Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.78/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −161.07 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$276.78

14 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$30.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.53

vs FL average

−14.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	285.43	1,499	10thin
Medium and Large 2	520	255.14	1,327	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.29/cwt here — about $172 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 sale14 hd

276.78

—

FL average7 barns · 158 hd

271.25

+5.53

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−14.31

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−161.07

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	1,499	164.78	2,470	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	144.19	1,839	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	126.87	1,475	6thin

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%	—	1,223	140.23/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,715	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	151.22/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,069	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	126.87/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,475	6
Bulls	—	—	1,487	158.68/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,360	3
Bulls	—	—	1,508	169.36/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	315.85/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,150	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	324.77/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,039	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	303.89/cwt	300.00–310.00	954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	285.27/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,041	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	243.35/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,492	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	377.56/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	287.33/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,195	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	285.43/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,499	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	417.67/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	240.94/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,388	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	273.89/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,290	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	351.69/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,340	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	267.59/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,124	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	253.76/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,216	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	457.05/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	290.09/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	304.49/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,264	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	388.29/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	289.92/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	274.92/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,259	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	245.17/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,270	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	255.14/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,327	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 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,140Last week 1,051Year ago 867

Slaughter CattleReceipts 303Last week 296Year ago 230

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,223	133.00–144.00	140.23
9	—	1,368	148.00–156.00	151.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,163	124.00–130.00	126.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,487	155.00–165.00	158.68
4	—	1,508	167.00–173.00	169.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	320.00–330.00	324.77
5	350–400	364	310.00–325.00	315.85
6	400–450	418	285.00–295.00	290.09
6	450–500	458	270.00–280.00	274.92
6	500–550	518	240.00–250.00	245.17
5	550–600	576	235.00–245.00	240.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	300.00–310.00	303.89
8	350–400	365	275.00–295.00	285.27
10	400–450	420	260.00–275.00	267.59
9	450–500	479	240.00–265.00	253.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	264	440.00–470.00	457.05
5	300–350	331	400.00–430.00	417.67
5	350–400	374	370.00–400.00	388.29
7	400–450	415	300.00–310.00	304.49
6	450–500	468	285.00–295.00	289.92
10	500–550	525	270.00–300.00	285.43
6	600–650	613	242.00–247.00	243.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	370.00–390.00	377.56
7	350–400	381	340.00–360.00	351.69
8	400–450	416	275.00–295.00	287.33
5	450–500	471	265.00–280.00	273.89
4	500–550	520	250.00–260.00	255.14

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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