Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-03-28

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $176.47/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$176.47

47 head · 370 lb average

Value per head Derived

$654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$2.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.39

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	380	177.25	673	29
Medium and Large 2	355	175.20	622	18thin

One grade step is worth $2.05/cwt here — about $51 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 sale47 hd

176.47

—

FL average10 barns · 400 hd

165.08

+11.39

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	—	Low	1,766	81.46	1,439	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	53.20	623	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,605	50.63	813	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	48.79	531	6thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	50.63/cwt	48.00–53.00	813	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	48.79/cwt	47.00–51.00	531	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	179.50/cwt	176.00–182.00	600	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	53.20/cwt	50.00–58.00	623	14
Bulls	—	—	1,735	74.48/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,292	2
Bulls	—	—	1,940	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,785	1
Bulls	—	—	1,738	82.32/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,431	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	78.26/cwt	75.00–86.00	810	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	103.72/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,065	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	204.78/cwt	200.00–210.00	461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	139.35/cwt	139.00–140.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	129.95/cwt	128.00–132.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	134.86/cwt	133.00–136.00	715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	133.39/cwt	130.00–139.00	443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	227	173.14/cwt	172.00–175.00	393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	129.93/cwt	128.00–134.00	483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	147.25/cwt	145.00–152.00	405	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	195.12/cwt	190.00–197.50	542	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	278	183.17/cwt	180.00–190.00	509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	155.54/cwt	154.00–158.00	804	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	163.98/cwt	163.00–165.00	705	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	172.92/cwt	170.00–176.00	648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	192.14/cwt	180.00–200.00	528	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	189.15/cwt	184.00–194.00	615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	170.66/cwt	170.00–172.00	710	3

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 →

North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL

Wed Mar 28, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 224Last week 287Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 38Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 177Last week 98Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,605	48.00–53.00	50.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	47.00–51.00	48.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,171	50.00–58.00	53.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,735	74.00–75.00	74.48
1	—	1,940	92.00	92.00
4	—	1,738	80.00–85.00	82.32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	334	176.00–182.00	179.50
3	—	278	180.00–190.00	183.17
4	—	430	163.00–165.00	163.98
4	—	375	170.00–176.00	172.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	154.00–158.00	155.54
8	—	275	180.00–200.00	192.14
6	—	325	184.00–194.00	189.15
4	—	370	178.00	178.00
3	—	416	170.00–172.00	170.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	225	200.00–210.00	204.78
3	—	371	139.00–140.00	139.35
7	—	530	133.00–136.00	134.86
3	—	278	190.00–197.50	195.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	128.00–132.00	129.95
5	—	332	130.00–139.00	133.39
5	—	227	172.00–175.00	173.14
4	—	372	128.00–134.00	129.93
3	—	275	145.00–152.00	147.25

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,035	75.00–86.00	78.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,027	98.00–108.00	103.72

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle