Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower in limited test. Feeder cattle steady in light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.02/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$138.02

62 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$12.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.76

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	450	143.48	646	35
Medium and Large 2	430	130.93	563	27

One grade step is worth $12.55/cwt here — about $83 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 sale62 hd

138.02

—

FL average10 barns · 893 hd

147.78

−9.76

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	1,372	72.37	993	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	49.85	607	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	46.10	473	12

Every lot, as filed

22 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%	—	1,025	46.10/cwt	43.00–48.00	473	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	49.85/cwt	49.00–57.00	607	9
Bulls	—	—	1,372	72.37/cwt	72.00–73.00	993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	133.94/cwt	130.00–140.00	842	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	150.04/cwt	146.00–154.00	564	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	155.28/cwt	152.00–160.00	519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	130.98/cwt	130.00–132.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	142.33/cwt	140.00–146.00	615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	145.20/cwt	144.00–149.00	839	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	110.50/cwt	106.00–114.00	640	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	133.30/cwt	132.00–136.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	136.72/cwt	135.00–142.00	530	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	124.78/cwt	122.00–127.00	584	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	236	158.90/cwt	155.00–165.00	375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	158.65/cwt	158.00–160.00	671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	129.52/cwt	128.00–131.00	852	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	167.51/cwt	164.00–170.00	524	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	149.64/cwt	148.00–152.00	715	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	161.79/cwt	158.00–166.00	607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	158.70/cwt	156.00–160.00	751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	220	223.48/cwt	220.00–230.00	492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.43/cwt	148.00–159.00	871	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 Mar 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 335Last week 200Year ago 224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 48Year ago 58

Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower in limited test. Feeder cattle steady in light test.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	43.00–48.00	46.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,218	49.00–57.00	49.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,372	72.00–73.00	72.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	130.00–140.00	133.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	578	144.00–149.00	145.20
3	—	423	158.00–160.00	158.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	376	146.00–154.00	150.04
7	—	334	152.00–160.00	155.28
5	—	615	130.00–132.00	130.98
5	—	432	140.00–146.00	142.33
3	—	473	132.00–136.00	133.30
4	—	658	128.00–131.00	129.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	579	106.00–114.00	110.50
8	—	388	135.00–142.00	136.72
7	—	468	122.00–127.00	124.78
5	—	236	155.00–165.00	158.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	313	164.00–170.00	167.51
5	—	478	148.00–152.00	149.64
4	—	375	158.00–166.00	161.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	156.00–160.00	158.70
3	—	220	220.00–230.00	223.48
2	—	568	148.00–159.00	153.43

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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