Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2022-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.87/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$175.87

47 head · 392 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.18

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	389	177.68	692	32
Medium and Large 1	520	173.31	901	3thin
Medium and Large 3	367	171.68	630	12thin

One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $62 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 sale47 hd

175.87

—

FL average9 barns · 543 hd

169.69

+6.18

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	1,524	105.00	1,600	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,263	83.89	1,060	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	74.82	762	12

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	515	135.98/cwt	135.00–137.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	155.86/cwt	150.00–160.00	415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	149.05/cwt	143.00–152.00	562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	279	195.05/cwt	185.00–202.00	544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	186.73/cwt	182.00–192.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	159.81/cwt	155.00–162.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	172.96/cwt	170.00–177.00	720	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	161.88/cwt	157.00–167.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	167.46/cwt	165.00–170.00	767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	139.97/cwt	137.00–143.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	151.98/cwt	150.00–154.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	141.64/cwt	140.00–145.00	591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	162.39/cwt	160.00–167.00	674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	177.64/cwt	175.00–180.00	574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	179.43/cwt	177.00–182.00	655	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	156.64/cwt	153.00–160.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	153.93/cwt	150.00–158.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	169.47/cwt	165.00–172.00	530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	172.48/cwt	170.00–174.00	643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	173.31/cwt	172.00–174.00	901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	147.25/cwt	142.00–150.00	449	3
Bulls	—	—	1,683	108.70/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,829	4
Bulls	—	—	1,312	100.06/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,313	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	86.67/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,122	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	80.89/cwt	78.00–83.00	995	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	74.82/cwt	71.00–77.00	762	12

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 May 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 546Last week 475Year ago 843

Slaughter CattleReceipts 294Last week 245Year ago 266

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	135.00–137.00	135.98
3	—	373	155.00–162.00	159.81
4	—	465	150.00–154.00	151.98
4	—	428	150.00–158.00	153.93
3	—	313	165.00–172.00	169.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	266	150.00–160.00	155.86
3	—	377	143.00–152.00	149.05
2	—	470	137.00–143.00	139.97
3	—	417	140.00–145.00	141.64
4	—	323	153.00–160.00	156.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	305	142.00–150.00	147.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	279	185.00–202.00	195.05
4	—	323	182.00–192.00	186.73
7	—	416	170.00–177.00	172.96
4	—	528	157.00–167.00	161.88
4	—	458	165.00–170.00	167.46
8	—	365	177.00–182.00	179.43
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	160.00–167.00	162.39
4	—	323	175.00–180.00	177.64
5	—	373	170.00–174.00	172.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	172.00–174.00	173.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,683	105.00–110.00	108.70
3	—	1,312	98.00–101.00	100.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,294	85.00–90.00	86.67
13	—	1,230	78.00–83.00	80.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,019	71.00–77.00	74.82

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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