Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-05-01

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 1
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 225▼ 8 vs year ago 245 · −3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 44▼ 52 vs year ago 110 · −47.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 141▼ 51 vs year ago 169 · −30.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle 4.00 to 8.00 lower in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.63/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$136.63
61 head · 368 lb average
Value per head Derived
$503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$283
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.94
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2354136.8348457
Medium and Large 1574133.727684thin
One grade step is worth $3.11/cwt here — about −$283 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 sale61 hd
136.63
—
FL average10 barns · 838 hd
143.57
−6.94
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—Average1,73678.971,3714thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60051.198194thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17651.1160126
CowsLean 85-90%Average99642.1342021

Every lot, as filed

18 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—424157.66/cwt156.00–160.006687
BullsMedium and Large 2—468128.31/cwt127.00–132.006008
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574133.72/cwt131.00–135.007684
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482127.71/cwt125.00–129.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573120.63/cwt118.00–122.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—228148.63/cwt144.00–152.003395
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417130.97/cwt129.00–132.005469
HeifersMedium and Large 2—274143.59/cwt141.00–146.0039311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—382135.91/cwt134.00–140.0051912
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323137.29/cwt134.00–140.0044314
SteersMedium and Large 1—475157.96/cwt157.00–160.007503
SteersMedium and Large 2—224172.01/cwt170.00–175.003857
SteersMedium and Large 2—460146.36/cwt142.00–148.0067311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,12163.64/cwt58.00–68.0071322
Bulls——1,73678.97/cwt77.00–84.001,3714
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17651.11/cwt49.00–54.0060126
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60051.19/cwt48.00–54.008194
CowsLean 85-90%—99642.13/cwt39.00–45.0042021

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.