Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $267.58/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −171.20 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$267.58

19 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,454

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$53.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.52

vs FL average

−57.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	309.66	1,604	4thin
Medium and Large 2	550	256.36	1,411	15thin

One grade step is worth $53.30/cwt here — about $193 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 sale19 hd

267.58

—

FL average2 barns · 30 hd

264.06

+3.52

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−57.79

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−171.20

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	1,576	164.88	2,599	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	121.03	1,559	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,128	108.00	1,218	8thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	400–450	422	272.77/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,151	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	223.86/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	290.52/cwt	285.00–295.00	933	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	304.81/cwt	300.00–310.00	985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	407.33/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,356	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	267.34/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	378.40/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,370	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	309.66/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,604	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	256	511.72/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,310	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	317.70/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,471	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	311.48/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,296	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	260.98/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,203	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	279.61/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,037	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	249.66/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,293	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	439.22/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,419	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	411.67/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	292.66/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,361	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	294.90/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,070	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	255.12/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,084	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	242.58/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	347.71/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,443	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	250.87/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,412	10
Bulls	—	—	1,416	157.02/cwt	148.00–165.00	2,223	6
Bulls	—	—	1,897	180.60/cwt	170.00–189.00	3,426	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	118.67/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,514	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	129.29/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,720	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	108.00/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,218	8

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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,220Last week 1,459Year ago 1,008

Slaughter CattleReceipts 199Last week 365Year ago 336

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Thanksgiving Holiday.

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	323	300.00–310.00	304.81
6	350–400	363	290.00–300.00	294.90
5	400–450	422	265.00–285.00	272.77
13	450–500	461	250.00–270.00	260.98
8	500–550	518	240.00–260.00	249.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	285.00–295.00	290.52
9	350–400	371	275.00–285.00	279.61
6	400–450	425	250.00–260.00	255.12
6	450–500	465	240.00–245.00	242.58
5	500–550	523	220.00–230.00	223.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	400.00–415.00	407.33
5	350–400	362	370.00–390.00	378.40
9	400–450	416	300.00–325.00	311.48
6	450–500	465	285.00–300.00	292.66
5	500–550	525	255.00–285.00	267.34
10	550–600	563	245.00–257.00	250.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	256	500.00–530.00	511.72
10	300–350	323	420.00–460.00	439.22
5	350–400	360	400.00–420.00	411.67
10	400–450	415	330.00–365.00	347.71
8	450–500	463	310.00–325.00	317.70
4	500–550	518	300.00–320.00	309.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,416	148.00–165.00	157.02
3	—	1,897	170.00–189.00	180.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,276	114.00–122.00	118.67
2	—	1,330	126.00–133.00	129.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,128	103.00–114.00	108.00

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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