Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.78/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −142.00 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$296.78

7 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$30.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

vs FL average

−16.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	309.71	1,610	4thin
Medium and Large 2	512	279.54	1,431	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $482.99, low $369.20, median $438.78 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

296.78

—

FL average3 barns · 18 hd

292.28

+4.50

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−16.22

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−142.00

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	1,656	139.08	2,302	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,101	129.39	1,425	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	110.56	1,183	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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	110.56/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,183	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	123.66/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,331	11
Bulls	—	—	1,423	133.20/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,895	3
Bulls	—	—	1,888	144.96/cwt	143.00–146.00	2,737	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	133.60/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,496	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	307.71/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,108	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	283.29/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,317	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	267.72/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	309.71/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	261.69/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,356	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	282.38/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,336	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	357.39/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	329.76/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,049	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	282.29/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	317.25/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	386.78/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,273	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	266.52/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	279.54/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	316.55/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,301	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	391.80/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,395	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	365.27/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,351	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	409.69/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,331	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	434.45/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,195	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	287.37/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,244	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	302.36/cwt	290.00–310.00	998	5

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 Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 515Last week 771Year ago 622

Slaughter CattleReceipts 191Last week 397Year ago 218

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,070	107.00–115.00	110.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,076	119.00–129.00	123.66
15	—	1,120	130.00–140.00	133.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	131.00–138.00	133.20
3	—	1,888	143.00–146.00	144.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	320.00–340.00	329.76
6	350–400	360	300.00–315.00	307.71
6	400–450	433	280.00–295.00	287.37
7	450–500	465	275.00–290.00	283.29
7	500–550	518	255.00–267.00	261.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	290.00–310.00	302.36
4	350–400	365	275.00–290.00	282.29
4	400–450	418	260.00–275.00	267.72
3	450–500	460	260.00–270.00	266.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	420.00–450.00	434.45
6	300–350	325	400.00–420.00	409.69
5	350–400	356	380.00–400.00	391.80
5	400–450	414	340.00–370.00	357.39
5	450–500	475	305.00–325.00	317.25
4	500–550	520	300.00–320.00	309.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	329	380.00–395.00	386.78
6	350–400	370	360.00–370.00	365.27
7	400–450	411	305.00–325.00	316.55
4	450–500	473	275.00–290.00	282.38
3	500–550	512	260.00–290.00	279.54

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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