Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-02-20

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.39/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$151.39

32 head · 374 lb average

Value per head Derived

$566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$28.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.35

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	343	159.30	546	23
Medium and Large 2	454	131.17	596	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale32 hd

151.39

—

FL average8 barns · 604 hd

146.04

+5.35

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	1,081	51.24	554	50

Every lot, as filed

16 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%	—	1,065	50.01/cwt	47.00–53.00	533	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	60.22/cwt	57.00–63.00	724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	172.07/cwt	170.00–178.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	124.94/cwt	122.00–127.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	138.96/cwt	138.00–142.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	168.92/cwt	168.00–170.00	461	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	151.06/cwt	149.00–154.00	563	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	177.88/cwt	174.00–184.00	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	195.61/cwt	192.00–199.00	646	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	162.76/cwt	158.00–165.00	542	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	161.87/cwt	158.00–166.00	602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	155.94/cwt	152.00–158.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	326	170.08/cwt	168.00–174.00	554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	194.54/cwt	192.00–198.00	617	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	277	206.17/cwt	200.00–210.00	571	5

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 Feb 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 299Last week 199Year ago 316

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 43Year ago 83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,065	47.00–53.00	50.01
6	—	1,202	57.00–63.00	60.22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	170.00–178.00	172.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	372	174.00–184.00	177.88
6	—	330	192.00–199.00	195.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	122.00–127.00	124.94
4	—	432	138.00–142.00	138.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	273	168.00–170.00	168.92
6	—	427	150.00	150.00
5	—	373	149.00–154.00	151.06
3	—	333	158.00–165.00	162.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	372	158.00–166.00	161.87
3	—	426	152.00–158.00	155.94
3	—	326	168.00–174.00	170.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	317	192.00–198.00	194.54
5	—	277	200.00–210.00	206.17

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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