Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-03

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 $240.06/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$240.06

63 head · 364 lb average

Value per head Derived

$873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$16.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	375	244.40	918	46
Medium and Large 2	332	228.29	757	17thin

One grade step is worth $16.11/cwt here — about $160 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 sale63 hd

240.06

—

FL average6 barns · 273 hd

236.88

+3.17

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	1,506	109.70	1,652	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	98.65	1,207	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	86.14	899	7thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	270	231.20/cwt	220.00–242.00	624	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	204.73/cwt	201.00–210.00	839	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	189.91/cwt	185.00–195.00	794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	205.77/cwt	200.00–210.00	652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	191.75/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	196.79/cwt	190.00–200.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	210.53/cwt	207.00–215.00	787	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	229.69/cwt	220.00–240.00	735	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	211.20/cwt	207.00–220.00	893	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	245.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	637	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	212.75/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	260.19/cwt	255.00–265.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	232.98/cwt	223.00–247.00	1,116	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	201.60/cwt	195.00–208.00	943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	238.19/cwt	230.00–247.00	988	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	257.88/cwt	250.00–265.00	802	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	244.48/cwt	230.00–260.00	887	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	217.20/cwt	205.00–225.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	230.26/cwt	220.00–235.00	741	3
Bulls	—	—	1,506	109.70/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,652	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	94.55/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,136	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	105.95/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,338	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	86.14/cwt	82.00–90.00	899	7

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 Apr 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 638Last week 726Year ago 605

Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 282Year ago 224

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
10	—	270	220.00–242.00	231.20
5	—	410	201.00–210.00	204.73
3	—	528	185.00–195.00	191.75
7	—	374	207.00–215.00	210.53
8	—	320	220.00–240.00	229.69
4	—	468	195.00–208.00	201.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	185.00–195.00	189.91
5	—	317	200.00–210.00	205.77
3	—	368	190.00–200.00	196.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	207.00–220.00	211.20
6	—	260	240.00–250.00	245.10
5	—	369	205.00–225.00	217.20
3	—	322	220.00–235.00	230.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	205.00–220.00	212.75
6	—	260	255.00–265.00	260.19
7	—	479	223.00–247.00	232.98
6	—	415	230.00–247.00	238.19
11	—	311	250.00–265.00	257.88
12	—	363	230.00–260.00	244.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,506	106.00–116.00	109.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,201	90.00–99.00	94.55
9	—	1,263	101.00–110.00	105.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,044	82.00–90.00	86.14

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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