Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-13

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 $230.69/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$230.69

68 head · 387 lb average

Value per head Derived

$893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$46.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.58

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	241.89	931	40
Medium and Large 2	393	217.02	853	25
Medium and Large 3	365	195.27	713	3thin

One grade step is worth $46.62/cwt here — about $218 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 sale68 hd

230.69

—

FL average6 barns · 339 hd

229.11

+1.58

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	1,438	116.58	1,676	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	99.73	1,194	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	86.56	952	15

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	463	200.89/cwt	197.00–205.00	930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	220.36/cwt	210.00–230.00	696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	216.73/cwt	210.00–220.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	175.30/cwt	172.00–177.00	929	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	192.59/cwt	190.00–195.00	809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	209.09/cwt	205.00–215.00	870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	234.33/cwt	225.00–240.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	257.62/cwt	245.00–275.00	814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	213.80/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,107	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	244.48/cwt	230.00–260.00	887	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	201.60/cwt	195.00–205.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	209.94/cwt	205.00–215.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	274	232.70/cwt	220.00–240.00	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	271.17/cwt	255.00–285.00	719	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	187.54/cwt	185.00–190.00	868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	225.27/cwt	215.00–235.00	638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	195.27/cwt	190.00–205.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	223.27/cwt	215.00–232.00	1,045	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	199.12/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,025	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	232.63/cwt	225.00–240.00	972	6
Bulls	—	—	1,483	113.68/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,686	6
Bulls	—	—	1,347	122.39/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,649	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	104.70/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,321	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	86.56/cwt	84.00–90.00	952	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	94.99/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,078	21

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 Mar 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 622Year ago 313

Slaughter CattleReceipts 249Last week 218Year ago 208

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	—	463	197.00–205.00	200.89
11	—	316	210.00–230.00	220.36
5	—	416	205.00–215.00	209.09
6	—	283	215.00–235.00	225.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	172.00–177.00	175.30
4	—	420	190.00–195.00	192.59
4	—	463	185.00–190.00	187.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	210.00–220.00	216.73
5	—	328	225.00–240.00	234.33
3	—	475	195.00–205.00	201.60
4	—	430	205.00–215.00	209.94
5	—	274	220.00–240.00	232.70
5	—	515	195.00–205.00	199.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	316	245.00–275.00	257.62
6	—	518	208.00–220.00	213.80
8	—	363	230.00–260.00	244.48
7	—	265	255.00–285.00	271.17
6	—	468	215.00–232.00	223.27
6	—	418	225.00–240.00	232.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	190.00–205.00	195.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,483	110.00–118.00	113.68
3	—	1,347	120.00–126.00	122.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,262	101.00–109.00	104.70
21	—	1,135	92.00–99.00	94.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,100	84.00–90.00	86.56

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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