Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-06-06

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jun 6
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
307 head
108 vs last sale 199 307 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
22 vs last sale 73 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
29 vs last sale 169 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter classes steady. Feeder classes 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.98/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$159.98
27 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
20.00
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1373181.496779thin
Medium and Large 2442149.2266018thin
One grade step is worth $32.27/cwt here — about $17 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 sale27 hd
159.98
FL average10 barns · 901 hd
179.98
−20.00
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
BullsAverage1,78176.201,3578thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23855.6268821
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50354.0581214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01150.3650919

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29757.59/cwt57.00–60.007479
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19354.14/cwt52.00–56.0064612
Bulls1,79377.47/cwt75.00–82.001,3895
CowsLean 85-90%1,01150.36/cwt47.00–53.0050919
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50354.05/cwt53.00–55.0081214
Bulls1,67566.62/cwt66.00–67.001,1162
Bulls1,93089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,7181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-293874.61/cwt68.00–82.0070020
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1081,020.91/cwt950.00–1,100.0011,31213
SteersMedium and Large 1310205.08/cwt200.00–210.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 2270136.07/cwt134.00–138.003678
HeifersMedium and Large 2375132.14/cwt129.00–136.0049611
SteersMedium and Large 2373164.57/cwt161.00–168.006142
SteersMedium and Large 2429151.03/cwt148.00–152.006488
SteersMedium and Large 2473143.57/cwt141.00–146.006798
SteersMedium and Large 1423162.62/cwt162.00–165.006885
HeifersMedium and Large 2332138.05/cwt136.00–139.004583
BullsMedium and Large 2380157.08/cwt155.00–159.005978
BullsMedium and Large 2270209.11/cwt206.00–212.005654
BullsMedium and Large 1269217.82/cwt216.00–220.005865
BullsMedium and Large 2321166.43/cwt163.00–168.005348

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.