Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $256.97/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −181.81 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$256.97

17 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,384

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$19.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.40

vs FL average

−43.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	267.44	1,435	8thin
Medium and Large 2	540	247.66	1,338	9thin

One grade step is worth $19.78/cwt here — about $97 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 sale17 hd

256.97

—

FL average5 barns · 79 hd

255.56

+1.40

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−43.72

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−181.81

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	125.80	1,510	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	110.37	1,138	6thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	365	294.86/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	305.08/cwt	300.00–310.00	946	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	256.16/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,181	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	274.79/cwt	265.00–285.00	997	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	247.28/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	285.15/cwt	280.00–290.00	927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	397.85/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,237	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	306.22/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,256	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	274.81/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	316.53/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,200	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	292.34/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,359	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	251.76/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,284	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	282.21/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,214	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	338.77/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,274	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	260.07/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	238.36/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,235	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	275.18/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,136	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	267.58/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,298	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	369.85/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,202	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	242.53/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,402	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	314	344.44/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,082	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,056	122.80/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,297	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,585	133.81/cwt	131.00–136.00	2,121	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	110.37/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,138	6

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 807Last week 1,381Year ago 1,197

Slaughter CattleReceipts 241Last week 244Year ago 179

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	300.00–310.00	305.08
4	350–400	365	290.00–300.00	294.86
14	400–450	413	265.00–285.00	275.18
7	450–500	461	245.00–265.00	256.16
7	500–550	518	230.00–245.00	238.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	280.00–290.00	285.15
8	350–400	363	265.00–285.00	274.79
4	400–450	423	240.00–255.00	247.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	390.00–410.00	397.85
5	400–450	410	300.00–315.00	306.22
10	450–500	465	285.00–300.00	292.34
4	500–550	515	265.00–285.00	274.81
4	550–600	558	255.00–265.00	260.07
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	314	340.00–350.00	344.44
7	350–400	379	310.00–325.00	316.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	360.00–380.00	369.85
7	350–400	376	330.00–350.00	338.77
6	400–450	430	270.00–295.00	282.21
8	450–500	485	260.00–275.00	267.58
5	500–550	510	240.00–260.00	251.76
4	550–600	578	240.00–245.00	242.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,056	117.00–128.00	122.80
6	—	1,585	131.00–136.00	133.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,031	108.00–114.00	110.37

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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