Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-05-29

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 29
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
221 head
69 vs last sale 290 22 vs year ago 199 · +11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
15 vs last sale 22 36 vs year ago 73 · 49.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
36 vs last sale 107 98 vs year ago 169 · 58.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, bulls not well tested. Feeder classes not well tested. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $154.13/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$154.13
30 head · 338 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.99
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1318166.885312thin
Medium and Large 2304161.2149019thin
Medium and Large 3413136.375649thin
One grade step is worth $30.51/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale30 hd
154.13
FL average7 barns · 274 hd
146.14
+7.99
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%Average1,21852.4463924
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07347.7051216

Every lot, as filed

15 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,07347.70/cwt45.00–50.0051216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21852.44/cwt49.00–56.0063924
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03862.16/cwt58.00–66.0064512
SteersMedium and Large 2425149.34/cwt149.00–150.006353
HeifersMedium and Large 3270125.93/cwt124.00–128.003404
HeifersMedium and Large 2573101.42/cwt98.00–105.005818
HeifersMedium and Large 2375129.97/cwt129.00–131.004874
HeifersMedium and Large 1520132.04/cwt130.00–136.006873
BullsMedium and Large 3368146.70/cwt142.00–150.005405
BullsMedium and Large 3470123.45/cwt121.00–126.005804
BullsMedium and Large 2223172.36/cwt170.00–175.003848
BullsMedium and Large 2333161.17/cwt160.00–165.005374
BullsMedium and Large 2273166.86/cwt164.00–170.004564
BullsMedium and Large 2522123.97/cwt122.00–125.006473
BullsMedium and Large 1318166.88/cwt164.00–170.005312

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.