Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

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 steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $255.70/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −182.14 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$255.70

16 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,353

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$30.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.59

vs FL average

−12.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	273.07	1,395	7thin
Medium and Large 2	543	242.20	1,315	9thin

One grade step is worth $30.87/cwt here — about $80 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 sale16 hd

255.70

—

FL average5 barns · 168 hd

247.12

+8.59

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−12.50

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−182.14

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	1,628	149.06	2,427	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,186	125.05	1,483	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	114.51	1,191	12

Every lot, as filed

28 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	550–600	560	233.60/cwt	222.00–245.00	1,308	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	234.84/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	283.06/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,169	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	245.28/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,300	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	302.27/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,094	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	270.18/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,129	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	364.52/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,356	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	245.93/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,306	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	273.07/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,395	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	400.96/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,508	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	297.13/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	340.16/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	312.90/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,471	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	418.30/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	279.69/cwt	270.00–290.00	909	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	264.68/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,257	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	279.79/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,315	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	323.65/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,178	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	237.53/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,325	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	375.45/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,239	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	276.19/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,030	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	250.35/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,064	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	350.36/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,447	10
Bulls	—	—	1,663	144.30/cwt	138.00–151.00	2,400	6
Bulls	—	—	1,523	163.33/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,488	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,510	135.90/cwt	133.00–137.00	2,052	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	114.51/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,191	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	123.14/cwt	118.00–130.00	1,390	17

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 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 735Last week 824Year ago 1,071

Slaughter CattleReceipts 232Last week 320Year ago 602

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 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
5	350–400	362	290.00–310.00	302.27
9	400–450	413	270.00–300.00	283.06
6	450–500	475	250.00–280.00	264.68
5	500–550	530	230.00–255.00	245.28
4	550–600	560	222.00–245.00	233.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	270.00–290.00	279.69
5	350–400	373	270.00–285.00	276.19
6	400–450	425	240.00–260.00	250.35
4	450–500	468	225.00–245.00	234.84
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	330.00–350.00	340.16
5	350–400	364	315.00–330.00	323.65
4	400–450	418	260.00–280.00	270.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	360.00–390.00	375.45
5	350–400	372	340.00–380.00	364.52
4	400–450	423	285.00–310.00	297.13
4	450–500	470	270.00–290.00	279.79
5	500–550	531	240.00–250.00	245.93
4	550–600	558	235.00–240.00	237.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	410.00–430.00	418.30
7	350–400	376	390.00–415.00	400.96
10	400–450	413	330.00–370.00	350.36
8	450–500	470	300.00–325.00	312.90
7	500–550	511	260.00–290.00	273.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,663	138.00–151.00	144.30
2	—	1,523	159.00–168.00	163.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	133.00–137.00	135.90
17	—	1,129	118.00–130.00	123.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,040	107.00–118.00	114.51

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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