Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.23/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −146.62 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$291.23

9 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$38.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.81

vs FL average

−34.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	308.33	1,585	5thin
Medium and Large 2	513	269.85	1,384	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.48/cwt here — about $200 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 sale9 hd

291.23

—

FL average5 barns · 70 hd

274.42

+16.81

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−34.14

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−146.62

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	1,577	154.35	2,434	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	116.29	1,317	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,318	108.16	1,426	6thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	319	321.66/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,026	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	278.64/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,023	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	258.51/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,088	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	287.48/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,239	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	249.08/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,280	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	276.74/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,273	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	325.26/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	347.74/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,429	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	509.52/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,340	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	309.70/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	422.98/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,544	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	444.52/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,400	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	375.42/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,352	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	314.39/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,163	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	252.66/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,213	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	289.84/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,327	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	269.85/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	409.62/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,344	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	308.33/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,585	5
Bulls	—	—	1,589	148.09/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,353	5
Bulls	—	—	1,557	164.78/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,566	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	114.23/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,275	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	121.87/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,437	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,318	108.16/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,426	6

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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 886Last week 765Year ago 754

Slaughter CattleReceipts 296Last week 228Year ago 265

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

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	319	310.00–340.00	321.66
8	350–400	370	300.00–330.00	314.39
7	400–450	431	270.00–300.00	287.48
5	450–500	460	265.00–285.00	276.74
9	500–550	514	240.00–260.00	249.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	265.00–295.00	278.64
9	400–450	421	250.00–265.00	258.51
4	450–500	480	245.00–260.00	252.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	500.00–520.00	509.52
6	300–350	315	430.00–460.00	444.52
6	350–400	365	405.00–440.00	422.98
7	400–450	411	330.00–370.00	347.74
5	450–500	463	315.00–340.00	325.26
5	500–550	514	300.00–320.00	308.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	400.00–420.00	409.62
6	350–400	360	360.00–390.00	375.42
6	400–450	423	300.00–320.00	309.70
8	450–500	458	280.00–300.00	289.84
4	500–550	513	260.00–280.00	269.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,589	144.00–150.00	148.09
3	—	1,557	162.00–170.00	164.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,116	110.00–119.00	114.23
7	—	1,179	120.00–124.00	121.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,318	106.00–109.00	108.16

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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