Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $287.24/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −151.54 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$287.24

14 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$34.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.21

vs FL average

−18.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	302.14	1,571	8thin
Medium and Large 2	515	267.38	1,377	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.76/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

287.24

—

FL average5 barns · 93 hd

278.03

+9.21

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−18.20

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−151.54

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	1,500	152.93	2,294	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	120.75	1,478	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	109.90	1,157	22

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	450–500	475	264.79/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,258	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	272.24/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	251.98/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,066	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	302.16/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,118	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	279.53/cwt	270.00–290.00	894	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	321.91/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,030	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	384.59/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,423	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	334.55/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,398	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	419.68/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,322	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	282.38/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,336	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	312.37/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,453	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	444.58/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,191	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	349.73/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,294	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	282.13/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,193	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	237.46/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,111	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	299.59/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,267	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	389.54/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,266	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	267.38/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,377	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	302.14/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,571	8
Bulls	—	—	1,430	137.30/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,963	5
Bulls	—	—	1,588	172.47/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,739	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	117.84/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,376	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	124.63/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,619	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	109.90/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,157	22

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 Nov 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,344Last week 1,087Year ago 1,138

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 306Year ago 303

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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
8	300–350	320	310.00–335.00	321.91
12	350–400	370	290.00–315.00	302.16
14	400–450	423	270.00–295.00	282.13
4	450–500	475	255.00–275.00	264.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	270.00–290.00	279.53
8	350–400	368	260.00–285.00	272.24
10	400–450	423	240.00–265.00	251.98
6	450–500	468	235.00–240.00	237.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	430.00–460.00	444.58
6	300–350	315	410.00–430.00	419.68
8	350–400	370	370.00–400.00	384.59
8	400–450	418	320.00–350.00	334.55
10	450–500	465	300.00–325.00	312.37
8	500–550	520	290.00–315.00	302.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	375.00–405.00	389.54
8	350–400	370	340.00–360.00	349.73
12	400–450	423	290.00–310.00	299.59
10	450–500	473	275.00–290.00	282.38
6	500–550	515	255.00–280.00	267.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,430	131.00–145.00	137.30
4	—	1,588	165.00–178.00	172.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,168	115.00–120.00	117.84
15	—	1,299	122.00–126.00	124.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,053	105.00–114.00	109.90

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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