Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-25

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 $283.19/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$283.19

89 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$35.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.61

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	427	296.48	1,267	56
Medium and Large 3	367	261.29	959	5thin
Medium and Large 2	454	260.54	1,182	28

One grade step is worth $35.94/cwt here — about $85 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 sale89 hd

283.19

—

FL average7 barns · 602 hd

269.59

+13.61

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	1,505	121.94	1,835	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,163	97.34	1,132	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	83.21	905	12

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	612	224.32/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	236.71/cwt	227.00–247.00	1,231	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	276.25/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,008	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	227.70/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,054	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	256.98/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,074	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	248.32/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,180	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	310.14/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,148	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	261.29/cwt	255.00–270.00	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	254.65/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	280.37/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,312	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	263.78/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,353	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	256	353.04/cwt	340.00–370.00	904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	293.68/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,084	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	233.35/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,330	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	251.56/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,419	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	214.88/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	276.95/cwt	265.00–295.00	895	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	225.95/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	235.86/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,231	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	240.66/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	295.57/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,230	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	252.73/cwt	245.00–260.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	238.44/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	255.27/cwt	245.00–265.00	932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	347.07/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,069	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	253.20/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,198	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	289.72/cwt	280.00–300.00	791	6
Bulls	—	—	1,362	118.87/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,619	7
Bulls	—	—	1,705	126.23/cwt	125.00–128.00	2,152	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	107.17/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,343	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	95.98/cwt	92.00–102.00	1,105	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	83.21/cwt	81.00–88.00	905	12

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 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 825Last week 870Year ago 640

Slaughter CattleReceipts 275Last week 288Year 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
3	—	612	223.00–225.00	224.32
8	—	520	227.00–247.00	236.71
14	—	365	267.00–285.00	276.25
8	—	418	245.00–270.00	256.98
14	—	475	240.00–257.00	248.32
7	—	323	265.00–295.00	276.95
4	—	568	222.00–230.00	225.95
6	—	273	280.00–300.00	289.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	220.00–235.00	227.70
4	—	513	210.00–220.00	214.88
4	—	325	245.00–260.00	252.73
6	—	428	235.00–242.00	238.44
4	—	365	245.00–265.00	255.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	305.00–315.00	310.14
8	—	468	270.00–290.00	280.37
8	—	513	252.00–275.00	263.78
9	—	256	340.00–370.00	353.04
9	—	564	245.00–257.00	251.56
3	—	613	240.00–242.00	240.66
7	—	416	285.00–310.00	295.57
8	—	308	330.00–365.00	347.07
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	255.00–270.00	261.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	245.00–270.00	254.65
9	—	369	285.00–300.00	293.68
4	—	570	225.00–242.00	233.35
5	—	522	230.00–245.00	235.86
5	—	473	245.00–265.00	253.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,362	115.00–122.00	118.87
5	—	1,705	125.00–128.00	126.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	104.00–113.00	107.17
29	—	1,151	92.00–102.00	95.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,088	81.00–88.00	83.21

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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