Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-26

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 $263.91/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$263.91

82 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$31.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.11

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	399	274.29	1,095	55
Medium and Large 2	411	242.76	999	27

One grade step is worth $31.54/cwt here — about $97 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 sale82 hd

263.91

—

FL average8 barns · 476 hd

251.80

+12.11

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	1,727	116.64	2,015	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	104.61	1,242	31

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	380	236.24/cwt	227.00–245.00	898	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	228.74/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,064	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	264.45/cwt	255.00–275.00	727	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	205.89/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,153	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	242.61/cwt	235.00–250.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	234.86/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,019	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	270.29/cwt	260.00–285.00	984	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	325.76/cwt	315.00–335.00	909	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	274.82/cwt	265.00–285.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	280.23/cwt	270.00–290.00	919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	229.70/cwt	220.00–240.00	972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	246.10/cwt	240.00–255.00	908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	232.36/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	310.47/cwt	295.00–325.00	994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	223.66/cwt	215.00–230.00	720	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	206.74/cwt	202.00–210.00	963	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	219.10/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,014	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	217.89/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,231	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	254.74/cwt	240.00–269.00	1,167	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	261.30/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,118	16
Bulls	—	—	1,698	114.98/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,952	11
Bulls	—	—	1,808	121.20/cwt	120.00–125.00	2,191	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	101.54/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,196	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	110.18/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,328	11

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 Jun 26, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 745Last week 589Year ago 693

Slaughter CattleReceipts 262Last week 303Year ago 425

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
8	—	380	227.00–245.00	236.24
10	—	465	221.00–237.00	228.74
4	—	275	255.00–275.00	264.45
4	—	560	200.00–212.00	205.89
6	—	330	235.00–250.00	242.61
7	—	434	225.00–242.00	234.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	215.00–230.00	223.66
5	—	466	202.00–210.00	206.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	364	260.00–285.00	270.29
9	—	279	315.00–335.00	325.76
5	—	528	225.00–237.00	232.36
6	—	320	295.00–325.00	310.47
12	—	458	240.00–269.00	254.74
16	—	428	250.00–273.00	261.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	280	265.00–285.00	274.82
4	—	328	270.00–290.00	280.23
4	—	423	220.00–240.00	229.70
5	—	369	240.00–255.00	246.10
5	—	463	215.00–225.00	219.10
5	—	565	212.00–222.00	217.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,698	112.00–119.00	114.98
4	—	1,808	120.00–125.00	121.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,178	96.00–104.00	101.54
11	—	1,205	108.00–117.00	110.18

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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