Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2022-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-25

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 $169.79/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$169.79

69 head · 415 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$8.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.10

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	385	172.55	664	34
Medium and Large 1	483	168.91	817	22
Medium and Large 3	377	164.03	619	13thin

One grade step is worth $8.52/cwt here — about $45 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 sale69 hd

169.79

—

FL average9 barns · 820 hd

164.69

+5.10

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	1,543	95.43	1,472	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	75.89	901	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	68.77	748	29

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	420	150.37/cwt	147.00–152.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	135.44/cwt	134.00–137.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	138.03/cwt	135.00–140.00	643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	151.73/cwt	147.00–155.00	572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	407	127.41/cwt	125.00–132.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	154.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	480	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	183.40/cwt	180.00–185.00	495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	157.39/cwt	155.00–160.00	740	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	148.41/cwt	145.00–152.00	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	176.25/cwt	172.00–179.00	557	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	175.21/cwt	170.00–180.00	640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	185.67/cwt	180.00–190.00	590	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	175.15/cwt	171.00–181.00	718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	170.40/cwt	167.00–172.00	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	154.75/cwt	150.00–157.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	167.04/cwt	165.00–170.00	695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	138.86/cwt	135.00–145.00	590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	187.57/cwt	185.00–190.00	685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	152.19/cwt	150.00–157.00	945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	161.74/cwt	160.00–165.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	161.63/cwt	157.00–164.00	913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	164.38/cwt	162.00–167.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	168.09/cwt	165.00–170.00	538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	145.65/cwt	142.00–148.00	669	5
Bulls	—	—	1,543	95.43/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,472	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	75.65/cwt	73.00–79.00	889	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	80.51/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,139	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	68.77/cwt	65.00–72.00	748	29

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 Jul 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 855Year ago 1,182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 235Last week 441Year ago 314

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
3	—	420	147.00–152.00	150.37
4	—	520	134.00–137.00	135.44
5	—	320	165.00–170.00	168.09
5	—	459	142.00–148.00	145.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	135.00–140.00	138.03
7	—	377	147.00–155.00	151.73
4	—	310	150.00–160.00	154.84
5	—	425	135.00–145.00	138.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	125.00–132.00	127.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	180.00–185.00	183.40
6	—	470	155.00–160.00	157.39
8	—	365	170.00–180.00	175.21
9	—	318	180.00–190.00	185.67
3	—	530	150.00–157.00	154.75
5	—	416	165.00–170.00	167.04
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	145.00–152.00	148.41
5	—	316	172.00–179.00	176.25
4	—	368	162.00–167.00	164.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	171.00–181.00	175.15
3	—	470	167.00–172.00	170.40
4	—	365	185.00–190.00	187.57
4	—	621	150.00–157.00	152.19
3	—	512	160.00–165.00	161.74
3	—	565	157.00–164.00	161.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	94.00–97.00	95.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,175	73.00–79.00	75.65
2	—	1,415	80.00–81.00	80.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,088	65.00–72.00	68.77

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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