Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $292.26/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$292.26

77 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$37.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.10

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	431	307.54	1,327	46
Medium and Large 2	452	269.60	1,219	31

One grade step is worth $37.94/cwt here — about $108 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 sale77 hd

292.26

—

FL average4 barns · 193 hd

291.17

+1.10

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	1,736	121.11	2,102	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,286	104.48	1,344	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,208	86.82	1,049	4thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	316.22/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,300	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	330.31/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	243.27/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,362	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	268.95/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,253	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	262.25/cwt	255.00–270.00	978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	225.87/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,272	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	244.21/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,121	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	274.60/cwt	265.00–285.00	859	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	232.57/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,174	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	249.39/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,025	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	287.17/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	305.31/cwt	295.00–315.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	359.29/cwt	345.00–375.00	945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	345.23/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,132	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	262.60/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	241.21/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	228.32/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,062	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	245.81/cwt	240.00–250.00	944	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	273.40/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,159	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	249.91/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,325	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	273.19/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,388	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	299.73/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	251.29/cwt	245.00–260.00	779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	217.93/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,157	5
Bulls	—	—	1,736	121.11/cwt	120.00–124.00	2,102	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	107.18/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,436	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	86.82/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,049	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	99.41/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,179	8

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 Jan 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 901Last week 0Year ago 1,031

Slaughter CattleReceipts 184Last week 517Year ago 382

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	411	300.00–330.00	316.22
10	—	368	315.00–345.00	330.31
4	—	263	345.00–375.00	359.29
4	—	328	335.00–355.00	345.23
4	—	568	255.00–270.00	262.60
4	—	628	240.00–245.00	241.21
5	—	508	265.00–285.00	273.19
6	—	463	290.00–310.00	299.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	240.00–250.00	243.27
5	—	466	265.00–275.00	268.95
4	—	375	275.00–300.00	287.17
4	—	325	295.00–315.00	305.31
7	—	424	265.00–285.00	273.40
8	—	530	245.00–255.00	249.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	255.00–270.00	262.25
6	—	563	220.00–232.00	225.87
7	—	459	240.00–250.00	244.21
8	—	313	265.00–285.00	274.60
8	—	505	225.00–240.00	232.57
11	—	411	240.00–260.00	249.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	220.00–237.00	228.32
7	—	384	240.00–250.00	245.81
5	—	310	245.00–260.00	251.29
5	—	531	212.00–222.00	217.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,736	120.00–124.00	121.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,340	104.00–111.00	107.18
8	—	1,186	93.00–101.00	99.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,208	85.00–91.00	86.82

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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