Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady to 5.00 higher, with instances on better quality cattle 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.41/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −146.42 against this barn's trailing median of $399.83.

Average price

$253.41

21 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$19.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.67

vs FL average

−14.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	257.95	1,390	16thin
Medium and Large 2	526	238.90	1,257	5thin

One grade step is worth $19.05/cwt here — about $133 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 sale21 hd

253.41

—

FL average5 barns · 51 hd

244.75

+8.67

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−14.18

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.83

−146.42

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	1,535	154.17	2,367	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	132.67	1,731	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	113.39	1,184	14

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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	124.32/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,303	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,426	136.62/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,948	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	113.39/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,184	14
Bulls	—	—	1,479	144.08/cwt	136.00–150.00	2,131	6
Bulls	—	—	1,566	159.68/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,501	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	252.37/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	345.31/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,236	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	311.92/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	265.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	357.03/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,175	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	276.61/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	290.24/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,219	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	374.77/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,199	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	307.57/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	286.27/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,348	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	365.47/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,363	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	305.66/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,149	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	238.90/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,257	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	297.20/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	322.80/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,340	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	341.67/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,582	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	421.90/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,110	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	402.80/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	353.68/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,500	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	259.81/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,377	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	387.40/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,472	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	2

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 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 610Last week 677Year ago 718

Slaughter CattleReceipts 261Last week 319Year ago 265

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady to 5.00 higher, with instances on better quality cattle 10.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,048	120.00–130.00	124.32
19	—	1,426	132.00–144.00	136.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,044	110.00–120.00	113.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,479	136.00–150.00	144.08
11	—	1,566	155.00–165.00	159.68

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	329	340.00–380.00	357.03
8	350–400	358	330.00–360.00	345.31
8	400–450	415	310.00–335.00	322.80
7	450–500	471	280.00–295.00	286.27
12	500–550	530	250.00–270.00	259.81
4	550–600	565	245.00–260.00	252.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	300.00–325.00	311.92
5	350–400	376	300.00–315.00	305.66
4	400–450	420	280.00–300.00	290.24
4	450–500	480	260.00–270.00	265.10
5	500–550	526	230.00–245.00	238.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	360.00–390.00	374.77
6	350–400	373	355.00–375.00	365.47
2	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
5	450–500	472	285.00–305.00	297.20
7	500–550	526	265.00–285.00	276.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	263	410.00–435.00	421.90
6	300–350	313	395.00–410.00	402.80
6	350–400	380	380.00–395.00	387.40
9	400–450	424	340.00–370.00	353.68
7	450–500	463	320.00–350.00	341.67
4	500–550	505	300.00–315.00	307.57

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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