Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $240.44/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$240.44

43 head · 398 lb average

Value per head Derived

$956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$15.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	411	245.84	1,009	28
Medium and Large 2	373	230.35	860	15thin

One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $149 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 sale43 hd

240.44

—

FL average7 barns · 209 hd

236.93

+3.51

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	1,638	120.72	1,977	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	103.75	1,225	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	970	89.02	863	3thin

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	—	410	213.50/cwt	210.00–220.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	198.06/cwt	190.00–202.00	826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	182.30/cwt	180.00–187.00	942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	233.89/cwt	230.00–240.00	769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	220.76/cwt	212.00–230.00	839	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	195.14/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,024	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	220.09/cwt	215.00–225.00	920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	199.10/cwt	195.00–207.00	1,039	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	254.53/cwt	245.00–265.00	682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	218.31/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	239.88/cwt	235.00–245.00	775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	191.10/cwt	185.00–195.00	892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	214.85/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,199	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	267.85/cwt	260.00–280.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	249.82/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,019	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	253.26/cwt	242.00–265.00	919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	239.93/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,087	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	204.92/cwt	200.00–210.00	969	4
Bulls	—	—	1,468	110.26/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,619	2
Bulls	—	—	1,808	131.17/cwt	130.00–132.00	2,372	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	97.89/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,101	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	108.82/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,337	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	89.02/cwt	86.00–94.00	863	3

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 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 338Last week 638Year ago 411

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 213Year ago 193

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	210.00–220.00	213.50
5	—	329	230.00–240.00	233.89
10	—	380	212.00–230.00	220.76
8	—	525	190.00–200.00	195.14
4	—	473	200.00–210.00	204.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	190.00–202.00	198.06
3	—	517	180.00–187.00	182.30
5	—	467	185.00–195.00	191.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	215.00–225.00	220.09
3	—	522	195.00–207.00	199.10
4	—	268	245.00–265.00	254.53
4	—	323	235.00–245.00	239.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	215.00–220.00	218.31
3	—	558	205.00–220.00	214.85
5	—	311	260.00–280.00	267.85
6	—	408	240.00–260.00	249.82
8	—	363	242.00–265.00	253.26
3	—	453	230.00–245.00	239.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	108.00–113.00	110.26
2	—	1,808	130.00–132.00	131.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,125	94.00–102.00	97.89
15	—	1,229	105.00–112.00	108.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	86.00–94.00	89.02

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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