Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $333.14/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −156.26 against this barn's trailing median of $489.39.

Average price

$333.14

24 head · 444 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$26.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.75

vs FL average

+6.16 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	443	345.36	1,530	13thin
Medium and Large 2	444	318.69	1,416	11thin

One grade step is worth $26.67/cwt here — about $114 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 400–500 lb

31 sales

Steers 400–500 lb: high $517.58, low $437.20, median $489.39 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale24 hd

333.14

—

FL average5 barns · 62 hd

338.89

−5.75

National average172 barns · 7,877 hd

326.98

+6.16

This barn, trailing median31 sales

489.39

−156.26

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	1,499	146.87	2,202	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,098	127.67	1,402	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	110.91	1,145	9thin

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	500–550	518	247.44/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	414.31/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,347	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	327.38/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,499	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	435.68/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,181	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	299.65/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	328.55/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,196	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	379.45/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,207	4
Bulls	—	—	1,421	137.34/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,952	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	123.49/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,323	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	110.91/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,145	9
Bulls	—	—	1,577	156.40/cwt	147.00–160.00	2,466	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	132.77/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,502	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	279.21/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,187	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	374.13/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	386.54/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	334.19/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,036	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	279.10/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,278	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	367.35/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,370	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	294.60/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,105	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	312.15/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	294.63/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,394	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	234.58/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	347.56/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	361.20/cwt	250.00–470.00	1,662	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 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 775Last week 280Year ago 338

Slaughter CattleReceipts 287Last week 165Year ago 138

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	330.00–340.00	334.19
9	350–400	364	315.00–340.00	328.55
6	400–450	425	290.00–310.00	299.65
5	450–500	458	275.00–285.00	279.10
4	500–550	518	245.00–250.00	247.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	305.00–320.00	312.15
4	350–400	375	280.00–310.00	294.60
5	400–450	425	270.00–285.00	279.21
4	450–500	460	250.00–470.00	361.20
3	500–550	515	230.00–237.00	234.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	271	420.00–450.00	435.68
6	300–350	325	400.00–430.00	414.31
3	350–400	362	380.00–390.00	386.54
5	400–450	419	365.00–380.00	374.13
8	450–500	458	320.00–335.00	327.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	370.00–390.00	379.45
10	350–400	373	360.00–375.00	367.35
5	400–450	410	330.00–360.00	347.56
6	450–500	473	285.00–305.00	294.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,421	132.00–145.00	137.34
6	—	1,577	147.00–160.00	156.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,071	118.00–127.00	123.49
9	—	1,131	130.00–140.00	132.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,032	108.00–114.00	110.91

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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