Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 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 $253.37/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −185.41 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$253.37

14 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$19.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.74

vs FL average

−26.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	264.67	1,384	6thin
Medium and Large 2	525	244.90	1,286	8thin

One grade step is worth $19.77/cwt here — about $98 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 sale14 hd

253.37

—

FL average4 barns · 103 hd

256.11

−2.74

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−26.97

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−185.41

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	1,445	167.89	2,426	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,262	150.23	1,896	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,011	124.92	1,263	22

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	299.66/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	247.30/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,170	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	374.54/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,217	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	264.88/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,139	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	282.24/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,200	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	324.30/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,038	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	390.34/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,417	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	324.65/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,380	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	244.90/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,286	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	283.78/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,217	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	292.30/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,368	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	262.34/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,233	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	264.67/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,384	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	433.61/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	264.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,240	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	289.53/cwt	280.00–300.00	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	414.54/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,347	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	272.08/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,015	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	249.67/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,306	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	357.08/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,332	4
Bulls	—	—	1,337	160.10/cwt	152.00–165.00	2,141	3
Bulls	—	—	1,553	175.69/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,728	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	160.81/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,264	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	124.92/cwt	114.00–132.00	1,263	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	142.30/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,641	16

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 Aug 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,197Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 497Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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
8	300–350	320	310.00–340.00	324.30
4	350–400	373	290.00–310.00	299.66
8	400–450	425	275.00–290.00	282.24
4	450–500	468	260.00–270.00	264.92
6	500–550	523	240.00–260.00	249.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	280.00–300.00	289.53
8	350–400	373	260.00–285.00	272.08
8	400–450	430	260.00–270.00	264.88
4	450–500	473	240.00–255.00	247.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	360.00–390.00	374.54
4	350–400	373	345.00–370.00	357.08
5	400–450	429	280.00–300.00	283.78
6	450–500	470	255.00–270.00	262.34
8	500–550	525	240.00–250.00	244.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	410.00–460.00	433.61
8	300–350	325	400.00–430.00	414.54
10	350–400	363	380.00–400.00	390.34
4	400–450	425	310.00–340.00	324.65
8	450–500	468	280.00–305.00	292.30
6	500–550	523	255.00–275.00	264.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	152.00–165.00	160.10
3	—	1,553	170.00–180.00	175.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,408	155.00–170.00	160.81
16	—	1,153	135.00–152.00	142.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,011	114.00–132.00	124.92

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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