Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $252.44/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −186.34 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$252.44

29 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,393

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$20.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs FL average

−15.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	258.78	1,436	20
Medium and Large 2	544	238.34	1,298	9thin

One grade step is worth $20.44/cwt here — about $139 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 sale29 hd

252.44

—

FL average5 barns · 176 hd

248.19

+4.25

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−15.76

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−186.34

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	1,515	145.85	2,209	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	127.76	1,552	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	118.58	1,183	16

Every lot, as filed

32 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	355	294.93/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	215.57/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,117	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	274.83/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	225.07/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,256	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	243.60/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,279	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	242.77/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,024	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	324.52/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	378.83/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,417	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	242.44/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	284.74/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,233	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	333.85/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	354.93/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,278	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	324.29/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,362	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	264.71/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,390	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	234.13/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	334	263.74/cwt	255.00–270.00	881	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	289.81/cwt	285.00–295.00	936	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	312.26/cwt	305.00–320.00	984	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	292.66/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,361	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	254.83/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,465	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	269.74/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,276	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	258.03/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,213	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	247.65/cwt	240.00–255.00	924	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	234.24/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,195	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	386.15/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,263	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	415.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,321	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	271.41/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,137	9
Bulls	—	—	1,431	154.26/cwt	149.00–163.00	2,207	4
Bulls	—	—	1,598	137.43/cwt	135.00–143.00	2,196	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	134.11/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,780	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	118.58/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,183	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	122.57/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,376	11

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 Sep 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 934Last week 723Year ago 1,239

Slaughter CattleReceipts 233Last week 254Year ago 254

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

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	305.00–320.00	312.26
4	350–400	355	290.00–300.00	294.93
9	400–450	419	260.00–280.00	271.41
10	450–500	470	245.00–270.00	258.03
15	500–550	510	225.00–245.00	234.24
8	550–600	558	220.00–230.00	225.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	285.00–295.00	289.81
4	350–400	373	270.00–280.00	274.83
5	400–450	422	235.00–255.00	242.77
7	500–550	518	210.00–220.00	215.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	255.00–270.00	263.74
6	350–400	373	240.00–255.00	247.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	380.00–390.00	386.15
4	350–400	360	350.00–360.00	354.93
6	400–450	433	270.00–300.00	284.74
6	450–500	473	260.00–280.00	269.74
4	500–550	525	240.00–247.00	243.60
5	550–600	560	230.00–237.00	234.13
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	330.00–340.00	333.85
4	350–400	368	315.00–335.00	324.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	400.00–430.00	415.35
7	350–400	374	370.00–390.00	378.83
8	400–450	420	310.00–340.00	324.29
8	450–500	465	285.00–300.00	292.66
8	500–550	525	250.00–280.00	264.71
12	550–600	575	245.00–265.00	254.83
4	600–650	625	240.00–250.00	242.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,431	149.00–163.00	154.26
4	—	1,598	135.00–143.00	137.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,327	130.00–140.00	134.11
11	—	1,123	117.00–128.00	122.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	998	118.00–121.00	118.58

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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