Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-07-17

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jul 17
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
115 vs last sale 342 175 vs year ago 402 · 43.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
26 vs last sale 59 8 vs year ago 41 · 19.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
41 vs last sale 128 37 vs year ago 124 · 29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady in light test. Slaughter bulls not tested. Feeder cattle steady in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.59/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$139.59
31 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.62
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1385146.4256418thin
Medium and Large 2404136.505517thin
Medium and Large 3430122.715286thin
One grade step is worth $23.71/cwt here — about $36 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 sale31 hd
139.59
FL average10 barns · 486 hd
137.97
+1.62
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%Average1,21755.6867816
CowsLean 85-90%Average99147.324695thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
SteersMedium and Large 1560123.00/cwt123.00–123.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 2327127.16/cwt124.00–128.004165
HeifersMedium and Large 2378120.86/cwt118.00–124.004574
BullsMedium and Large 3430122.71/cwt121.00–126.005286
BullsMedium and Large 2423132.43/cwt130.00–135.005604
BullsMedium and Large 2378141.93/cwt140.00–146.005363
BullsMedium and Large 1384147.13/cwt146.00–152.0056510
BullsMedium and Large 1338152.55/cwt150.00–153.005166
CowsLean 85-90%99147.32/cwt46.00–49.004695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19254.22/cwt52.00–57.0064613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32762.02/cwt60.00–63.008233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08062.60/cwt58.00–67.0067612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294885.27/cwt84.00–88.008083
SteersMedium and Large 1516130.80/cwt130.00–131.0067510
SteersMedium and Large 1645121.00/cwt121.00–121.007803
BullsMedium and Large 1530124.50/cwt124.00–125.006602

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.