Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $279.69/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −159.09 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$279.69

19 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$28.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.25

vs FL average

−19.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	290.19	1,509	12thin
Medium and Large 2	514	261.69	1,345	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about $164 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 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

279.69

—

FL average6 barns · 128 hd

278.44

+1.25

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

−19.57

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−159.09

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	1,382	166.04	2,294	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	146.19	1,652	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	941	118.84	1,118	7thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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%	—	1,072	140.70/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,508	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	155.79/cwt	152.00–163.00	1,918	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	118.84/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,118	7
Bulls	—	—	1,273	160.57/cwt	158.00–163.00	2,044	4
Bulls	—	—	1,527	173.34/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	336.61/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,043	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	325.21/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,164	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	261.69/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,345	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	292.76/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	336.77/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,408	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	286.59/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,344	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	348.66/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	224.86/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	382.45/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	303.82/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,240	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	375.83/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,195	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	314.23/cwt	305.00–320.00	996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	258.42/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,238	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	299.76/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,274	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	290.19/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	244.83/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,268	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	315.92/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,472	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	405.16/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,297	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	272.55/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,267	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	352.25/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,349	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	279.12/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,183	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	324.67/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,227	8

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 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 865Last week 435Year ago 745

Slaughter CattleReceipts 230Last week 169Year ago 262

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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
14	—	1,072	131.00–145.00	140.70
8	—	1,231	152.00–163.00	155.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	941	117.00–126.00	118.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	158.00–163.00	160.57
3	—	1,527	168.00–179.00	173.34

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	325.00–345.00	336.61
6	350–400	358	315.00–335.00	325.21
5	400–450	408	295.00–310.00	303.82
6	450–500	465	270.00–275.00	272.55
8	500–550	518	240.00–250.00	244.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	305.00–320.00	314.23
4	350–400	363	285.00–300.00	292.76
9	400–450	424	270.00–290.00	279.12
7	450–500	479	250.00–265.00	258.42
4	500–550	520	220.00–230.00	224.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	360.00–390.00	375.83
10	350–400	383	340.00–365.00	352.25
6	400–450	425	290.00–310.00	299.76
7	450–500	469	280.00–295.00	286.59
7	500–550	514	252.00–275.00	261.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	400.00–410.00	405.16
4	350–400	358	380.00–385.00	382.45
12	400–450	418	320.00–355.00	336.77
5	450–500	466	310.00–320.00	315.92
12	500–550	520	280.00–300.00	290.19
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	340.00–355.00	348.66
8	350–400	378	315.00–335.00	324.67

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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