.00	114.29
3	—	1,103	122.00–125.00	122.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,115	123.00–130.00	126.64
15	—	1,294	134.00–141.00	137.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,430	134.00–150.00	143.95
6	—	1,727	155.00–165.00	160.12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	300.00–320.00	311.70
4	350–400	375	285.00–305.00	295.40
4	400–450	418	270.00–280.00	274.79
5	450–500	460	245.00–265.00	256.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	325.00–342.00	334.94
6	350–400	360	310.00–330.00	320.14
6	400–450	423	285.00–310.00	296.98
4	450–500	458	270.00–280.00	275.08
5	500–550	522	240.00–245.00	243.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	370.00–390.00	379.54
10	350–400	375	350.00–370.00	359.73
5	400–450	414	315.00–330.00	323.70
5	450–500	474	270.00–290.00	282.15
4	500–550	525	260.00–270.00	265.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	395.00–410.00	403.72
5	350–400	363	375.00–385.00	380.87
4	400–450	423	350.00–370.00	360.30
5	450–500	460	305.00–320.00	313.80
4	500–550	513	280.00–287.00	283.41
12	550–600	575	262.00–270.00	266.07
7	600–650	622	246.00–259.00	254.60

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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