Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower. 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 $248.05/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −189.80 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$248.05

16 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$16.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.37

vs FL average

−20.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	259.07	1,337	5thin
Medium and Large 2	514	243.04	1,249	11thin

One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about $88 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 sale16 hd

248.05

—

FL average5 barns · 126 hd

248.42

−0.37

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

−20.50

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−189.80

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	—	Low	1,592	145.77	2,320	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	129.63	1,520	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	121.21	1,259	15

Every lot, as filed

29 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	350–400	355	292.39/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	224.89/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,068	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	215.83/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,142	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	254.18/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,172	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	227.48/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	287.68/cwt	280.00–295.00	900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	271.10/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	286.89/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,236	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	259.07/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,337	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	243.04/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,249	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	391.61/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,437	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	248.47/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,183	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	417.65/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,278	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	296.64/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,376	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	321.27/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,353	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	383.54/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,227	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	347.61/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	274.14/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	237.82/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,132	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	264.11/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,117	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	310.24/cwt	300.00–320.00	987	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	248.88/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,038	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	255.35/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	244.83/cwt	240.00–250.00	889	4
Bulls	—	—	1,497	134.74/cwt	133.00–138.00	2,017	3
Bulls	—	—	1,627	149.90/cwt	143.00–156.00	2,439	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	128.12/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,502	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	139.44/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,637	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	121.21/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,259	15

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 909Last week 930Year ago 1,017

Slaughter CattleReceipts 389Last week 458Year ago 479

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower. 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
6	300–350	318	300.00–320.00	310.24
4	350–400	355	285.00–300.00	292.39
5	400–450	423	260.00–270.00	264.11
7	450–500	461	250.00–260.00	254.18
4	500–550	515	225.00–230.00	227.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	240.00–250.00	244.83
6	450–500	475	220.00–230.00	224.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	280.00–295.00	287.68
5	350–400	374	265.00–280.00	274.14
5	400–450	417	245.00–255.00	248.88
7	450–500	476	235.00–240.00	237.82
7	500–550	529	210.00–220.00	215.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	370.00–390.00	383.54
5	350–400	373	340.00–360.00	347.61
7	400–450	431	270.00–300.00	286.89
5	450–500	467	265.00–275.00	271.10
11	500–550	514	235.00–250.00	243.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	400.00–430.00	417.65
5	350–400	367	380.00–400.00	391.61
9	400–450	421	305.00–340.00	321.27
5	450–500	464	285.00–305.00	296.64
5	500–550	516	255.00–265.00	259.07
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	245.00–265.00	255.35
7	450–500	476	240.00–260.00	248.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,497	133.00–138.00	134.74
8	—	1,627	143.00–156.00	149.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,172	124.00–135.00	128.12
4	—	1,174	138.00–143.00	139.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,039	118.00–125.00	121.21

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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