Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.33/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −150.45 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$288.33

5 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.35

vs FL average

−21.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	288.33	1,482	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale5 hd

288.33

—

FL average4 barns · 34 hd

272.98

+15.35

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−21.22

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−150.45

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	1,702	147.75	2,514	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	123.58	1,454	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	110.43	1,176	12

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%	—	1,065	110.43/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,176	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	120.46/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,460	15
Bulls	—	—	1,662	138.46/cwt	132.00–147.00	2,301	6
Bulls	—	—	1,736	155.71/cwt	151.00–163.00	2,703	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	130.26/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,433	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	254.93/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	414.73/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,141	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	353.95/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,306	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	392.20/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,247	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	331.81/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,055	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	259.34/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,245	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	321.99/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,191	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	354.45/cwt	340.00–370.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	289.50/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	309.58/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,294	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	347.06/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	305.19/cwt	300.00–310.00	986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	380.74/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,028	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	297.74/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	380.34/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,381	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	325.48/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,357	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	288.33/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	314.79/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	277.64/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	278.35/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,161	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 Apr 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 657Last week 484Year ago 911

Slaughter CattleReceipts 255Last week 198Year ago 272

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,065	105.00–114.00	110.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,212	116.00–124.00	120.46
7	—	1,100	128.00–134.00	130.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,662	132.00–147.00	138.46
7	—	1,736	151.00–163.00	155.71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	340.00–370.00	354.45
8	300–350	318	320.00–345.00	331.81
10	350–400	370	310.00–335.00	321.99
10	400–450	418	300.00–320.00	309.58
5	450–500	471	270.00–290.00	277.64
4	500–550	513	250.00–260.00	254.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	300.00–310.00	305.19
4	350–400	373	275.00–305.00	289.50
5	400–450	417	270.00–290.00	278.35
4	450–500	480	252.00–267.00	259.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	400.00–430.00	414.73
10	300–350	318	380.00–405.00	392.20
4	350–400	363	370.00–390.00	380.34
6	400–450	425	335.00–360.00	347.06
6	450–500	470	310.00–320.00	314.79
5	500–550	514	280.00–300.00	288.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	370.00–390.00	380.74
7	350–400	369	340.00–365.00	353.95
7	400–450	417	320.00–330.00	325.48
4	450–500	475	290.00–305.00	297.74

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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