Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances 10.00 higher on better quality calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.66/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −150.12 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$288.66

17 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$28.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.55

vs FL average

−35.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	303.79	1,634	8thin
Medium and Large 2	544	275.22	1,497	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.57/cwt here — about $137 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

288.66

—

FL average5 barns · 82 hd

283.12

+5.55

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−35.69

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−150.12

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	—	High	1,677	176.30	2,956	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,081	119.43	1,291	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	110.62	1,184	9thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	470	272.42/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	300.27/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,255	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	349.22/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,128	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	392.55/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,032	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	254.01/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	289.79/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,052	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	371.77/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,535	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	322.09/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	294.78/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	292.30/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	312.80/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	287.18/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,513	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	374.58/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,348	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	454.42/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,468	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	433.61/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,578	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	530.48/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,395	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	331.62/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	249.09/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,430	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	257.05/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,080	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	252.30/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,181	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	312.38/cwt	305.00–320.00	984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	260.27/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,471	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	406.22/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,312	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	334.71/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,282	8
Bulls	—	—	1,734	189.11/cwt	176.00–195.00	3,279	9
Bulls	—	—	1,612	161.89/cwt	151.00–169.00	2,610	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,077	117.03/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,260	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	126.64/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,384	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	110.62/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,184	9

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 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,188Last week 1,220Year ago 661

Slaughter CattleReceipts 417Last week 199Year ago 221

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	263	380.00–410.00	392.55
14	300–350	323	330.00–370.00	349.22
8	350–400	383	320.00–350.00	334.71
10	400–450	418	285.00–315.00	300.27
4	450–500	470	265.00–280.00	272.42
5	500–550	508	245.00–267.00	254.01
5	550–600	574	240.00–255.00	249.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	305.00–320.00	312.38
4	350–400	363	280.00–300.00	289.79
6	400–450	420	245.00–270.00	257.05
4	450–500	468	245.00–260.00	252.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	520.00–540.00	530.48
10	300–350	323	430.00–480.00	454.42
11	350–400	364	415.00–450.00	433.61
9	400–450	413	350.00–400.00	371.77
5	450–500	470	320.00–350.00	331.62
4	500–550	513	300.00–325.00	312.80
4	550–600	563	285.00–305.00	294.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	400.00–415.00	406.22
6	350–400	360	360.00–390.00	374.58
4	400–450	430	305.00–340.00	322.09
4	450–500	473	280.00–305.00	292.30
5	500–550	527	275.00–295.00	287.18
4	550–600	565	250.00–270.00	260.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,734	176.00–195.00	189.11
8	—	1,612	151.00–169.00	161.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,077	112.00–120.00	117.03
6	—	1,093	124.00–129.00	126.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,070	108.00–114.00	110.62

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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