Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.82/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −144.23 against this barn's trailing median of $405.05.

Average price

$260.82

9 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$24.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.87

vs FL average

−16.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	271.67	1,396	5thin
Medium and Large 2	523	247.25	1,293	4thin

One grade step is worth $24.42/cwt here — about $103 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

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.78, low $373.13, median $405.05 across 18 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 sale9 hd

260.82

—

FL average4 barns · 41 hd

254.95

+5.87

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−16.40

This barn, trailing median18 sales

405.05

−144.23

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	1,515	139.96	2,120	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,162	134.04	1,558	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	112.18	1,116	12

Every lot, as filed

24 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	450–500	470	304.68/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	395.27/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,652	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	420.52/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,526	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	369.76/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	337.32/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,417	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	313.44/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	344.65/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,465	4
Bulls	—	—	1,242	130.49/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,621	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	129.23/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,464	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	112.18/cwt	109.00–120.00	1,116	12
Bulls	—	—	1,742	147.86/cwt	138.00–155.00	2,576	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	141.48/cwt	138.00–151.00	1,709	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	308.70/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,117	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	345.50/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,306	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	434.19/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,402	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	271.67/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	366.59/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,213	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	293.29/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	355.40/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	247.25/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,293	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	317.30/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	285.21/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,215	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	270.16/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,278	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	386.63/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,396	7

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 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 534Last week 556Year ago 706

Slaughter CattleReceipts 287Last week 287Year ago 134

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 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
7	300–350	331	360.00–375.00	366.59
12	350–400	378	330.00–360.00	345.50
8	400–450	420	330.00–345.00	337.32
4	450–500	470	295.00–315.00	304.68
5	500–550	514	260.00–280.00	271.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	300.00–315.00	308.70
5	400–450	426	275.00–300.00	285.21
6	450–500	473	260.00–280.00	270.16
4	500–550	523	240.00–255.00	247.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	420.00–450.00	434.19
10	350–400	363	405.00–435.00	420.52
8	400–450	418	380.00–410.00	395.27
6	450–500	468	355.00–385.00	369.76
3	500–550	518	310.00–320.00	313.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	370.00–400.00	386.63
4	400–450	425	330.00–360.00	344.65
4	450–500	463	310.00–325.00	317.30
3	500–550	522	290.00–300.00	293.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	345.00–365.00	355.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,242	127.00–135.00	130.49
6	—	1,742	138.00–155.00	147.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,133	124.00–135.00	129.23
11	—	1,208	138.00–151.00	141.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	995	109.00–120.00	112.18

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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