Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-04-04

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $167.04/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$167.04

50 head · 426 lb average

Value per head Derived

$712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$11.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.42

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	414	171.45	709	30
Medium and Large 2	445	160.42	714	20

One grade step is worth $11.03/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale50 hd

167.04

—

FL average10 barns · 424 hd

155.61

+11.42

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	1,685	82.70	1,393	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,414	59.24	838	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	58.66	742	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,066	51.05	544	9thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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%	—	1,450	61.78/cwt	61.00–63.00	896	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	56.93/cwt	53.00–59.00	786	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	51.05/cwt	50.00–54.00	544	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	56.71/cwt	55.00–58.00	723	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	61.58/cwt	60.00–63.00	770	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	82.70/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,393	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	104.57/cwt	98.00–114.00	1,054	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	69.33/cwt	64.00–74.00	730	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	976	86.10/cwt	83.00–92.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	166.86/cwt	163.00–169.00	709	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	149.61/cwt	148.00–150.00	790	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	185.82/cwt	180.00–188.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	170.41/cwt	165.00–173.00	806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	146.97/cwt	146.00–149.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	131.93/cwt	130.00–134.00	567	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	133.99/cwt	133.00–135.00	631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	144.97/cwt	144.00–146.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	376	164.83/cwt	160.00–168.00	620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	156.04/cwt	154.00–159.00	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	156.72/cwt	153.00–159.00	827	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	177.47/cwt	174.00–180.00	662	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	168.96/cwt	165.00–173.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	174.56/cwt	172.00–180.00	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	183.19/cwt	178.00–188.00	495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	178.79/cwt	175.00–180.00	563	4

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 Apr 4, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 207Last week 224Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 58Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 146Last week 177Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,450	61.00–63.00	61.78
11	—	1,381	53.00–59.00	56.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,066	50.00–54.00	51.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,275	55.00–58.00	56.71
2	—	1,250	60.00–63.00	61.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,685	79.00–86.00	82.70

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,008	98.00–114.00	104.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,053	64.00–74.00	69.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	976	83.00–92.00	86.10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	163.00–169.00	166.86
5	—	528	148.00–150.00	149.61
5	—	376	160.00–168.00	164.83
3	—	470	154.00–159.00	156.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	528	153.00–159.00	156.72
7	—	373	174.00–180.00	177.47
4	—	490	165.00–173.00	168.96
3	—	426	172.00–180.00	174.56
4	—	270	178.00–188.00	183.19
4	—	315	175.00–180.00	178.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	180.00–188.00	185.82
3	—	473	165.00–173.00	170.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	146.00–149.00	146.97
4	—	471	133.00–135.00	133.99
2	—	377	144.00–146.00	144.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	130.00–134.00	131.93

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL

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Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle