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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 10
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 139▲ 34 vs year ago 193 · +17.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 51▲ 12 vs year ago 58 · +20.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 168▲ 25 vs year ago 105 · +23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady in light test. Feeder and replacement cows mostly weak.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $174.50/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$174.50
27 head · 386 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$79
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.28
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2369176.9065220
Medium and Large 1437167.627327thin
One grade step is worth $9.28/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale27 hd
174.50
—
FL average10 barns · 454 hd
158.21
+16.28
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—High1,68675.111,2666thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24847.2158937
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,84941.897757thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99941.0841018

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1—528153.27/cwt152.00–156.008093
BullsMedium and Large 1—368178.38/cwt175.00–182.006564
BullsMedium and Large 2—225205.73/cwt202.00–210.004634
BullsMedium and Large 2—270202.41/cwt200.00–205.005474
Bulls——1,92582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,5791
BullsMedium and Large 2—483152.43/cwt148.00–157.007364
BullsMedium and Large 2—433161.97/cwt160.00–164.007018
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370145.46/cwt144.00–147.005384
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433136.47/cwt135.00–138.005914
SteersMedium and Large 2—472156.75/cwt155.00–158.007405
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,090999.31/cwt925.00–1,075.0010,8928
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,05071.65/cwt68.00–75.0075230
SteersMedium and Large 3—475147.31/cwt146.00–148.007006
SteersMedium and Large 1—333188.64/cwt188.00–190.006283
SteersMedium and Large 3—525138.46/cwt137.00–140.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373152.96/cwt152.00–155.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462137.34/cwt136.00–138.006353
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330162.91/cwt160.00–166.005384
Bulls——1,63873.73/cwt72.00–79.001,2085
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23546.27/cwt43.00–49.0057131
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31552.04/cwt51.00–55.006846
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,84941.89/cwt41.00–43.007757
CowsLean 85-90%—99941.08/cwt39.00–43.0041018

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.