Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.57/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −179.48 against this barn's trailing median of $405.05.

Average price

$225.57

26 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$11.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.03

vs FL average

−14.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	227.86	1,230	21
Medium and Large 2	516	215.93	1,114	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.93/cwt here — about $116 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

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.78, low $373.13, median $405.05 across 18 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 sale26 hd

225.57

—

FL average6 barns · 94 hd

225.53

+0.03

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−14.52

This barn, trailing median18 sales

405.05

−179.48

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	1,413	143.14	2,023	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,141	119.42	1,363	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	112.59	1,159	7thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	415	271.74/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,128	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	224.91/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,271	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	308	257.56/cwt	250.00–265.00	793	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	266.47/cwt	260.00–275.00	989	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	307.08/cwt	240.00–355.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	252.72/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,069	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	327.73/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,337	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	287.30/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,330	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	369.73/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,386	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	240.33/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,235	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	263.78/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,366	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	320.13/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,200	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	339.27/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	274.08/cwt	270.00–280.00	847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	257.67/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	215.93/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,114	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	250.13/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	340.77/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,230	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	295.44/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,250	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	295.67/cwt	290.00–305.00	970	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	267.62/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,252	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	230.54/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,192	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	255.16/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,220	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	237.03/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,112	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	290.33/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,097	6
Bulls	—	—	1,539	142.40/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,192	4
Bulls	—	—	1,483	157.27/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,332	3
Bulls	—	—	1,235	133.29/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,646	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	126.87/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,448	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	112.59/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,159	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	117.23/cwt	111.00–122.00	1,338	17

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 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 873Last week 795Year ago 825

Slaughter CattleReceipts 232Last week 129Year ago 275

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and 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
5	300–350	328	290.00–305.00	295.67
6	350–400	378	280.00–300.00	290.33
7	400–450	415	265.00–280.00	271.74
14	450–500	478	245.00–265.00	255.16
11	500–550	517	225.00–237.00	230.54
10	550–600	565	220.00–230.00	224.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	250.00–265.00	257.56
5	350–400	360	240.00–355.00	307.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	309	270.00–280.00	274.08
9	350–400	371	260.00–275.00	266.47
6	400–450	423	245.00–260.00	252.72
5	450–500	469	235.00–240.00	237.03
5	500–550	516	210.00–220.00	215.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	360.00–380.00	369.73
8	400–450	408	315.00–340.00	327.73
6	450–500	463	280.00–295.00	287.30
15	500–550	518	250.00–280.00	263.78
6	550–600	568	245.00–270.00	257.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	361	330.00–350.00	340.77
10	400–450	423	280.00–310.00	295.44
10	450–500	468	260.00–275.00	267.62
5	500–550	514	237.00–245.00	240.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	330.00–345.00	339.27
6	350–400	375	315.00–325.00	320.13
6	450–500	473	245.00–255.00	250.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,539	140.00–149.00	142.40
3	—	1,483	156.00–158.00	157.27
4	—	1,235	130.00–136.00	133.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,141	125.00–128.00	126.87
17	—	1,141	111.00–122.00	117.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,029	106.00–118.00	112.59

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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