Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-08-22

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Aug 22
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
105 vs last sale 298 403 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
19 vs last sale 58 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
6 vs last sale 134 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady. Feeder classes steady. Feeder cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $214.60/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$214.60
43 head · 278 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+60.07
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1264222.0558639
Medium and Large 3418141.945934thin
One grade step is worth $80.11/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale43 hd
214.60
FL average10 barns · 374 hd
154.54
+60.07
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
BullsAverage1,63979.631,3055thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24855.0968814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16353.5062210
CowsLean 85-90%Average97848.0747030

Every lot, as filed

20 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24855.09/cwt53.00–57.0068814
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16353.50/cwt52.00–55.0062210
Bulls1,63979.63/cwt78.00–83.001,3055
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08467.58/cwt55.00–82.0073314
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04957.15/cwt55.00–60.0060023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,010101.76/cwt97.00–104.001,0283
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0801,039.12/cwt950.00–1,125.0011,2226
SteersMedium and Large 1513137.03/cwt136.00–139.007033
CowsLean 85-90%97848.07/cwt46.00–50.0047030
HeifersMedium and Large 2428125.15/cwt124.00–127.0053610
HeifersMedium and Large 1368148.14/cwt144.00–152.005454
HeifersMedium and Large 1425141.11/cwt138.00–144.006006
HeifersMedium and Large 2330142.33/cwt140.00–144.004705
HeifersMedium and Large 1528120.61/cwt118.00–123.006375
HeifersMedium and Large 2368135.91/cwt132.00–138.005003
BullsMedium and Large 3418141.94/cwt140.00–144.005934
BullsMedium and Large 1229232.29/cwt225.00–237.5053222
BullsMedium and Large 1267223.81/cwt215.00–225.005988
BullsMedium and Large 1328199.40/cwt196.00–205.006545
BullsMedium and Large 1370190.57/cwt188.00–193.007054

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.