Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $276.43/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −161.41 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$276.43

9 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$21.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.06

vs FL average

−32.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	288.34	1,479	4thin
Medium and Large 2	519	266.91	1,385	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.43/cwt here — about $94 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 sale9 hd

276.43

—

FL average4 barns · 37 hd

277.49

−1.06

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

−32.18

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−161.41

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	—	High	1,607	143.98	2,313	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	124.74	1,484	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	110.60	1,294	19

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls	—	—	1,678	157.81/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,648	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	110.60/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,294	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	119.19/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,402	22
Bulls	—	—	1,571	137.07/cwt	132.00–147.00	2,153	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	131.93/cwt	126.00–138.00	1,592	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	265.34/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,374	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	264.19/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	315.11/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	332.24/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	302.65/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,129	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	390.78/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,258	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	405.19/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,053	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	285.27/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,321	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	352.91/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	289.81/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,374	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	266.91/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,385	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	300.82/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,297	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	326.90/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,203	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	372.29/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,359	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	346.70/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	339.25/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,052	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	288.34/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,479	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	369.61/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,194	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	314.76/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,338	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	340.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,412	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	274.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,182	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 May 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 677Last week 762Year ago 694

Slaughter CattleReceipts 319Last week 369Year ago 152

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	150.00–163.00	157.81
4	—	1,571	132.00–147.00	137.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,170	105.00–117.00	110.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,176	114.00–123.00	119.19
17	—	1,207	126.00–138.00	131.93

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	310	330.00–350.00	339.25
14	350–400	368	315.00–340.00	326.90
9	400–450	431	290.00–315.00	300.82
10	450–500	463	275.00–295.00	285.27
8	500–550	518	255.00–275.00	265.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	295.00–310.00	302.65
4	400–450	430	270.00–280.00	274.88
5	450–500	465	255.00–270.00	264.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	260	400.00–410.00	405.19
5	300–350	322	385.00–400.00	390.78
4	350–400	365	365.00–380.00	372.29
12	400–450	415	330.00–350.00	340.24
6	450–500	460	310.00–320.00	315.11
4	500–550	513	282.00–295.00	288.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	335.00–355.00	346.70
4	350–400	363	325.00–340.00	332.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	360.00–380.00	369.61
4	350–400	370	345.00–360.00	352.91
6	400–450	425	305.00–325.00	314.76
5	450–500	474	280.00–305.00	289.81
5	500–550	519	255.00–275.00	266.91

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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