Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-06-20

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jun 20
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
160 vs last sale 477 317 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
25 vs last sale 72 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
49 vs last sale 110 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cow firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.60/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$133.60
48 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.74
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495136.6667621
Medium and Large 2408131.2253627
One grade step is worth $5.44/cwt here — about $140 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 sale48 hd
133.60
FL average9 barns · 806 hd
145.35
−11.74
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
BullsAverage1,63383.951,3717thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22755.7268417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36355.6475811
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01549.154999thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1523136.69/cwt136.00–138.007153
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0631,125.76/cwt975.00–1,250.0011,9676
HeifersMedium and Large 2428130.88/cwt127.00–135.0056012
HeifersMedium and Large 2331129.38/cwt128.00–134.004284
HeifersMedium and Large 1475139.55/cwt138.00–142.006635
BullsMedium and Large 2473147.36/cwt145.00–149.006975
BullsMedium and Large 2337176.31/cwt174.00–180.005945
BullsMedium and Large 2270184.81/cwt180.00–190.004994
BullsMedium and Large 2375152.36/cwt149.00–156.005716
BullsMedium and Large 1267221.99/cwt220.00–226.005935
BullsMedium and Large 1337183.17/cwt180.00–190.006173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02682.88/cwt78.00–88.0085013
Bulls1,54080.38/cwt79.00–84.001,2384
Bulls1,75888.71/cwt87.00–90.001,5603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22755.72/cwt53.00–58.0068417
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36355.64/cwt53.00–58.0075811
CowsLean 85-90%1,01549.15/cwt48.00–50.004999
HeifersMedium and Large 2466131.45/cwt126.00–135.006135
HeifersMedium and Large 2373132.94/cwt130.00–136.004966
HeifersMedium and Large 1426142.07/cwt139.00–146.006057
HeifersMedium and Large 1577127.94/cwt126.00–132.007386
BullsMedium and Large 2580131.35/cwt130.00–137.007625
SteersMedium and Large 2428148.95/cwt146.00–152.006384
SteersMedium and Large 2373157.09/cwt155.00–161.005865

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.