Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-05-08

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 8
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
272 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 237▲ 67 vs year ago 205 · +32.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 58▼ 16 vs year ago 58 · −27.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 118▲ 28 vs year ago 145 · +19.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls limited test. Most feeder classes firm. Feeder and replacement cows steady. Most feeder cows aged, thin cows.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.59/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$142.59
81 head · 356 lb average
Value per head Derived
$508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.56
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2301146.0244045
Medium and Large 1479141.9667922
Medium and Large 3342132.5545314thin
One grade step is worth $13.47/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale81 hd
142.59
—
FL average10 barns · 742 hd
141.03
+1.56
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18952.3462214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05844.694736thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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—527148.68/cwt148.00–150.007843
BullsMedium and Large 1—325173.82/cwt170.00–178.005654
BullsMedium and Large 1—379171.48/cwt170.00–172.006504
BullsMedium and Large 1—483151.57/cwt149.00–154.007325
BullsMedium and Large 2—330159.12/cwt155.00–163.005254
BullsMedium and Large 2—370157.89/cwt154.00–162.005844
BullsMedium and Large 2—433157.54/cwt155.00–160.006824
BullsMedium and Large 2—480143.92/cwt140.00–148.006914
BullsMedium and Large 2—240163.67/cwt160.00–167.503936
BullsMedium and Large 2—528141.35/cwt140.00–142.007466
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675122.61/cwt120.00–126.008283
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430147.95/cwt146.00–150.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473143.43/cwt141.00–146.006784
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576136.37/cwt135.00–138.007855
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335151.31/cwt150.00–152.005076
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433138.46/cwt136.00–141.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275148.40/cwt145.00–154.004085
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327137.81/cwt136.00–142.004517
HeifersMedium and Large 2—382145.07/cwt142.00–148.005549
HeifersMedium and Large 2—236150.24/cwt148.00–155.0035520
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423123.94/cwt122.00–128.005243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377135.55/cwt134.00–138.005115
HeifersMedium and Large 3—272134.36/cwt134.00–136.003656
SteersMedium and Large 1—310198.00/cwt198.00–198.006141
SteersMedium and Large 1—470171.40/cwt167.00–176.008062
SteersMedium and Large 1—423176.42/cwt171.00–179.007463
SteersMedium and Large 2—370168.97/cwt168.00–170.006254
SteersMedium and Large 2—418162.95/cwt160.00–164.006814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,19380.06/cwt78.00–82.009558
Stock CowsMedium and Large 3—91839.71/cwt35.00–45.0036550
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20956.52/cwt56.00–58.006834
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18150.67/cwt49.00–53.0059810
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05844.69/cwt43.00–46.004736

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.