Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $251.50/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −187.28 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$251.50

27 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$30.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.53

vs FL average

−15.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	267.08	1,407	13thin
Medium and Large 2	540	237.03	1,280	14thin

One grade step is worth $30.05/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale27 hd

251.50

—

FL average6 barns · 190 hd

242.97

+8.53

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−15.14

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−187.28

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	1,456	143.25	2,086	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,190	128.01	1,523	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	117.83	1,171	7thin

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	400–450	418	265.09/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,108	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	232.61/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,228	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	249.39/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,157	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	236.15/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,129	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	217.54/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,159	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	245.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	242.14/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,247	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	271.41/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,387	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	345.35/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	304.71/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	230.22/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,319	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	307.88/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,432	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	337.96/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	257.33/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,449	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	388.45/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,422	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	351.17/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,331	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	229.85/cwt	225.00–235.00	961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	263.85/cwt	260.00–270.00	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	247.68/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,053	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	244.74/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	323.84/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,198	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	274.11/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	284.14/cwt	280.00–290.00	926	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	266.63/cwt	260.00–275.00	971	7
Bulls	—	—	1,456	143.25/cwt	135.00–155.00	2,086	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	135.39/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,695	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	117.83/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,171	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	123.40/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,420	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 Sep 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 795Last week 934Year ago 870

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 233Year ago 288

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	260.00–270.00	265.09
7	450–500	464	245.00–255.00	249.39
6	500–550	528	225.00–240.00	232.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	280.00–290.00	284.14
7	350–400	364	260.00–275.00	266.63
4	400–450	425	240.00–255.00	247.68
5	450–500	478	230.00–240.00	236.15
6	500–550	533	215.00–220.00	217.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	260.00–270.00	263.85
6	350–400	373	240.00–250.00	245.10
4	400–450	418	225.00–235.00	229.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	340.00–360.00	351.17
4	400–450	428	295.00–315.00	304.71
5	450–500	479	265.00–280.00	274.11
8	500–550	515	230.00–255.00	242.14
6	550–600	573	220.00–240.00	230.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	366	370.00–410.00	388.45
15	400–450	421	320.00–360.00	337.96
10	450–500	465	290.00–325.00	307.88
9	500–550	511	260.00–285.00	271.41
4	550–600	563	250.00–265.00	257.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	330.00–360.00	345.35
5	350–400	370	320.00–330.00	323.84
4	450–500	473	235.00–255.00	244.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,456	135.00–155.00	143.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,252	133.00–139.00	135.39
8	—	1,151	118.00–128.00	123.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	994	115.00–121.00	117.83

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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