Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Independence Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.15/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −164.68 against this barn's trailing median of $399.83.

Average price

$235.15

11 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$23.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.16

vs FL average

−33.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	250.24	1,321	4thin
Medium and Large 2	531	226.53	1,203	7thin

One grade step is worth $23.71/cwt here — about $118 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 sale11 hd

235.15

—

FL average7 barns · 89 hd

247.32

−12.16

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−33.71

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.83

−164.68

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	1,661	163.55	2,717	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	145.04	1,904	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,226	127.35	1,561	9thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	278.92/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	268.83/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	274.74/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,313	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	127.35/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,561	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	138.32/cwt	132.00–146.00	1,762	13
Bulls	—	—	1,661	163.55/cwt	158.00–171.00	2,717	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,376	155.95/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,146	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	330.39/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	309.86/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	303.86/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,331	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	258.86/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	278.24/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,419	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	250.24/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	264.93/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	249.84/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,169	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	350.41/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	226.53/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	277.27/cwt	270.00–285.00	887	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	299.69/cwt	290.00–310.00	959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	267.75/cwt	260.00–275.00	999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	249.89/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,407	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	279.13/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	289.73/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,058	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	323.93/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	382.70/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	317.32/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,317	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	294.11/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,244	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	420.32/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,324	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	295.85/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	344.76/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,086	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	254.92/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,180	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 Jul 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,051Last week 856Year ago 1,150

Slaughter CattleReceipts 296Last week 333Year ago 325

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Independence Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	320.00–340.00	330.39
4	350–400	370	305.00–315.00	309.86
37	400–450	438	290.00–305.00	303.86
5	450–500	459	275.00–285.00	278.92
4	500–550	528	240.00–260.00	250.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	290.00–310.00	299.69
6	350–400	365	280.00–300.00	289.73
5	400–450	429	270.00–285.00	279.13
6	450–500	468	240.00–260.00	249.84
7	500–550	531	220.00–235.00	226.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	270.00–285.00	277.27
4	350–400	373	260.00–275.00	267.75
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	330.00–360.00	344.76
5	350–400	356	320.00–330.00	323.93
5	400–450	423	260.00–275.00	268.83
4	450–500	463	250.00–260.00	254.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	375.00–395.00	382.70
5	350–400	370	340.00–365.00	350.41
5	400–450	423	290.00–300.00	294.11
8	450–500	478	265.00–285.00	274.74
5	500–550	523	250.00–265.00	258.86
6	550–600	563	245.00–255.00	249.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	410.00–430.00	420.32
6	400–450	415	310.00–325.00	317.32
5	450–500	472	290.00–305.00	295.85
5	500–550	510	270.00–290.00	278.24
4	550–600	573	260.00–270.00	264.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,226	124.00–132.00	127.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,274	132.00–146.00	138.32
8	—	1,376	150.00–164.00	155.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,661	158.00–171.00	163.55

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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