Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady under light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $241.05/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −197.73 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$241.05

14 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$23.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.70

vs FL average

−53.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	257.55	1,339	4thin
Medium and Large 2	540	234.45	1,267	10thin

One grade step is worth $23.10/cwt here — about $73 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 sale14 hd

241.05

—

FL average5 barns · 87 hd

257.75

−16.70

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−53.26

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−197.73

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	1,424	134.78	1,919	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,197	126.19	1,511	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	110.13	1,131	6thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	450–500	464	248.78/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,154	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	235.14/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,234	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	359.76/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,144	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	284.32/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,214	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	262.44/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	264.80/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,001	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	335.16/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,056	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	233.42/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,314	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	278.71/cwt	270.00–285.00	864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	243.39/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	264.78/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,218	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	257.55/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	344.39/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,226	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	318.26/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,155	5
Bulls	—	—	1,401	136.92/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,918	11
Bulls	—	—	1,638	146.97/cwt	146.00–148.00	2,407	4
Bulls	—	—	1,323	122.74/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,624	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	133.27/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,780	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	110.13/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,131	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	122.65/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,383	14

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 Oct 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 348Last week 725Year ago 1,026

Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 193Year ago 273

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady under light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	420	260.00–265.00	262.44
7	450–500	464	240.00–260.00	248.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	270.00–285.00	278.71
8	350–400	378	255.00–275.00	264.80
7	400–450	414	235.00–255.00	243.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	350.00–370.00	359.76
7	350–400	356	340.00–350.00	344.39
9	400–450	427	270.00–295.00	284.32
12	450–500	460	255.00–275.00	264.78
6	500–550	525	230.00–240.00	235.14
4	550–600	563	230.00–237.00	233.42
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	325.00–345.00	335.16
5	350–400	363	310.00–330.00	318.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	255.00–260.00	257.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,401	131.00–140.00	136.92
4	—	1,638	146.00–148.00	146.97
6	—	1,323	120.00–126.00	122.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,336	133.00–135.00	133.27
14	—	1,128	115.00–127.00	122.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,027	109.00–112.00	110.13

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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