Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $291.51/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$291.51

94 head · 405 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$45.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.21

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	390	308.96	1,205	58
Medium and Large 2	430	263.40	1,132	36

One grade step is worth $45.56/cwt here — about $72 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 sale94 hd

291.51

—

FL average8 barns · 534 hd

273.30

+18.21

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	1,541	118.56	1,828	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	102.04	1,207	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,094	92.29	1,010	7thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	368	263.25/cwt	255.00–270.00	969	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	275.59/cwt	270.00–280.00	843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	233.26/cwt	230.00–240.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	232.83/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,222	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	249.84/cwt	245.00–255.00	799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	284.71/cwt	275.00–295.00	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	235.09/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	318.54/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,159	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	334.76/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,048	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	247.56/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,394	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	265.78/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	248.36/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,162	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	240.36/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	298.00/cwt	285.00–310.00	933	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	228.60/cwt	225.00–232.00	967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	244.15/cwt	235.00–250.00	901	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	286.67/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,032	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	276.64/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	349.62/cwt	330.00–370.00	926	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	305.48/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,283	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	249.36/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,165	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	251.87/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,040	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	260.44/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,102	12
Bulls	—	—	1,593	120.85/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,925	8
Bulls	—	—	1,335	109.42/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,461	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	98.99/cwt	94.00–108.00	1,155	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	107.89/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,309	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	92.29/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,010	7

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 Sep 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 870Last week 1,239Year ago 640

Slaughter CattleReceipts 288Last week 254Year ago 181

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. 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
15	—	368	255.00–270.00	263.25
7	—	306	270.00–280.00	275.59
7	—	525	225.00–244.00	232.83
4	—	258	275.00–295.00	284.71
7	—	467	240.00–257.00	249.36
8	—	413	245.00–259.00	251.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	230.00–240.00	233.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	245.00–255.00	249.84
4	—	423	225.00–232.00	228.60
5	—	369	235.00–250.00	244.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	230.00–240.00	235.09
4	—	468	240.00–257.00	248.36
5	—	522	230.00–247.00	240.36
6	—	313	285.00–310.00	298.00
5	—	360	275.00–295.00	286.67
12	—	423	245.00–275.00	260.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	364	305.00–335.00	318.54
10	—	313	325.00–345.00	334.76
4	—	563	245.00–250.00	247.56
4	—	513	257.00–275.00	265.78
9	—	468	265.00–290.00	276.64
10	—	265	330.00–370.00	349.62
12	—	420	295.00–315.00	305.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,593	115.00–126.00	120.85
2	—	1,335	108.00–111.00	109.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,167	94.00–108.00	98.99
12	—	1,213	105.00–115.00	107.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,094	91.00–93.00	92.29

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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