Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-07-24

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jul 24
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
176 vs last sale 227 101 vs year ago 302 · +33.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
1 vs last sale 33 4 vs year ago 30 · +13.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
115 head
28 vs last sale 87 23 vs year ago 138 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady. Feeder cattle steady to firm. Value added feeders had shot records. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.81/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$124.81
48 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550128.7570928
Medium and Large 2374119.2944620
One grade step is worth $9.45/cwt here — about $263 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 sale48 hd
124.81
FL average7 barns · 688 hd
123.99
+0.82
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
BullsAverage1,68385.001,4313thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58266.941,0593thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13558.116609thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03752.0053914

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 1268172.86/cwt170.00–176.004632
BullsMedium and Large 1375162.40/cwt160.00–165.006094
BullsMedium and Large 2275160.07/cwt158.00–162.004404
BullsMedium and Large 2368137.30/cwt134.00–142.005055
BullsMedium and Large 2320157.17/cwt152.00–160.005036
BullsMedium and Large 2433127.93/cwt124.00–132.005546
BullsMedium and Large 2466119.08/cwt117.00–125.005558
HeifersMedium and Large 1425128.07/cwt126.00–130.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 1467123.09/cwt119.00–126.005755
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added533132.32/cwt130.00–136.007055
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added627124.56/cwt121.00–129.007816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added580132.44/cwt129.00–136.0076810
HeifersMedium and Large 2270125.85/cwt122.00–130.003404
HeifersMedium and Large 2332124.31/cwt122.00–128.004135
HeifersMedium and Large 2372119.90/cwt117.00–122.004465
HeifersMedium and Large 2480110.24/cwt108.00–115.005296
SteersMedium and Large 1555144.00/cwt144.00–144.007992
SteersMedium and Large 1420153.75/cwt152.00–157.006463
SteersMedium and Large 1622129.02/cwt125.00–131.008033
SteersMedium and Large 1480142.33/cwt140.00–146.006835
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added569140.43/cwt138.00–142.007995
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added669130.51/cwt125.00–135.008737
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added733124.96/cwt122.00–128.009168
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added620134.90/cwt131.00–138.008369
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21565.03/cwt64.00–66.0079012
Bulls1,68385.00/cwt82.00–90.001,4313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13558.11/cwt56.00–62.006609
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58266.94/cwt66.00–69.001,0593
CowsLean 85-90%1,03752.00/cwt47.00–54.0053914

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.