Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. 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 $263.48/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −174.36 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$263.48

22 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$20.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.76

vs FL average

−37.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	272.82	1,474	12thin
Medium and Large 2	542	252.28	1,367	10thin

One grade step is worth $20.54/cwt here — about $107 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 sale22 hd

263.48

—

FL average5 barns · 89 hd

258.72

+4.76

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−37.21

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−174.36

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	1,630	160.90	2,623	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,108	117.09	1,297	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,169	110.57	1,293	10

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	300–350	315	305.16/cwt	300.00–310.00	961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	287.34/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	270.20/cwt	265.00–275.00	846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	231.78/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,175	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	251.21/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,055	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	250.95/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,172	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	264.73/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,226	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	250.64/cwt	230.00–280.00	1,409	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	278.29/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,453	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	352.46/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,103	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	253.91/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	313.81/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,189	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	264.06/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,128	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	332.39/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,180	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	242.15/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,136	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	395.12/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	265.16/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,501	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	444.71/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,134	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	308.79/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,294	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	288.45/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,315	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	230.87/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	285.28/cwt	280.00–290.00	907	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	235.09/cwt	230.00–240.00	983	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	265.20/cwt	255.00–275.00	976	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	285.06/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	309	326.84/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,010	5
Bulls	—	—	1,396	149.00/cwt	141.00–154.00	2,080	7
Bulls	—	—	1,864	172.80/cwt	162.00–186.00	3,221	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	117.09/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,297	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	110.57/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,293	10

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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,079Last week 1,206Year ago 1,097

Slaughter CattleReceipts 304Last week 320Year ago 386

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. 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
4	300–350	315	300.00–310.00	305.16
4	350–400	358	280.00–295.00	287.34
5	400–450	420	245.00–260.00	251.21
9	450–500	467	240.00–260.00	250.95
9	500–550	507	225.00–240.00	231.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	265.00–275.00	270.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	280.00–290.00	285.28
8	350–400	368	255.00–275.00	265.20
6	400–450	418	230.00–240.00	235.09
5	450–500	460	225.00–235.00	230.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	340.00–370.00	352.46
6	350–400	355	325.00–340.00	332.39
10	400–450	405	280.00–290.00	285.06
8	450–500	463	255.00–275.00	264.73
5	500–550	522	250.00–260.00	253.91
5	550–600	562	230.00–280.00	250.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	255	430.00–460.00	444.71
4	300–350	318	390.00–400.00	395.12
7	400–450	419	300.00–315.00	308.79
7	450–500	456	280.00–295.00	288.45
7	500–550	522	270.00–290.00	278.29
5	550–600	566	255.00–280.00	265.16
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	309	315.00–335.00	326.84
7	350–400	379	305.00–320.00	313.81
9	400–450	427	255.00–275.00	264.06
5	450–500	469	230.00–250.00	242.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,396	141.00–154.00	149.00
7	—	1,864	162.00–186.00	172.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,108	112.00–124.00	117.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,169	106.00–114.00	110.57

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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