Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.52/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −165.31 against this barn's trailing median of $399.83.

Average price

$234.52

9 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$18.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.20

vs FL average

−33.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	245.05	1,262	4thin
Medium and Large 2	532	226.09	1,203	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.96/cwt here — about $59 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 sale9 hd

234.52

—

FL average2 barns · 19 hd

234.72

−0.20

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−33.10

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.83

−165.31

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	1,427	154.89	2,210	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	144.04	1,721	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	119.63	1,190	16

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%	—	939	116.00/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,089	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	125.67/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,366	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	142.36/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,607	10
Bulls	—	—	1,339	146.41/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,960	5
Bulls	—	—	1,490	160.94/cwt	156.00–174.00	2,398	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	144.97/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,785	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	308.22/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,285	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	379.22/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,221	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	284.11/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,460	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	345.78/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	337.75/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,260	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	284.76/cwt	275.00–295.00	906	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	277.22/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,297	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	321.23/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,192	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	311.10/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	226.09/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	275.92/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	357.29/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,304	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	302.41/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,300	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	276.79/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,282	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	273.86/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,153	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	329.70/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	245.05/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	325.83/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,023	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	292.45/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	310.96/cwt	305.00–315.00	955	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	255.92/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,193	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 May 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 659Last week 749Year ago 664

Slaughter CattleReceipts 325Last week 404Year ago 176

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	939	112.00–121.00	116.00
6	—	1,087	125.00–127.00	125.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,129	139.00–150.00	142.36
18	—	1,231	142.00–150.00	144.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,339	140.00–150.00	146.41
7	—	1,490	156.00–174.00	160.94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	375.00–385.00	379.22
6	350–400	365	350.00–365.00	357.29
7	400–450	417	300.00–315.00	308.22
10	450–500	463	265.00–285.00	276.79
5	500–550	514	275.00–290.00	284.11
5	550–600	578	270.00–280.00	275.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	340.00–355.00	345.78
6	350–400	373	330.00–345.00	337.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	320.00–340.00	329.70
5	450–500	467	305.00–315.00	311.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	275.00–295.00	284.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	320.00–335.00	325.83
7	350–400	371	315.00–330.00	321.23
6	400–450	430	295.00–310.00	302.41
6	450–500	468	270.00–285.00	277.22
4	500–550	515	240.00–250.00	245.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	307	305.00–315.00	310.96
5	350–400	376	280.00–300.00	292.45
7	400–450	421	265.00–285.00	273.86
5	450–500	466	250.00–260.00	255.92
5	500–550	532	220.00–230.00	226.09

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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