Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-17

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 $276.76/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −162.02 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$276.76

19 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$33.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.16

vs FL average

−23.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	289.05	1,548	12thin
Medium and Large 2	549	255.69	1,405	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.36/cwt here — about $143 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 sale19 hd

276.76

—

FL average4 barns · 65 hd

288.92

−12.16

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−23.90

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−162.02

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	1,368	164.74	2,253	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	144.54	1,661	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	949	120.80	1,146	5thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	460	275.87/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,269	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	283.32/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,581	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	294.78/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	283.26/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,303	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	260.16/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	252.34/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,446	4
Bulls	—	—	1,495	152.59/cwt	151.00–154.00	2,281	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	137.10/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,474	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	149.00/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,779	15
Bulls	—	—	1,304	170.81/cwt	167.00–176.00	2,227	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	256.32/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,194	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	317.25/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,215	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	313.38/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	326.22/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,341	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	282.68/cwt	275.00–290.00	899	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	120.80/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	260.27/cwt	250.00–270.00	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	247.32/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,051	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	347.55/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	284.90/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,020	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	294.79/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,232	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	269.79/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,128	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 Jun 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 435Last week 950Year ago 589

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 268Year ago 303

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	270.00–280.00	275.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	280.00–290.00	284.90
4	400–450	418	265.00–275.00	269.79
9	450–500	466	245.00–265.00	256.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	275.00–290.00	282.68
4	350–400	375	250.00–270.00	260.27
6	400–450	425	240.00–255.00	247.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	411	310.00–340.00	326.22
7	450–500	476	305.00–335.00	313.38
6	500–550	513	280.00–310.00	294.78
6	550–600	558	270.00–297.00	283.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	290.00–300.00	294.79
3	450–500	460	280.00–290.00	283.26
3	500–550	518	255.00–270.00	260.16
4	550–600	573	240.00–265.00	252.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	330.00–360.00	347.55
4	350–400	383	305.00–330.00	317.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	151.00–154.00	152.59
4	—	1,304	167.00–176.00	170.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,075	135.00–138.00	137.10
15	—	1,194	140.00–159.00	149.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	949	110.00–124.00	120.80

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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