Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-05-15

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 15
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
70 vs last sale 272 400 vs year ago 602 · 66.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
17 vs last sale 42 26 vs year ago 51 · 51.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
83 vs last sale 173 49 vs year ago 41 · +119.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady in light test. Feeder cattle firm. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.21/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$138.21
66 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.09
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525140.1873643
Medium and Large 2488134.5465623
One grade step is worth $5.64/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 sale66 hd
138.21
FL average10 barns · 632 hd
138.12
+0.09
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
BullsAverage1,70180.911,3765thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23554.456726thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07147.945139thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1688121.48/cwt120.00–123.008362
HeifersMedium and Large 1378158.01/cwt156.00–160.005976
HeifersMedium and Large 1417156.54/cwt152.00–159.006536
HeifersMedium and Large 1585128.88/cwt127.00–132.007549
HeifersMedium and Large 1492144.62/cwt141.00–149.0071210
HeifersMedium and Large 1624129.12/cwt127.00–130.0080610
HeifersMedium and Large 2530131.53/cwt130.00–133.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 2473135.60/cwt135.00–140.0064117
SteersMedium and Large 1368192.09/cwt190.00–196.007073
SteersMedium and Large 1630146.02/cwt145.00–148.009203
SteersMedium and Large 1323205.19/cwt200.00–210.006634
SteersMedium and Large 1670139.50/cwt139.00–140.009354
SteersMedium and Large 1527157.41/cwt156.00–158.008307
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294864.76/cwt60.00–70.006145
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2974106.87/cwt104.00–112.501,0414
Bulls1,70180.91/cwt79.00–84.001,3765
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23554.45/cwt53.00–56.006726
CowsLean 85-90%1,07147.94/cwt47.00–49.005139

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.