Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $257.87/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −180.91 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$257.87

16 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,379

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$24.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.51

vs FL average

−41.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	267.16	1,440	10thin
Medium and Large 2	528	242.39	1,280	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.77/cwt here — about $160 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 sale16 hd

257.87

—

FL average3 barns · 72 hd

262.38

−4.51

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−41.46

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−180.91

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	1,400	131.79	1,845	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	123.85	1,475	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	111.28	1,241	17

Every lot, as filed

22 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	304.86/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,082	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	273.25/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,145	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	290.23/cwt	280.00–300.00	966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	279.10/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,022	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	271.85/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,308	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	242.39/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	351.80/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	291.65/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,216	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	270.29/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,419	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	401.88/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,314	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	262.46/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,470	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	295.85/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,393	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	330.45/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,365	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	434.87/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,231	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	379.79/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	374.15/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	256.73/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,201	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	247.11/cwt	237.00–260.00	1,263	9
Bulls	—	—	1,400	131.79/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,845	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	132.76/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,620	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	111.28/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,241	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	120.61/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,423	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 Oct 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 396Last week 348Year ago 1,044

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 180Year ago 294

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

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	355	295.00–315.00	304.86
9	400–450	419	265.00–280.00	273.25
10	450–500	468	247.00–267.00	256.73
9	500–550	511	237.00–260.00	247.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	280.00–300.00	290.23
5	350–400	366	275.00–285.00	279.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	370.00–380.00	374.15
5	350–400	366	340.00–360.00	351.80
5	400–450	417	280.00–300.00	291.65
5	450–500	481	260.00–280.00	271.85
6	500–550	528	235.00–250.00	242.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	430.00–440.00	434.87
7	300–350	327	390.00–410.00	401.88
4	350–400	358	370.00–390.00	379.79
6	400–450	413	315.00–345.00	330.45
9	450–500	471	285.00–310.00	295.85
6	500–550	525	260.00–280.00	270.29
4	550–600	560	260.00–265.00	262.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	130.00–135.00	131.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,220	127.00–136.00	132.76
11	—	1,180	115.00–126.00	120.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,115	105.00–117.00	111.28

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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