Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $231.81/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −206.04 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$231.81

22 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$13.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.83

vs FL average

−38.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	239.08	1,298	10thin
Medium and Large 2	536	225.75	1,210	12thin

One grade step is worth $13.32/cwt here — about $88 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 sale22 hd

231.81

—

FL average5 barns · 198 hd

243.64

−11.83

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

−38.69

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−206.04

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	1,472	163.91	2,412	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,348	145.48	1,961	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	130.28	1,408	10

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	500–550	523	225.12/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,177	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	234.11/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,110	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	249.46/cwt	240.00–260.00	806	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	286.46/cwt	275.00–295.00	899	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	233.41/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,081	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	241.00/cwt	235.00–245.00	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	414.40/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,297	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	250.14/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	246.17/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	441.19/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,182	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	310.20/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,157	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	372.70/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	339.66/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,233	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	359.20/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,124	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	270.32/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,284	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	222.53/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	273.28/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,161	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	231.98/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,313	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	227.36/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,182	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	236.69/cwt	225.00–245.00	878	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	319.41/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,319	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	225.15/cwt	220.00–230.00	952	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	268.37/cwt	260.00–275.00	963	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	219.53/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,003	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	243.08/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,040	5
Bulls	—	—	1,447	161.89/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,343	7
Bulls	—	—	1,613	175.23/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,826	4
Bulls	—	—	1,275	148.35/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,891	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	156.83/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,992	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	130.28/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,408	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	140.56/cwt	134.00–150.00	1,943	30

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 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 930Last week 855Year ago 1,017

Slaughter CattleReceipts 458Last week 349Year ago 479

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	235.00–245.00	241.00
4	450–500	463	230.00–237.00	233.41
4	500–550	523	220.00–230.00	225.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	240.00–260.00	249.46
7	350–400	371	225.00–245.00	236.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	275.00–295.00	286.46
7	350–400	359	260.00–275.00	268.37
8	400–450	423	220.00–230.00	225.15
9	450–500	457	215.00–225.00	219.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	300.00–320.00	310.20
5	400–450	428	240.00–245.00	243.08
5	450–500	474	225.00–240.00	234.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	268	430.00–460.00	441.19
6	300–350	313	400.00–430.00	414.40
4	350–400	370	365.00–380.00	372.70
5	400–450	413	305.00–340.00	319.41
4	450–500	475	260.00–280.00	270.32
5	500–550	520	240.00–255.00	246.17
5	550–600	566	230.00–235.00	231.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	340.00–380.00	359.20
4	350–400	363	330.00–350.00	339.66
5	400–450	425	265.00–285.00	273.28
4	450–500	463	245.00–255.00	250.14
8	500–550	520	220.00–235.00	227.36
4	550–600	568	220.00–225.00	222.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,447	154.00–168.00	161.89
4	—	1,613	171.00–178.00	175.23
2	—	1,275	146.00–151.00	148.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,270	153.00–163.00	156.83
30	—	1,382	134.00–150.00	140.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,081	124.00–133.00	130.28

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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