Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-12-05

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Dec 5
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
330 head
56 vs last sale 274 330 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
5 vs last sale 50 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
1 vs last sale 111 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $157.06/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$157.06
26 head · 372 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.44
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1320175.545628thin
Medium and Large 2396148.8558918thin
One grade step is worth $26.69/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale26 hd
157.06
FL average10 barns · 509 hd
144.62
+12.44
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
BullsAverage1,71569.001,1831thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15343.8050513
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34543.045798thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05338.9741012

Every lot, as filed

15 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
BullsMedium and Large 1270184.15/cwt180.00–188.004974
BullsMedium and Large 1370166.92/cwt164.00–170.006184
BullsMedium and Large 2270167.41/cwt165.00–170.004524
BullsMedium and Large 2370151.95/cwt150.00–154.005624
BullsMedium and Large 2435140.91/cwt137.50–144.006134
BullsMedium and Large 2470139.70/cwt137.50–142.006576
HeifersMedium and Large 1528112.95/cwt110.00–115.005965
HeifersMedium and Large 1570102.96/cwt100.00–105.005875
HeifersMedium and Large 2332137.56/cwt135.00–140.004574
HeifersMedium and Large 2270141.30/cwt140.00–142.503826
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297570.36/cwt65.00–78.006865
Bulls1,71569.00/cwt69.00–69.001,1831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15343.80/cwt42.00–47.0050513
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34543.04/cwt42.00–44.005798
CowsLean 85-90%1,05338.97/cwt37.00–42.0041012

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.