Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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 $303.12/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −135.66 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$303.12

10 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$32.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.72

vs FL average

−7.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	322.45	1,644	4thin
Medium and Large 2	523	290.24	1,518	6thin

One grade step is worth $32.21/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd

303.12

—

FL average5 barns · 38 hd

292.40

+10.72

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−7.64

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−135.66

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	1,620	147.39	2,387	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,122	130.74	1,466	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	996	121.01	1,205	8thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	129.53/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,424	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	362.85/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	352.77/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,658	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	394.88/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,216	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	270.14/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,251	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	344.85/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,441	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	379.64/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,576	4
Bulls	—	—	1,594	153.39/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,445	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	137.57/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	303.90/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	383.70/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,473	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	249.07/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,333	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	121.01/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,205	8
Bulls	—	—	1,645	141.38/cwt	133.00–145.00	2,326	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	282.13/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	290.24/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,518	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	323.26/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	325.13/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,235	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	313.86/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,303	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	322.45/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,644	4

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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 561Year ago 638

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 289Year ago 213

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,099	123.00–133.00	129.53
3	—	1,250	136.00–141.00	137.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	996	113.00–124.00	121.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,594	150.00–161.00	153.39
6	—	1,645	133.00–145.00	141.38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	355.00–370.00	362.85
6	350–400	380	320.00–330.00	325.13
5	400–450	415	310.00–320.00	313.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	300.00–310.00	303.90
4	400–450	428	270.00–295.00	282.13
4	450–500	463	265.00–275.00	270.14
3	500–550	535	245.00–257.00	249.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	370.00–390.00	379.64
6	450–500	470	340.00–365.00	352.77
4	500–550	510	320.00–325.00	322.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	308	390.00–400.00	394.88
7	350–400	384	375.00–395.00	383.70
4	400–450	418	340.00–350.00	344.85
3	450–500	475	320.00–330.00	323.26
6	500–550	523	280.00–300.00	290.24

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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