Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-08-29

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $181.84/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$181.84

60 head · 314 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$9.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.52

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	356	187.73	668	21
Medium and Large 2	291	178.67	520	39

One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about $149 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 sale60 hd

181.84

—

FL average10 barns · 463 hd

155.32

+26.52

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	48.69	580	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	45.39	457	12

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	45.39/cwt	44.00–47.00	457	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	48.69/cwt	47.00–52.00	580	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	141.95/cwt	140.00–146.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	149.91/cwt	146.00–152.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	128.99/cwt	126.00–132.00	796	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	85.05/cwt	80.00–90.00	796	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	58.57/cwt	55.00–65.00	635	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	989	108.42/cwt	98.00–125.00	1,072	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	131.25/cwt	128.00–136.00	429	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	136.36/cwt	133.00–140.00	575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	139.30/cwt	138.00–142.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	174.77/cwt	170.00–180.00	577	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	161.29/cwt	158.00–164.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	171.56/cwt	168.00–174.00	631	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	272	133.82/cwt	130.00–138.00	364	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	271	181.09/cwt	178.00–184.00	491	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	174.18/cwt	170.00–178.00	563	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	171.92/cwt	168.00–176.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	191.63/cwt	188.00–198.00	638	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	170.88/cwt	166.00–176.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	191.93/cwt	190.00–194.00	704	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 Aug 29, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 340Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 128Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,007	44.00–47.00	45.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,191	47.00–52.00	48.69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	140.00–146.00	141.95
3	—	368	146.00–152.00	149.91
2	—	617	126.00–132.00	128.99
3	—	478	138.00–142.00	139.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	327	128.00–136.00	131.25
6	—	422	133.00–140.00	136.36
12	—	272	130.00–138.00	133.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	330	170.00–180.00	174.77
3	—	425	158.00–164.00	161.29
13	—	368	168.00–174.00	171.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	271	178.00–184.00	181.09
11	—	323	170.00–178.00	174.18
2	—	372	168.00–176.00	171.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	333	188.00–198.00	191.63
4	—	420	166.00–176.00	170.88
4	—	367	190.00–194.00	191.93

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	936	80.00–90.00	85.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,084	55.00–65.00	58.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	989	98.00–125.00	108.42

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle