Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $298.82/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$298.82

58 head · 391 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,169

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$25.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.18

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	389	310.41	1,206	32
Medium and Large 2	395	284.56	1,123	26

One grade step is worth $25.85/cwt here — about $83 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 sale58 hd

298.82

—

FL average6 barns · 379 hd

296.64

+2.18

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	1,481	134.29	1,989	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,115	122.65	1,367	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	104.80	1,094	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	—	475	284.89/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,353	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	354.18/cwt	350.00–360.00	931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	308.75/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,254	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	269.83/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,168	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	293.31/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,118	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	264.89/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,232	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	329.67/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,516	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	380.07/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	347.75/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,297	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	384.22/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,276	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	354.73/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,483	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	410.34/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,338	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	305.83/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	295.16/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,381	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	264.12/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,347	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	303.29/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	394.86/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,441	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	319.59/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,182	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	303.87/cwt	295.00–315.00	985	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	325.78/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,049	5
Bulls	—	—	1,358	127.43/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,730	4
Bulls	—	—	1,580	139.77/cwt	138.00–145.00	2,208	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	129.82/cwt	124.00–136.00	1,501	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	104.80/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,094	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	115.49/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,239	20

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 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 771Last week 317Year ago 630

Slaughter CattleReceipts 397Last week 136Year ago 339

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady 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	—	475	280.00–290.00	284.89
5	—	263	350.00–360.00	354.18
5	—	510	260.00–270.00	264.12
5	—	420	295.00–315.00	303.29
8	—	370	310.00–330.00	319.59
5	—	322	320.00–335.00	325.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	433	260.00–280.00	269.83
7	—	381	285.00–305.00	293.31
4	—	465	260.00–270.00	264.89
7	—	324	295.00–315.00	303.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	406	300.00–320.00	308.75
4	—	380	375.00–385.00	380.07
5	—	332	375.00–390.00	384.22
4	—	468	285.00–305.00	295.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	315.00–340.00	329.67
6	—	418	340.00–370.00	354.73
7	—	326	400.00–425.00	410.34
5	—	530	300.00–315.00	305.83
6	—	365	390.00–400.00	394.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	340.00–355.00	347.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,358	123.00–135.00	127.43
5	—	1,580	138.00–145.00	139.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,156	124.00–136.00	129.82
20	—	1,073	110.00–122.00	115.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,044	101.00–110.00	104.80

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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