Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. 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 $274.19/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$274.19

69 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,236

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$30.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.88

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	451	281.31	1,268	53
Medium and Large 2	451	250.61	1,131	16thin

One grade step is worth $30.70/cwt here — about $137 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 sale69 hd

274.19

—

FL average8 barns · 591 hd

259.32

+14.88

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	1,537	119.34	1,834	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	104.91	1,240	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	90.18	930	14

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	281	276.74/cwt	265.00–285.00	778	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	262.70/cwt	255.00–275.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	227.27/cwt	220.00–235.00	939	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	228.43/cwt	225.00–232.00	875	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	314.48/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	343.22/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,050	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	284.37/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,189	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	240.45/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,349	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	229.58/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,224	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	275.49/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,011	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	223.45/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,258	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	249.64/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,048	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	268.31/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,277	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	348.69/cwt	330.00–370.00	934	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	235.45/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,443	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	253.70/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	241.10/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	231.66/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,193	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	253.82/cwt	242.00–265.00	926	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	217.55/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	254.64/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,069	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	223.47/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,256	3
Bulls	—	—	1,537	119.34/cwt	109.00–126.00	1,834	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	108.88/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,348	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	100.34/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,122	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	90.18/cwt	88.00–94.00	930	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 Aug 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 867Last week 762Year ago 867

Slaughter CattleReceipts 305Last week 343Year ago 304

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. 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
5	—	281	265.00–285.00	276.74
5	—	322	255.00–275.00	262.70
6	—	563	220.00–227.00	223.45
8	—	420	240.00–260.00	249.64
6	—	458	235.00–247.00	241.10
7	—	515	225.00–237.00	231.66
8	—	365	242.00–265.00	253.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	413	220.00–235.00	227.27
4	—	383	225.00–232.00	228.43
4	—	525	215.00–220.00	217.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	300.00–330.00	314.48
7	—	306	330.00–360.00	343.22
8	—	418	270.00–300.00	284.37
9	—	561	235.00–245.00	240.45
11	—	476	255.00–280.00	268.31
4	—	268	330.00–370.00	348.69
4	—	613	230.00–242.00	235.45
6	—	523	245.00–262.00	253.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	226.00–237.00	229.58
5	—	367	265.00–290.00	275.49
5	—	420	240.00–265.00	254.64
3	—	562	220.00–230.00	223.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,537	109.00–126.00	119.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,238	106.00–113.00	108.88
13	—	1,118	97.00–103.00	100.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,031	88.00–94.00	90.18

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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