Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $331.45/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$331.45

75 head · 419 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$60.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.02

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	402	353.22	1,420	48
Medium and Large 2	449	292.76	1,315	27

One grade step is worth $60.46/cwt here — about $106 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 sale75 hd

331.45

—

FL average7 barns · 419 hd

322.43

+9.02

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	1,447	123.06	1,781	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,122	112.69	1,264	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	988	95.25	941	13

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	—	428	275.18/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	295.92/cwt	285.00–310.00	965	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	284.70/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,076	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	245.70/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,047	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	271.05/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	249.73/cwt	240.00–260.00	936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	393.20/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,294	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	297.37/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,258	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	294.66/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	253.55/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,440	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	375.51/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,382	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	319.81/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,490	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	334.82/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,390	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	329.83/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,174	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	273.46/cwt	265.00–280.00	872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	327.02/cwt	315.00–340.00	850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	271.83/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	277.15/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	270.29/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,392	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	348.07/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	247.62/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,196	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	254.11/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,306	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	423.12/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,181	7
Bulls	—	—	1,353	118.99/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,610	5
Bulls	—	—	1,565	128.15/cwt	126.00–130.00	2,006	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	117.76/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,519	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	95.25/cwt	91.00–100.00	941	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	111.21/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,193	24

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 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 839Last week 916Year ago 823

Slaughter CattleReceipts 326Last week 412Year ago 275

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	265.00–285.00	275.18
9	—	326	285.00–310.00	295.92
12	—	378	270.00–300.00	284.70
5	—	456	265.00–275.00	271.05
6	—	260	315.00–340.00	327.02
5	—	514	245.00–260.00	254.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	240.00–255.00	245.70
4	—	375	240.00–260.00	249.73
7	—	319	265.00–280.00	273.46
4	—	483	240.00–255.00	247.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	329	385.00–405.00	393.20
4	—	518	285.00–305.00	294.66
10	—	368	360.00–390.00	375.51
5	—	466	305.00–330.00	319.81
10	—	415	320.00–350.00	334.82
5	—	563	260.00–280.00	271.83
7	—	279	410.00–440.00	423.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	290.00–305.00	297.37
4	—	568	250.00–257.00	253.55
5	—	356	320.00–345.00	329.83
5	—	469	265.00–285.00	277.15
6	—	515	260.00–280.00	270.29
3	—	315	340.00–365.00	348.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,353	115.00–122.00	118.99
4	—	1,565	126.00–130.00	128.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,290	116.00–120.00	117.76
24	—	1,073	106.00–114.00	111.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	988	91.00–100.00	95.25

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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