Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $276.95/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$276.95

87 head · 408 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,131

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$65.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.47

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	405	296.36	1,199	45
Medium and Large 2	414	262.99	1,090	33
Medium and Large 3	404	231.11	933	9thin

One grade step is worth $65.25/cwt here — about $266 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 sale87 hd

276.95

—

FL average8 barns · 685 hd

257.48

+19.47

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	1,326	124.83	1,655	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,161	112.41	1,305	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	94.94	1,057	9thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	240.35/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,113	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	247.73/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,023	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	277.78/cwt	270.00–285.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	210.11/cwt	205.00–215.00	967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	229.94/cwt	225.00–235.00	943	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	224.88/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	225.87/cwt	220.00–235.00	958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	247.21/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	240.87/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,356	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	241.51/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,125	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	283.30/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,164	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	230.12/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	274.39/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	315.34/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,034	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	252.28/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	316.15/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,141	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	262.38/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,236	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	223.40/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	266.70/cwt	255.00–275.00	861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	235.20/cwt	230.00–240.00	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	348.52/cwt	330.00–370.00	941	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	350.48/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,104	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	237.65/cwt	230.00–245.00	898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	255.20/cwt	245.00–265.00	939	6
Bulls	—	—	1,290	121.24/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,564	8
Bulls	—	—	1,468	139.19/cwt	135.00–142.00	2,043	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	105.55/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,221	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	116.99/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,362	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	94.94/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,057	9

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 Aug 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 762Last week 851Year ago 769

Slaughter CattleReceipts 343Last week 213Year ago 243

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	235.00–246.00	240.35
6	—	413	240.00–255.00	247.73
4	—	270	270.00–285.00	277.78
4	—	518	220.00–230.00	224.88
5	—	323	255.00–275.00	266.70
6	—	368	245.00–265.00	255.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	205.00–215.00	210.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	225.00–235.00	229.94
4	—	473	217.00–230.00	223.40
4	—	370	230.00–240.00	235.20
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	220.00–235.00	225.87
4	—	378	230.00–245.00	237.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	240.00–255.00	247.21
4	—	563	235.00–247.00	240.87
7	—	411	270.00–300.00	283.30
9	—	361	300.00–335.00	316.15
9	—	471	255.00–272.00	262.38
6	—	270	330.00–370.00	348.52
6	—	315	335.00–365.00	350.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	237.00–245.00	241.51
4	—	523	225.00–235.00	230.12
12	—	370	260.00–290.00	274.39
4	—	328	300.00–330.00	315.34
6	—	428	245.00–260.00	252.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,290	117.00–126.00	121.24
2	—	1,468	135.00–142.00	139.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,157	102.00–110.00	105.55
24	—	1,164	112.00–124.00	116.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,113	92.00–99.00	94.94

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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