Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-01-17

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jan 17
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
290 head
69 vs last sale 221 290 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
15 vs last sale 103 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
119 head
56 vs last sale 63 119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes steady. Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.26/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$167.26
59 head · 395 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.87
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418168.0370245
Medium and Large 2321164.7752814thin
One grade step is worth $3.26/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale59 hd
167.26
FL average2 barns · 122 hd
164.38
+2.87
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,72275.531,30115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38353.1473510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13852.0359220
CowsLean 85-90%Average96446.994539thin

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1373173.10/cwt170.00–176.0064612
BullsMedium and Large 1432169.12/cwt165.00–172.0073126
HeifersMedium and Large 1469135.54/cwt132.00–140.006367
HeifersMedium and Large 2422136.52/cwt132.00–140.005769
CowsLean 85-90%96446.99/cwt44.00–49.004539
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38353.14/cwt51.00–55.0073510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13852.03/cwt49.00–55.0059220
Bulls1,72275.53/cwt74.00–77.001,30115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-287396.38/cwt88.00–105.0084120
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298062.39/cwt59.00–66.0061141
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0181,054.05/cwt900.00–1,200.0010,73010
HeifersMedium and Large 2378141.10/cwt138.00–144.005338
HeifersMedium and Large 1325162.18/cwt158.00–166.005278
SteersMedium and Large 1323176.22/cwt172.00–180.005698
SteersMedium and Large 1429171.52/cwt168.00–176.007367
SteersMedium and Large 2275166.03/cwt160.00–170.004577
SteersMedium and Large 2366163.51/cwt160.00–166.005987
SteersMedium and Large 1381173.25/cwt170.00–176.0066015
SteersMedium and Large 1476166.87/cwt166.00–168.007947
SteersMedium and Large 1520148.02/cwt147.00–149.007708
HeifersMedium and Large 1428144.08/cwt142.00–146.006178
HeifersMedium and Large 1370155.08/cwt152.00–158.005746

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.