Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-04-03

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 3
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 196 vs last sale 335▼ 68 vs year ago 207 · −32.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 29▼ 27 vs year ago 78 · −34.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
168 head
▲ 168 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 146 · +15.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle firm in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.14/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$150.14
45 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$154
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.70
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2330153.8050721
Medium and Large 1450146.9566124
One grade step is worth $6.85/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale45 hd
150.14
—
FL average10 barns · 821 hd
146.44
+3.70
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,82378.221,4266thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25351.2164218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36348.6166310
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02545.3546511

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473140.02/cwt138.00–144.006626
BullsMedium and Large 2—430160.29/cwt157.00–162.006893
Bulls——1,82378.22/cwt75.00–81.001,4266
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37554.86/cwt54.00–56.007545
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20649.81/cwt46.00–53.0060113
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36348.61/cwt45.00–52.0066310
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02545.35/cwt43.00–47.0046511
SteersMedium and Large 1—367195.31/cwt194.00–196.007173
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,067994.83/cwt900.00–1,075.0010,61531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98576.65/cwt72.00–84.0075518
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—96496.52/cwt92.00–106.0093016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—455135.00/cwt135.00–135.006141
HeifersMedium and Large 2—271159.17/cwt158.00–160.004315
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376140.93/cwt130.00–149.005305
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323159.42/cwt154.00–160.0051510
SteersMedium and Large 1—430184.98/cwt184.00–186.007952
SteersMedium and Large 1—270216.20/cwt215.00–217.505842
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418148.98/cwt148.00–150.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—230174.52/cwt174.00–175.004014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376159.73/cwt159.00–162.006014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007494
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620127.90/cwt124.00–132.007934

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.