Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $242.38/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −196.40 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$242.38

12 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.72

vs FL average

−28.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	242.38	1,289	12thin

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 sale12 hd

242.38

—

FL average5 barns · 133 hd

253.10

−10.72

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

−28.12

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−196.40

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	1,561	168.78	2,634	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	148.15	1,738	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	126.11	1,272	18

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	237.56/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,219	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	270.79/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,151	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	272.44/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,005	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	238.65/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	327.70/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,032	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	252.19/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,195	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	279.12/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	384.54/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,250	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	244.86/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,273	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	264.29/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,261	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	385.85/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,393	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	237.43/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,318	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	430.49/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,326	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	285.14/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,320	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	312.20/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,296	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	439.25/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,164	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	349.66/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	247.81/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,048	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	229.13/cwt	220.00–235.00	960	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	222.94/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,159	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	352.09/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,120	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	259.91/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,086	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	322.80/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,194	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	242.55/cwt	235.00–250.00	893	6
Bulls	—	—	1,783	177.43/cwt	172.00–182.00	3,164	2
Bulls	—	—	1,472	165.32/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,434	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	141.72/cwt	134.00–150.00	1,552	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	161.56/cwt	155.00–167.00	2,157	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	126.11/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,272	18

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 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,182Last week 1,197Year ago 867

Slaughter CattleReceipts 459Last week 497Year ago 305

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	315.00–340.00	327.70
5	400–450	425	265.00–280.00	270.79
7	450–500	474	250.00–255.00	252.19
4	500–550	513	235.00–240.00	237.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	255.00–285.00	272.44
8	400–450	423	240.00–255.00	247.81
7	450–500	466	230.00–245.00	238.65
5	500–550	520	220.00–225.00	222.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	235.00–250.00	242.55
5	400–450	419	220.00–235.00	229.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	370.00–400.00	384.54
4	350–400	363	340.00–360.00	349.66
5	400–450	413	275.00–285.00	279.12
9	450–500	477	260.00–270.00	264.29
8	500–550	520	240.00–250.00	244.86
4	550–600	555	230.00–245.00	237.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	265	420.00–460.00	439.25
6	300–350	308	410.00–450.00	430.49
11	350–400	361	370.00–400.00	385.85
8	400–450	415	300.00–325.00	312.20
6	450–500	463	280.00–290.00	285.14
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	345.00–360.00	352.09
6	350–400	370	315.00–330.00	322.80
4	400–450	418	255.00–265.00	259.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,783	172.00–182.00	177.43
5	—	1,472	160.00–168.00	165.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,095	134.00–150.00	141.72
12	—	1,335	155.00–167.00	161.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,009	119.00–130.00	126.11

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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