Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $245.44/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −192.41 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$245.44

21 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,318

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$12.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.87

vs FL average

−23.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	250.24	1,369	13thin
Medium and Large 2	520	237.64	1,236	8thin

One grade step is worth $12.60/cwt here — about $134 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 sale21 hd

245.44

—

FL average3 barns · 95 hd

243.56

+1.87

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

−23.96

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−192.41

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	1,579	156.42	2,470	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	132.54	1,558	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	976	115.20	1,124	20

Every lot, as filed

30 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	468	252.62/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,182	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	248.19/cwt	240.00–260.00	933	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	228.91/cwt	220.00–235.00	959	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	260.23/cwt	250.00–270.00	854	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	271.85/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,125	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	230.92/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	359.24/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,178	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	237.64/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,236	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	242.58/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,378	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	350.34/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,272	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	340.40/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,443	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	298.92/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,249	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	247.42/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	424.00/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,327	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	455.98/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,222	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	394.59/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,440	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	284.10/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,315	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	264.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,266	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	262.49/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,349	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	217.80/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,135	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	229.88/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,179	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	277.66/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,008	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	251.14/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,057	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	321.20/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	252.44/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,035	5
Bulls	—	—	1,572	152.15/cwt	144.00–156.00	2,392	9
Bulls	—	—	1,595	166.03/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,648	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	127.58/cwt	122.00–134.00	1,452	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	140.47/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,735	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	115.20/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,124	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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 824Last week 909Year ago 519

Slaughter CattleReceipts 320Last week 389Year ago 1,154

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	414	265.00–280.00	271.85
6	450–500	468	245.00–260.00	252.62
8	500–550	513	225.00–235.00	229.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	250.00–270.00	260.23
5	350–400	376	240.00–260.00	248.19
5	400–450	419	220.00–235.00	228.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	270.00–285.00	277.66
7	400–450	421	240.00–260.00	251.14
5	450–500	471	225.00–235.00	230.92
7	500–550	521	215.00–220.00	217.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	340.00–380.00	359.24
4	350–400	363	340.00–360.00	350.34
7	400–450	418	290.00–310.00	298.92
4	450–500	478	260.00–270.00	264.92
8	500–550	520	230.00–245.00	237.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	440.00–470.00	455.98
10	300–350	313	400.00–450.00	424.00
6	350–400	365	380.00–410.00	394.59
11	400–450	424	325.00–360.00	340.40
5	450–500	463	280.00–290.00	284.10
5	500–550	514	250.00–280.00	262.49
8	550–600	568	240.00–245.00	242.58
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	315.00–330.00	321.20
5	400–450	410	240.00–270.00	252.44
4	450–500	470	240.00–255.00	247.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,572	144.00–156.00	152.15
4	—	1,595	165.00–169.00	166.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,138	122.00–134.00	127.58
10	—	1,235	136.00–146.00	140.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	976	110.00–122.00	115.20

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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