Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-16

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $250.73/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$250.73

69 head · 394 lb average

Value per head Derived

$987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$30.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.47

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	397	257.84	1,023	42
Medium and Large 2	388	243.89	945	20
Medium and Large 3	394	227.64	896	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.19/cwt here — about $127 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

250.73

—

FL average8 barns · 641 hd

234.26

+16.47

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	1,657	117.18	1,942	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,231	96.05	1,183	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	86.63	928	8thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	321	276.96/cwt	270.00–285.00	889	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	267.34/cwt	260.00–275.00	957	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	322.74/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,201	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	247.38/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	234.60/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,119	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	256.17/cwt	250.00–265.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	293.45/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	275.16/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,260	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	224.63/cwt	220.00–227.00	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	244.91/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	246.63/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,164	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	339.55/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,121	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	304.73/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,274	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	261.19/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,335	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	229.97/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	229.90/cwt	225.00–235.00	846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	360.57/cwt	345.00–375.00	956	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	247.30/cwt	240.00–255.00	915	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	252.41/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,022	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	234.88/cwt	230.00–240.00	986	6
Bulls	—	—	1,589	114.51/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,820	8
Bulls	—	—	1,793	122.52/cwt	121.00–124.00	2,197	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	104.15/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,203	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	86.63/cwt	84.00–89.00	928	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	94.18/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,176	13

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 Oct 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,044Last week 1,026Year ago 1,243

Slaughter CattleReceipts 294Last week 273Year ago 219

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
9	—	321	270.00–285.00	276.96
10	—	358	260.00–275.00	267.34
6	—	458	240.00–255.00	247.38
5	—	517	225.00–237.00	229.97
12	—	405	245.00–260.00	252.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	230.00–237.00	234.60
5	—	316	250.00–265.00	256.17
6	—	370	240.00–255.00	247.30
6	—	420	230.00–240.00	234.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	220.00–227.00	224.63
4	—	368	225.00–235.00	229.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	372	310.00–340.00	322.74
8	—	458	265.00–285.00	275.16
4	—	560	240.00–250.00	244.91
8	—	330	325.00–355.00	339.55
8	—	418	290.00–320.00	304.73
7	—	511	250.00–270.00	261.19
4	—	265	345.00–375.00	360.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	290.00–300.00	293.45
5	—	472	240.00–257.00	246.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,589	110.00–119.00	114.51
4	—	1,793	121.00–124.00	122.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	103.00–106.00	104.15
13	—	1,249	91.00–100.00	94.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,071	84.00–89.00	86.63

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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