Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-08-14

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Aug 14
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
267 head
60 vs last sale 327 31 vs year ago 298 · 10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
19 vs last sale 55 22 vs year ago 58 · 37.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls limited test. Feeder cattle 5.00 to 10.00 lower in limited test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.13/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$116.13
40 head · 360 lb average
Value per head Derived
$418
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.50
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2276119.5233017thin
Medium and Large 1422113.6247923
One grade step is worth $5.90/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale40 hd
116.13
FL average10 barns · 830 hd
115.62
+0.50
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
BullsLow1,55875.421,1756thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26256.4871314
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03046.6648116

Every lot, as filed

18 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%1,03046.66/cwt44.00–49.0048116
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24054.09/cwt52.00–56.006718
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29159.67/cwt58.00–62.007706
Bulls1,55875.42/cwt74.00–78.001,1756
HeifersMedium and Large 2264117.19/cwt115.00–120.003097
HeifersMedium and Large 2320117.23/cwt114.00–119.003756
HeifersMedium and Large 2230127.04/cwt122.50–132.002924
HeifersMedium and Large 1333121.40/cwt120.00–126.004048
HeifersMedium and Large 1560100.07/cwt96.00–104.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 1429114.95/cwt113.00–117.004934
HeifersMedium and Large 1373118.07/cwt116.00–120.004404
HeifersMedium and Large 1530103.21/cwt100.00–110.005473
BullsMedium and Large 2527102.63/cwt100.00–104.005416
BullsMedium and Large 2330128.57/cwt127.00–132.004243
BullsMedium and Large 1578107.99/cwt104.00–110.006248
BullsMedium and Large 1388129.48/cwt127.00–132.005024
BullsMedium and Large 1475118.40/cwt115.00–120.005623
BullsMedium and Large 1427124.31/cwt123.00–125.005313

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.