Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-08-15

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $167.70/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$167.70

65 head · 375 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$63

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

$44.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.09

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	293	196.34	576	23
Medium and Large 2	420	152.02	638	42

One grade step is worth $44.32/cwt here — about −$63 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 sale65 hd

167.70

—

FL average10 barns · 520 hd

154.61

+13.09

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	1,618	79.46	1,286	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	51.89	615	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	48.96	661	16

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	261	212.36/cwt	208.00–217.50	554	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	314	186.04/cwt	185.00–193.00	584	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	48.96/cwt	47.00–55.00	661	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	51.89/cwt	49.00–54.00	615	9
Bulls	—	—	1,618	79.46/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	151.92/cwt	150.00–156.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	140.35/cwt	138.00–142.00	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	179.93/cwt	178.00–182.00	486	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	931	90.38/cwt	88.00–94.00	841	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	79.89/cwt	76.00–84.00	769	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	186.14/cwt	183.00–188.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	125.38/cwt	124.00–128.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	147.44/cwt	142.00–150.00	621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	166.39/cwt	165.00–168.00	619	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	163.91/cwt	161.00–170.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	139.96/cwt	138.00–142.00	658	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	151.68/cwt	151.00–152.00	566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	141.96/cwt	140.00–143.00	600	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	136.47/cwt	135.00–138.00	641	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	563	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	129.49/cwt	128.00–131.00	738	6

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 Aug 15, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 298Last week 434Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 63Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 134Last week 155Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	261	208.00–217.50	212.36
14	—	314	185.00–193.00	186.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	372	165.00–168.00	166.39
9	—	423	140.00–143.00	141.96
8	—	470	135.00–138.00	136.47
8	—	320	176.00	176.00
6	—	570	128.00–131.00	129.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	150.00–156.00	151.92
4	—	270	178.00–182.00	179.93
3	—	528	124.00–128.00	125.38
3	—	421	142.00–150.00	147.44
3	—	373	151.00–152.00	151.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	138.00–142.00	140.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	361	183.00–188.00	186.14
3	—	423	161.00–170.00	163.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	470	138.00–142.00	139.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,350	47.00–55.00	48.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,186	49.00–54.00	51.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,618	77.00–84.00	79.46

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	931	88.00–94.00	90.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	962	76.00–84.00	79.89

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle