Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $261.80/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −176.04 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$261.80

12 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,363

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$18.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.82

vs FL average

−37.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	269.40	1,404	7thin
Medium and Large 2	520	251.17	1,306	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.23/cwt here — about $97 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 sale12 hd

261.80

—

FL average5 barns · 68 hd

267.62

−5.82

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−37.24

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−176.04

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	—	High	1,580	162.67	2,570	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,151	123.87	1,426	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	117.04	1,224	9thin

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	360	312.50/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	255.27/cwt	245.00–265.00	957	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	282.25/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,081	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	280.59/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,142	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	264.84/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,205	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	252.06/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,066	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	251.17/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,306	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	346.15/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,250	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	269.40/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,404	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	290.18/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,213	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	384.59/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,404	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	321.98/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,346	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	294.78/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,371	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	405.12/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,288	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	441.92/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,153	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	377.44/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	267.75/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	235.77/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,127	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	315.52/cwt	305.00–330.00	997	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	238.43/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,226	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	222.31/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,172	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	314.19/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	264.17/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,128	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	264.84/cwt	260.00–270.00	847	4
Bulls	—	—	1,800	175.79/cwt	175.00–178.00	3,164	4
Bulls	—	—	1,492	157.42/cwt	146.00–166.00	2,349	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	122.18/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,381	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	132.30/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,663	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	117.04/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,224	9

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 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,206Last week 670Year ago 1,434

Slaughter CattleReceipts 320Last week 274Year ago 428

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher. 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
7	300–350	316	305.00–330.00	315.52
5	350–400	360	300.00–330.00	312.50
13	400–450	407	270.00–290.00	280.59
6	450–500	455	250.00–280.00	264.84
7	500–550	514	230.00–245.00	238.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	260.00–270.00	264.84
4	350–400	375	245.00–265.00	255.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	383	270.00–295.00	282.25
5	400–450	423	250.00–255.00	252.06
5	450–500	478	230.00–245.00	235.77
5	500–550	527	215.00–227.00	222.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	360.00–390.00	377.44
9	350–400	361	330.00–360.00	346.15
10	400–450	418	280.00–300.00	290.18
5	450–500	480	260.00–280.00	267.75
5	500–550	520	245.00–260.00	251.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	261	420.00–460.00	441.92
8	300–350	318	400.00–410.00	405.12
8	350–400	365	370.00–400.00	384.59
6	400–450	418	310.00–335.00	321.98
6	450–500	465	285.00–305.00	294.78
7	500–550	521	265.00–275.00	269.40
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	305.00–320.00	314.19
5	400–450	427	255.00–270.00	264.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,800	175.00–178.00	175.79
10	—	1,492	146.00–166.00	157.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,130	118.00–126.00	122.18
3	—	1,257	130.00–137.00	132.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,046	110.00–120.00	117.04

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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