Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.22/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −139.56 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$299.22

16 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$18.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.12

vs FL average

−16.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	306.34	1,647	10thin
Medium and Large 2	520	287.36	1,494	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.98/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale16 hd

299.22

—

FL average5 barns · 45 hd

302.34

−3.12

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−16.85

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−139.56

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	1,228	135.30	1,661	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	127.90	1,572	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	108.64	1,118	11

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	500–550	528	259.88/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	281.23/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,299	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	396.35/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	423.04/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,375	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	345.27/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,443	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	297.37/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	313.70/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,299	5
Bulls	—	—	1,228	135.30/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,661	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	121.71/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,448	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	108.64/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,118	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	132.11/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,659	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	368.30/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,348	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	312.32/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	302.20/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,254	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	316.33/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,126	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	387.73/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	297.62/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,378	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	330.32/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,041	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	336.59/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	305.19/cwt	300.00–310.00	986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	245.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	287.36/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	275.15/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,178	6

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 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 556Last week 515Year ago 444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 287Last week 191Year ago 249

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	315	320.00–340.00	330.32
7	350–400	356	310.00–325.00	316.33
10	400–450	415	290.00–315.00	302.20
5	450–500	462	275.00–290.00	281.23
4	500–550	528	255.00–265.00	259.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	300.00–310.00	305.19
6	400–450	428	270.00–280.00	275.15
4	500–550	525	240.00–250.00	245.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	405.00–440.00	423.04
5	350–400	364	390.00–405.00	396.35
6	400–450	418	330.00–360.00	345.27
7	450–500	465	320.00–350.00	336.59
6	500–550	523	305.00–320.00	312.32
4	550–600	560	290.00–305.00	297.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	380.00–395.00	387.73
7	350–400	366	360.00–380.00	368.30
5	400–450	414	305.00–320.00	313.70
4	450–500	463	290.00–305.00	297.62
6	500–550	520	280.00–295.00	287.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,228	128.00–139.00	135.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,190	116.00–125.00	121.71
25	—	1,256	128.00–140.00	132.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,029	105.00–113.00	108.64

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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