Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2022-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.96/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$192.96

116 head · 396 lb average

Value per head Derived

$764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$50.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.23

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	385	201.71	777	77
Medium and Large 2	413	177.01	732	37
Medium and Large 3	478	150.94	721	2thin

One grade step is worth $50.77/cwt here — about $56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale116 hd

192.96

—

FL average9 barns · 544 hd

188.72

+4.23

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	1,730	106.89	1,849	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	73.46	852	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	63.61	667	9thin

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)

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	—	568	132.58/cwt	130.00–135.00	753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	159.94/cwt	155.00–165.00	664	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	137.29/cwt	135.00–142.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	121.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	147.05/cwt	145.00–150.00	538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	141.12/cwt	135.00–145.00	727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	161.91/cwt	160.00–165.00	848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	179.73/cwt	175.00–185.00	665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	185.19/cwt	180.00–190.00	876	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	177.21/cwt	172.00–182.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	169.24/cwt	165.00–175.00	799	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	261	195.86/cwt	190.00–205.00	511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	193.18/cwt	187.00–199.00	817	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	174.93/cwt	170.00–180.00	906	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	225.37/cwt	215.00–237.00	615	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	219.52/cwt	210.00–230.00	691	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	157.54/cwt	155.00–160.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	167.53/cwt	165.00–170.00	943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	195.20/cwt	190.00–200.00	611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	150.94/cwt	147.00–155.00	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	144.89/cwt	140.00–150.00	475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	160.17/cwt	155.00–165.00	589	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	211	238.74/cwt	230.00–245.00	504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	175.15/cwt	167.00–182.00	461	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	156.70/cwt	155.00–160.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	143.40/cwt	140.00–147.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	150.08/cwt	145.00–155.00	702	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	170.19/cwt	165.00–175.00	550	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	199.01/cwt	190.00–210.00	748	17
Bulls	—	—	1,873	116.55/cwt	111.00–119.00	2,183	3
Bulls	—	—	1,515	92.39/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,400	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	71.00/cwt	68.00–73.00	882	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	75.68/cwt	74.00–77.00	821	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	63.61/cwt	61.00–67.00	667	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 (Mon)

Mon Jan 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 873Last week 657Year ago 773

Slaughter CattleReceipts 246Last week 144Year ago 231

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	130.00–135.00	132.58
10	—	415	155.00–165.00	159.94
5	—	515	135.00–145.00	141.12
10	—	368	155.00–165.00	160.17
7	—	263	167.00–182.00	175.15
8	—	468	145.00–155.00	150.08
12	—	323	165.00–175.00	170.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	135.00–142.00	137.29
4	—	328	140.00–150.00	144.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	120.00–125.00	121.62
5	—	366	145.00–150.00	147.05
3	—	318	155.00–160.00	156.70
2	—	423	140.00–147.00	143.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	160.00–165.00	161.91
6	—	370	175.00–185.00	179.73
6	—	418	172.00–182.00	177.21
9	—	472	165.00–175.00	169.24
5	—	261	190.00–205.00	195.86
2	—	570	155.00–160.00	157.54
4	—	313	190.00–200.00	195.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	473	180.00–190.00	185.19
10	—	423	187.00–199.00	193.18
8	—	518	170.00–180.00	174.93
9	—	273	215.00–237.00	225.37
14	—	315	210.00–230.00	219.52
4	—	563	165.00–170.00	167.53
5	—	211	230.00–245.00	238.74
17	—	376	190.00–210.00	199.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	147.00–155.00	150.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,873	111.00–119.00	116.55
2	—	1,515	90.00–94.00	92.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,242	68.00–73.00	71.00
21	—	1,085	74.00–77.00	75.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,048	61.00–67.00	63.61

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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