Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $267.88/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −170.90 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$267.88

16 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,388

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$27.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.23

vs FL average

−23.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	284.93	1,490	6thin
Medium and Large 2	515	257.65	1,327	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.28/cwt here — about $163 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 sale16 hd

267.88

—

FL average7 barns · 139 hd

270.11

−2.23

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−23.21

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−170.90

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	1,421	163.74	2,327	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	147.25	1,877	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	128.57	1,256	8thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls	—	—	1,603	170.60/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,735	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	142.96/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,813	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	159.03/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,058	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	128.57/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,256	8
Bulls	—	—	1,312	159.63/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	337.80/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,061	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	292.81/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,224	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	326.63/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,179	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	257.65/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,327	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	350.25/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,282	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	284.93/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	271.66/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,144	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	387.21/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,235	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	266.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,243	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	291.24/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,095	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	300.45/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,385	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	247.86/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	350.23/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,149	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	319.90/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,193	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	279.84/cwt	275.00–285.00	881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	267.24/cwt	260.00–275.00	983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	294.30/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,239	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	277.66/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,319	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	421.58/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,353	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	323.71/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,353	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	385.62/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,408	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	451.11/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	286.15/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,353	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	305.16/cwt	295.00–315.00	961	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 Jul 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 774Last week 1,017Year ago 858

Slaughter CattleReceipts 316Last week 304Year ago 228

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,603	169.00–174.00	170.60
5	—	1,312	154.00–165.00	159.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,268	135.00–152.00	142.96
12	—	1,294	156.00–166.00	159.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	977	125.00–131.00	128.57

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	314	325.00–355.00	337.80
7	350–400	361	310.00–340.00	326.63
6	400–450	418	285.00–300.00	292.81
5	450–500	473	280.00–295.00	286.15
5	500–550	514	240.00–260.00	247.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	315	295.00–315.00	305.16
9	350–400	376	280.00–300.00	291.24
7	400–450	421	260.00–280.00	271.66
5	450–500	467	260.00–270.00	266.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	275.00–285.00	279.84
4	350–400	368	260.00–275.00	267.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	370.00–400.00	387.21
5	350–400	366	340.00–365.00	350.25
9	400–450	421	285.00–305.00	294.30
10	450–500	475	270.00–285.00	277.66
10	500–550	515	250.00–265.00	257.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	270	430.00–480.00	451.11
7	300–350	321	410.00–430.00	421.58
4	350–400	365	370.00–400.00	385.62
9	400–450	418	315.00–335.00	323.71
7	450–500	461	290.00–315.00	300.45
6	500–550	523	280.00–290.00	284.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	340.00–360.00	350.23
4	350–400	373	315.00–325.00	319.90

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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