Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. 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 $269.13/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −169.65 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$269.13

15 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,452

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$19.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.11

vs FL average

−29.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	274.24	1,502	11thin
Medium and Large 2	518	255.07	1,321	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.17/cwt here — about $180 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 sale15 hd

269.13

—

FL average5 barns · 117 hd

253.02

+16.11

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−29.91

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−169.65

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	1,565	140.03	2,191	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	118.79	1,517	17

Every lot, as filed

26 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	300–350	308	307.44/cwt	305.00–310.00	947	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	244.71/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	297.67/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,086	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	269.79/cwt	260.00–280.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	285.12/cwt	280.00–290.00	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	269.87/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,546	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	272.70/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,263	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	438.44/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,162	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	352.83/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,341	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	279.49/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,445	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	321.77/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	257.70/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	255.07/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	294.36/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,230	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	257.68/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	380.31/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,236	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	300.22/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	382.76/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	245.79/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	268.35/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	242.45/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,140	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	258.34/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,209	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	420.24/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,336	8
Bulls	—	—	1,565	140.03/cwt	131.00–146.00	2,191	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	116.50/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,450	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	126.25/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,742	4

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 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,381Last week 396Year ago 1,510

Slaughter CattleReceipts 244Last week 118Year ago 331

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. 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
4	300–350	308	305.00–310.00	307.44
5	350–400	365	290.00–310.00	297.67
7	400–450	411	260.00–275.00	268.35
7	450–500	468	250.00–265.00	258.34
4	500–550	520	235.00–255.00	244.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	280.00–290.00	285.12
6	350–400	358	260.00–280.00	269.79
5	400–450	425	240.00–255.00	245.79
6	450–500	470	240.00–245.00	242.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	265	420.00–460.00	438.44
8	300–350	318	410.00–430.00	420.24
4	350–400	368	375.00–390.00	382.76
6	400–450	418	305.00–340.00	321.77
6	450–500	465	290.00–310.00	300.22
5	500–550	517	265.00–300.00	279.49
6	550–600	573	260.00–280.00	269.87
8	600–650	611	250.00–267.00	257.70
5	650–700	667	250.00–262.00	257.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	370.00–390.00	380.31
10	350–400	380	340.00–365.00	352.83
9	400–450	418	290.00–300.00	294.36
4	450–500	463	265.00–280.00	272.70
4	500–550	518	250.00–260.00	255.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,565	131.00–146.00	140.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,245	110.00–122.00	116.50
4	—	1,380	124.00–128.00	126.25

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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