Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.86/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −125.99 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$311.86

30 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$32.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.50

vs FL average

−12.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	322.78	1,788	20
Medium and Large 2	538	290.00	1,560	10thin

One grade step is worth $32.79/cwt here — about $228 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 sale30 hd

311.86

—

FL average5 barns · 83 hd

292.35

+19.50

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−12.49

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−125.99

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	1,501	148.77	2,233	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,089	116.26	1,266	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	105.70	1,139	7thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	450–500	458	290.16/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,329	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	325.57/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,354	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	334.80/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,272	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	350.14/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	292.15/cwt	285.00–300.00	949	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	259.84/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,242	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	450.94/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,443	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	309.79/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	334.85/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	508.55/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,332	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	433.06/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,555	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	282.60/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	357.13/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,636	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	413.07/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,727	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	308.41/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	357.18/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,182	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	256.60/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	399.44/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,286	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	388.84/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,415	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	294.93/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	314.74/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,825	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	265.44/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,367	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	292.06/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,241	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	322.88/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	356.69/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,509	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	235.83/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,238	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	293.33/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,056	5
Bulls	—	—	1,501	148.77/cwt	140.00–156.00	2,233	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	122.12/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,398	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	105.70/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,139	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	113.91/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,214	20

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 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 966Last week 886Year ago 883

Slaughter CattleReceipts 170Last week 296Year ago 496

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	340.00–380.00	357.18
8	350–400	380	320.00–350.00	334.80
7	400–450	416	315.00–340.00	325.57
6	450–500	458	280.00–300.00	290.16
10	500–550	515	250.00–280.00	265.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	285.00–300.00	292.15
5	400–450	419	245.00–265.00	256.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	310.00–335.00	322.88
5	350–400	360	285.00–305.00	293.33
8	400–450	425	280.00–305.00	292.06
8	450–500	478	250.00–270.00	259.84
5	500–550	525	230.00–245.00	235.83
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	340.00–360.00	350.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	262	500.00–520.00	508.55
12	300–350	320	430.00–470.00	450.94
7	350–400	359	420.00–450.00	433.06
9	400–450	418	400.00–430.00	413.07
8	450–500	458	335.00–380.00	357.13
8	500–550	515	320.00–350.00	334.85
12	550–600	580	300.00–330.00	314.74
7	600–650	608	290.00–315.00	308.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	385.00–410.00	399.44
7	350–400	364	380.00–400.00	388.84
14	400–450	423	330.00–385.00	356.69
6	450–500	470	300.00–320.00	309.79
6	500–550	518	290.00–300.00	294.93
4	550–600	568	275.00–290.00	282.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,501	140.00–156.00	148.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,145	120.00–124.00	122.12
20	—	1,066	108.00–117.00	113.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,078	103.00–108.00	105.70

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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