Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-12-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.67/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$134.67

36 head · 395 lb average

Value per head Derived

$532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$7.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.70

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	415	137.03	568	25
Medium and Large 2	350	129.29	453	11thin

One grade step is worth $7.73/cwt here — about $116 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 sale36 hd

134.67

—

FL average10 barns · 1,010 hd

132.96

+1.70

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	1,622	72.08	1,169	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	39.54	487	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,291	37.73	487	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	34.93	374	17

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	39.54/cwt	35.00–41.00	487	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	34.93/cwt	34.00–40.00	374	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	37.73/cwt	35.00–40.00	487	20
Bulls	—	—	1,622	72.08/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,169	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	71.54/cwt	68.00–80.00	707	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	125.75/cwt	119.00–128.00	484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	131.24/cwt	129.00–134.00	626	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	131.32/cwt	128.00–134.00	433	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	144.92/cwt	142.00–148.00	387	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	534	120.47/cwt	118.00–122.00	643	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	149.89/cwt	146.00–155.00	649	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	144.79/cwt	144.00–146.00	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	139.97/cwt	136.00–142.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	169.11/cwt	167.50–172.50	474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	148.67/cwt	147.00–152.00	565	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	276	180.78/cwt	177.50–185.00	499	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	178.85/cwt	174.00–184.00	590	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	621	2

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 Dec 12, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 235Last week 330Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 45Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 137Last week 110Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,231	35.00–41.00	39.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,071	34.00–40.00	34.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,291	35.00–40.00	37.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,622	67.00–75.00	72.08

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)	13	—	988	68.00–80.00	71.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	119.00–128.00	125.75
7	—	330	128.00–134.00	131.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	477	129.00–134.00	131.24
5	—	372	144.00	144.00
4	—	267	142.00–148.00	144.92
3	—	413	136.00–142.00	139.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	534	118.00–122.00	120.47
3	—	280	167.50–172.50	169.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	380	147.00–152.00	148.67
7	—	276	177.50–185.00	180.78
4	—	330	174.00–184.00	178.85
3	—	480	144.00	144.00
2	—	425	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	433	146.00–155.00	149.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	436	144.00–146.00	144.79

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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North Florida Livestock Market

Heifers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle