Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. 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 $252.78/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −186.00 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$252.78

23 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$13.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.62

vs FL average

−15.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	258.51	1,392	13thin
Medium and Large 2	548	245.33	1,344	10thin

One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about $48 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 sale23 hd

252.78

—

FL average5 barns · 205 hd

244.16

+8.62

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

−15.77

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−186.00

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	1,578	157.56	2,486	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,186	134.83	1,599	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	123.18	1,238	20

Every lot, as filed

28 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	368	289.76/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	233.47/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,228	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	290.97/cwt	280.00–300.00	925	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	246.20/cwt	240.00–255.00	906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	265.12/cwt	260.00–270.00	830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	254.85/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,091	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	452.34/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,276	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	330.87/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,353	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	267.02/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,231	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	344.50/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,285	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	247.97/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	419.37/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,321	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	237.96/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,352	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	294.41/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,204	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	379.86/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,405	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	265.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,365	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	266.87/cwt	260.00–275.00	971	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	245.11/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,140	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	330.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,057	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	380.31/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,217	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	252.70/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,334	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	284.58/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,312	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	259.79/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,234	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	275.23/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,183	16
Bulls	—	—	1,578	157.56/cwt	150.00–168.00	2,486	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,543	144.32/cwt	144.00–145.00	2,227	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	123.18/cwt	117.00–129.00	1,238	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	133.91/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,541	31

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 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 723Last week 1,182Year ago 827

Slaughter CattleReceipts 254Last week 459Year ago 247

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. 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
4	350–400	368	285.00–295.00	289.76
16	400–450	430	265.00–285.00	275.23
12	450–500	475	250.00–270.00	259.79
7	500–550	526	225.00–240.00	233.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	318	280.00–300.00	290.97
9	350–400	364	260.00–275.00	266.87
8	400–450	428	250.00–260.00	254.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	260.00–270.00	265.12
5	350–400	368	240.00–255.00	246.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	282	440.00–460.00	452.34
6	300–350	315	400.00–440.00	419.37
6	350–400	370	370.00–390.00	379.86
9	400–450	409	320.00–340.00	330.87
9	450–500	461	280.00–290.00	284.58
8	500–550	515	260.00–270.00	265.10
5	550–600	576	245.00–250.00	247.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	370.00–390.00	380.31
12	350–400	373	330.00–360.00	344.50
7	400–450	409	290.00–300.00	294.41
11	450–500	461	260.00–275.00	267.02
5	500–550	528	250.00–257.00	252.70
5	550–600	568	235.00–240.00	237.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	320.00–340.00	330.31
4	450–500	465	240.00–250.00	245.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,578	150.00–168.00	157.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,543	144.00–145.00	144.32
31	—	1,151	128.00–139.00	133.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,005	117.00–129.00	123.18

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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