Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $266.57/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −171.28 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$266.57

17 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$17.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.05

vs FL average

−13.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	272.90	1,496	11thin
Medium and Large 2	505	254.95	1,287	6thin

One grade step is worth $17.95/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale17 hd

266.57

—

FL average5 barns · 147 hd

254.52

+12.05

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−13.77

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−171.28

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	1,457	169.84	2,474	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	151.77	1,905	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	132.66	1,317	9thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	400–450	418	285.27/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	230.17/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	244.42/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,151	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	330.81/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,049	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	302.32/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,119	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	306.22/cwt	300.00–315.00	989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	384.54/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,250	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	259.83/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,130	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	318.41/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,363	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	287.47/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,207	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	254.95/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	275.16/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,260	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	471.64/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,297	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	430.94/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,379	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	271.67/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,693	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	235.15/cwt	230.00–240.00	995	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	275.71/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,042	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	246.07/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	265.26/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	393.37/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,420	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	349.66/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,304	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	267.56/cwt	260.00–280.00	878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	257.12/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	308.47/cwt	255.00–365.00	1,110	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	282.07/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,472	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	304.60/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	234.20/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,349	7
Bulls	—	—	1,311	162.07/cwt	158.00–166.00	2,125	8
Bulls	—	—	1,651	180.20/cwt	173.00–192.00	2,975	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	158.83/cwt	155.00–167.00	2,151	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	132.66/cwt	123.00–138.00	1,317	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	146.13/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,718	20

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 Aug 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 855Last week 1,057Year ago 642

Slaughter CattleReceipts 349Last week 353Year ago 437

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	320.00–340.00	330.81
5	350–400	370	290.00–310.00	302.32
4	400–450	418	270.00–300.00	285.27
5	500–550	519	240.00–255.00	246.07
7	550–600	576	230.00–240.00	234.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	300.00–315.00	306.22
5	350–400	378	270.00–285.00	275.71
5	400–450	416	245.00–265.00	257.12
7	450–500	471	240.00–250.00	244.42
4	500–550	518	225.00–235.00	230.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	260.00–280.00	267.56
6	350–400	360	255.00–365.00	308.47
4	400–450	423	230.00–240.00	235.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	370.00–400.00	384.54
8	350–400	373	340.00–360.00	349.66
8	400–450	420	285.00–290.00	287.47
4	450–500	458	265.00–285.00	275.16
6	500–550	505	250.00–260.00	254.95
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	245.00–275.00	259.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	275	440.00–500.00	471.64
7	300–350	320	415.00–450.00	430.94
7	350–400	361	380.00–410.00	393.37
5	400–450	428	305.00–340.00	318.41
4	450–500	473	290.00–320.00	304.60
5	500–550	522	270.00–300.00	282.07
6	550–600	570	250.00–280.00	265.26
6	600–650	623	265.00–275.00	271.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,311	158.00–166.00	162.07
6	—	1,651	173.00–192.00	180.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,354	155.00–167.00	158.83
20	—	1,176	140.00–150.00	146.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	993	123.00–138.00	132.66

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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