Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $364.22/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$364.22

67 head · 389 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$26.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.87

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	393	371.78	1,461	45
Medium and Large 2	385	349.57	1,347	18thin
Medium and Large 3	363	345.17	1,253	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.61/cwt here — about $208 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 sale67 hd

364.22

—

FL average6 barns · 281 hd

342.35

+21.87

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	—	High	1,365	126.28	1,723	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,444	119.18	1,721	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,092	109.01	1,190	9thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	263	344.29/cwt	330.00–360.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	295.45/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,220	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	269.73/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,262	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	292.21/cwt	280.00–305.00	944	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	284.67/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	330.16/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,057	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	297.26/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	453.64/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	324.60/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,519	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	386.41/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,407	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	286.54/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	317.92/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,148	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	380.15/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,254	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	368.37/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,378	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	345.17/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,253	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	344.46/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,447	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	414.53/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,326	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	247.30/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,145	4
Bulls	—	—	1,380	133.02/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,836	3
Bulls	—	—	1,359	123.75/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,682	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,524	114.58/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,746	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	124.35/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,685	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	109.01/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,190	9

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 Feb 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 317Last week 1,108Year ago 723

Slaughter CattleReceipts 136Last week 294Year ago 204

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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
4	—	263	330.00–360.00	344.29
12	—	413	280.00–310.00	295.45
6	—	468	260.00–280.00	269.73
10	—	320	320.00–340.00	330.16
11	—	361	310.00–325.00	317.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	280.00–305.00	292.21
4	—	378	275.00–295.00	284.67
4	—	463	240.00–255.00	247.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	285.00–310.00	297.26
8	—	275	430.00–480.00	453.64
8	—	468	310.00–340.00	324.60
9	—	364	380.00–395.00	386.41
8	—	420	330.00–360.00	344.46
6	—	320	400.00–430.00	414.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	275.00–305.00	286.54
6	—	330	370.00–390.00	380.15
7	—	374	360.00–375.00	368.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	340.00–350.00	345.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,380	132.00–135.00	133.02
8	—	1,359	118.00–129.00	123.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,524	111.00–118.00	114.58
16	—	1,355	121.00–130.00	124.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,092	105.00–115.00	109.01

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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