Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-01

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 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $247.48/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$247.48

59 head · 373 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$13.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.34

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	386	250.04	964	48
Medium and Large 2	318	236.30	752	11thin

One grade step is worth $13.74/cwt here — about $212 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 sale59 hd

247.48

—

FL average8 barns · 356 hd

233.14

+14.34

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	1,508	118.69	1,790	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,151	100.12	1,152	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	87.15	907	14

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	—	530	196.73/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,043	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	212.06/cwt	205.00–217.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	229.91/cwt	225.00–235.00	655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	203.55/cwt	201.00–206.00	947	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	209.18/cwt	205.00–212.00	841	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	228.71/cwt	222.00–237.00	734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	245.41/cwt	230.00–260.00	682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	281.02/cwt	270.00–295.00	753	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	222.25/cwt	220.00–227.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	248.15/cwt	240.00–257.00	906	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	237.73/cwt	230.00–245.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	220.38/cwt	215.00–225.00	796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	214.07/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,231	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	236.94/cwt	230.00–247.00	995	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	232.11/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,075	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	264.61/cwt	255.00–275.00	855	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	223.05/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	198.11/cwt	195.00–201.00	842	6
Bulls	—	—	1,340	114.27/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,531	2
Bulls	—	—	1,620	121.63/cwt	121.00–123.00	1,970	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	96.91/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,076	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	104.24/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,255	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	87.15/cwt	85.00–92.00	907	14

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 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 612Last week 911Year ago 594

Slaughter CattleReceipts 302Last week 272Year ago 292

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	190.00–200.00	196.73
4	—	285	225.00–235.00	229.91
4	—	465	201.00–206.00	203.55
5	—	402	205.00–212.00	209.18
7	—	321	222.00–237.00	228.71
9	—	361	215.00–225.00	220.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	316	205.00–217.00	212.06
6	—	425	195.00–201.00	198.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	278	230.00–260.00	245.41
3	—	363	220.00–227.00	222.25
4	—	325	230.00–245.00	237.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	268	270.00–295.00	281.02
8	—	365	240.00–257.00	248.15
4	—	575	210.00–218.00	214.07
7	—	420	230.00–247.00	236.94
7	—	463	225.00–241.00	232.11
8	—	323	255.00–275.00	264.61
3	—	527	215.00–227.00	223.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	110.00–118.00	114.27
3	—	1,620	121.00–123.00	121.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,110	94.00–100.00	96.91
14	—	1,204	102.00–107.00	104.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,041	85.00–92.00	87.15

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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