Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2023-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $274.01/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$274.01

83 head · 395 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$33.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.55

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	409	288.30	1,178	38
Medium and Large 2	392	266.35	1,044	28
Medium and Large 3	370	254.70	943	17thin

One grade step is worth $33.60/cwt here — about $235 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 sale83 hd

274.01

—

FL average3 barns · 177 hd

264.46

+9.55

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	1,598	111.13	1,776	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	92.72	1,128	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	79.22	883	9thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	358	250.10/cwt	245.00–255.00	895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	253.41/cwt	245.00–260.00	813	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	254.66/cwt	245.00–265.00	924	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	219.92/cwt	217.00–223.00	1,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	234.07/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,072	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	204.88/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	280.12/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,162	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	325.45/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,074	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	252.32/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,060	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	267.21/cwt	260.00–275.00	876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	247.46/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,294	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	260.05/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,194	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	246.57/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	334.86/cwt	330.00–340.00	897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	229.76/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	230.08/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,199	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	280.20/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,073	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	295.70/cwt	280.00–310.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	289.70/cwt	280.00–300.00	956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	242.53/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,390	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	238.07/cwt	235.00–240.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	237.47/cwt	235.00–240.00	997	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	309.66/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	232.09/cwt	230.00–235.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	200.91/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,131	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	224.52/cwt	220.00–230.00	936	7
Bulls	—	—	1,644	113.81/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,871	10
Bulls	—	—	1,483	104.44/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,549	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,414	101.90/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,441	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	79.22/cwt	75.00–82.00	883	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	90.73/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,065	23

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 Nov 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 989Last week 1,138Year ago 1,313

Slaughter CattleReceipts 348Last week 303Year ago 269

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	245.00–255.00	250.10
4	—	458	230.00–238.00	234.07
6	—	420	235.00–240.00	237.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	321	245.00–260.00	253.41
4	—	463	217.00–223.00	219.92
4	—	513	200.00–210.00	204.88
5	—	367	235.00–240.00	238.07
5	—	563	195.00–205.00	200.91
7	—	417	220.00–230.00	224.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	230.00–235.00	232.09
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	363	245.00–265.00	254.66
6	—	328	260.00–275.00	267.21
3	—	473	227.00–235.00	229.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	270.00–290.00	280.12
5	—	330	310.00–335.00	325.45
4	—	523	245.00–250.00	247.46
7	—	459	255.00–267.00	260.05
6	—	268	330.00–340.00	334.86
4	—	573	240.00–245.00	242.53
6	—	363	300.00–320.00	309.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	245.00–260.00	252.32
3	—	462	240.00–250.00	246.57
5	—	521	220.00–237.00	230.08
4	—	383	270.00–290.00	280.20
6	—	268	280.00–310.00	295.70
4	—	330	280.00–300.00	289.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,644	107.00–117.00	113.81
4	—	1,483	103.00–106.00	104.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,414	101.00–106.00	101.90
23	—	1,174	84.00–94.00	90.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,115	75.00–82.00	79.22

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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