Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-06-12

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jun 12
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
223 head
17 vs last sale 240 254 vs year ago 477 · 53.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
5 vs last sale 36 31 vs year ago 72 · 43.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
55 vs last sale 152 13 vs year ago 110 · 11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes weak. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.61/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$122.61
66 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.12
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424127.5054029
Medium and Large 2406118.7848337
One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about $57 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
122.61
FL average10 barns · 911 hd
132.73
−10.12
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
BullsHigh1,50181.861,2295thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25159.0673921
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04349.5151613

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1328151.76/cwt150.00–153.004985
BullsMedium and Large 1381145.96/cwt145.00–150.005565
BullsMedium and Large 1430147.26/cwt145.00–152.006337
BullsMedium and Large 2370138.89/cwt135.00–143.005144
BullsMedium and Large 2337140.53/cwt138.00–146.004746
BullsMedium and Large 2276143.67/cwt140.00–150.003978
BullsMedium and Large 2427134.66/cwt132.00–140.005759
HeifersMedium and Large 1317134.53/cwt132.00–140.004263
HeifersMedium and Large 1373129.90/cwt127.00–133.004854
HeifersMedium and Large 1471121.35/cwt118.00–126.005729
HeifersMedium and Large 1431129.40/cwt127.00–134.0055813
HeifersMedium and Large 2375121.44/cwt120.00–126.004554
HeifersMedium and Large 2420117.89/cwt115.00–121.004954
HeifersMedium and Large 2277131.18/cwt125.00–134.003636
HeifersMedium and Large 2321126.69/cwt122.00–130.004077
HeifersMedium and Large 2525102.78/cwt100.00–105.005407
HeifersMedium and Large 2475116.00/cwt108.00–126.005519
SteersMedium and Large 1434149.67/cwt148.00–155.006504
SteersMedium and Large 1474139.15/cwt136.00–145.006607
SteersMedium and Large 2367132.89/cwt127.00–136.004883
SteersMedium and Large 2470128.47/cwt127.00–130.006044
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04567.40/cwt64.00–74.0070413
Bulls1,92588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6941
Bulls1,39580.32/cwt77.00–83.001,1204
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32063.03/cwt62.00–64.008326
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22357.47/cwt55.00–60.0070315
CowsLean 85-90%1,04349.51/cwt47.00–53.0051613

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.