Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $252.94/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −184.90 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$252.94

26 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$18.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.70

vs FL average

−46.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	256.54	1,410	21
Medium and Large 2	517	237.81	1,229	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.73/cwt here — about $181 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 sale26 hd

252.94

—

FL average5 barns · 121 hd

248.24

+4.70

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−46.39

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−184.90

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	1,681	152.62	2,566	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	124.31	1,448	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	982	112.21	1,102	19

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	350–400	368	297.35/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,094	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	240.20/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,225	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	270.27/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	237.81/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,229	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	319.80/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,225	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	284.81/cwt	280.00–290.00	934	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	339.17/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	249.91/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,437	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	287.85/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	321.74/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,332	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	345.07/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,294	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	226.59/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	394.77/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,263	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	377.07/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	235.37/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,445	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	256.20/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	270.18/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,129	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	371.61/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	282.99/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,220	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	432.14/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,137	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	269.39/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,263	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	236.62/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,122	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	217.61/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,127	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	247.28/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	214.25/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	265.39/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,369	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	306.34/cwt	300.00–315.00	971	5
Bulls	—	—	1,575	147.02/cwt	136.00–158.00	2,316	10
Bulls	—	—	1,894	163.81/cwt	160.00–168.00	3,103	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	129.68/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,696	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	112.21/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,102	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,072	120.83/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,295	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 Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 670Last week 769Year ago 1,088

Slaughter CattleReceipts 274Last week 257Year ago 489

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	300.00–315.00	306.34
4	350–400	368	290.00–305.00	297.35
4	400–450	418	260.00–280.00	270.18
5	450–500	460	250.00–265.00	256.20
6	500–550	510	230.00–250.00	240.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	280.00–290.00	284.81
4	350–400	370	260.00–280.00	270.27
6	400–450	423	240.00–255.00	247.28
11	450–500	474	230.00–245.00	236.62
6	500–550	518	210.00–225.00	217.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	360.00–380.00	371.61
4	350–400	375	340.00–350.00	345.07
9	400–450	431	270.00–300.00	282.99
7	450–500	469	265.00–275.00	269.39
5	500–550	517	230.00–250.00	237.81
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	330.00–345.00	339.17
6	350–400	383	310.00–330.00	319.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	420.00–445.00	432.14
4	300–350	320	390.00–400.00	394.77
4	350–400	363	365.00–390.00	377.07
5	400–450	414	310.00–340.00	321.74
5	450–500	479	280.00–300.00	287.85
9	500–550	516	260.00–270.00	265.39
12	550–600	575	245.00–255.00	249.91
11	600–650	614	230.00–240.00	235.37
7	650–700	668	220.00–235.00	226.59
10	700–750	717	210.00–217.00	214.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,575	136.00–158.00	147.02
5	—	1,894	160.00–168.00	163.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,308	128.00–133.00	129.68
17	—	1,072	118.00–126.00	120.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	982	106.00–118.00	112.21

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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