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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 22
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
290 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 290▲ 0 vs year ago 290 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 22▲ 0 vs year ago 22 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 107▲ 0 vs year ago 107 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows steady in light test. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder classes weak to 3.00 lower instances 10.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.91/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$139.91
46 head · 357 lb average
Value per head Derived
$499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.23
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2356140.5950043
Medium and Large 3368130.214793thin
One grade step is worth $10.38/cwt here — about $21 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 sale46 hd
139.91
—
FL average10 barns · 417 hd
143.14
−3.23
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%High1,19558.026934thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07347.215076thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 2—225150.18/cwt148.00–152.003384
BullsMedium and Large 2—470126.94/cwt124.00–130.005974
BullsMedium and Large 2—328141.33/cwt137.00–146.004646
BullsMedium and Large 2—275149.41/cwt147.00–152.004118
BullsMedium and Large 2—422135.25/cwt130.00–139.0057110
BullsMedium and Large 2—376140.09/cwt137.00–144.0052711
BullsMedium and Large 3—368130.21/cwt125.00–133.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325126.29/cwt122.00–131.004106
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425128.89/cwt126.00–132.005488
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475119.55/cwt118.00–122.0056810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370130.11/cwt126.00–134.0048112
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382115.91/cwt114.00–120.004433
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323115.37/cwt112.00–120.003735
SteersMedium and Large 1—577142.91/cwt140.00–149.008253
SteersMedium and Large 1—614137.44/cwt133.00–139.008444
SteersMedium and Large 2—328148.37/cwt146.00–151.004872
SteersMedium and Large 2—570133.04/cwt131.00–135.007584
SteersMedium and Large 2—376143.53/cwt142.00–150.005405
SteersMedium and Large 2—268158.71/cwt158.00–160.004256
SteersMedium and Large 2—473139.43/cwt137.00–142.006606
SteersMedium and Large 2—431137.53/cwt135.00–142.005938
SteersMedium and Large 3—418125.53/cwt124.00–127.005252
SteersMedium and Large 3—470119.96/cwt118.00–122.005642
SteersMedium and Large 3—368129.21/cwt124.00–132.004753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98082.63/cwt80.00–84.008103
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,093991.92/cwt975.00–1,025.0010,8423
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20562.00/cwt62.00–62.007471
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19256.69/cwt55.00–60.006763
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07347.21/cwt45.00–49.005076

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.