Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-10-16

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Oct 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
377 head
73 vs last sale 450 110 vs year ago 487 · 22.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
39 vs last sale 57 33 vs year ago 51 · 64.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
32 vs last sale 93 41 vs year ago 84 · +48.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower in light test. Feeder cattle steady to weak. Replacement cows weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.03/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$116.03
64 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$502
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.07
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468116.8254634
Medium and Large 2394115.1545330
One grade step is worth $1.67/cwt here — about $93 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 sale64 hd
116.03
FL average10 barns · 1,097 hd
117.11
−1.07
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
BullsAverage1,52374.331,1323thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26845.295749thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00043.344333thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1323129.92/cwt128.00–132.004204
HeifersMedium and Large 1429122.92/cwt118.00–127.005274
HeifersMedium and Large 1520108.45/cwt106.00–111.005644
HeifersMedium and Large 1483114.19/cwt113.00–118.005528
HeifersMedium and Large 1380124.58/cwt123.00–128.004739
HeifersMedium and Large 2333119.92/cwt118.00–124.003993
HeifersMedium and Large 2275133.42/cwt132.00–135.003674
HeifersMedium and Large 2421110.66/cwt106.00–114.004667
HeifersMedium and Large 2375114.88/cwt112.00–118.004318
HeifersMedium and Large 2470108.42/cwt106.00–111.005108
SteersMedium and Large 1655111.48/cwt109.00–114.007302
SteersMedium and Large 1713112.51/cwt112.00–113.008022
SteersMedium and Large 2470124.89/cwt120.00–130.005874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01895.29/cwt85.00–106.009704
Bulls1,52374.33/cwt74.00–75.001,1323
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26845.29/cwt44.00–50.005749
CowsLean 85-90%1,00043.34/cwt43.00–44.004333
BullsMedium and Large 1267163.25/cwt160.00–165.004363
BullsMedium and Large 1373137.29/cwt136.00–140.005123
BullsMedium and Large 1477131.22/cwt128.00–138.006263
BullsMedium and Large 1531121.07/cwt119.00–124.006439
BullsMedium and Large 2227143.24/cwt140.00–145.003253
BullsMedium and Large 2366125.12/cwt122.00–129.004587
BullsMedium and Large 2473116.11/cwt112.00–120.005498
BullsMedium and Large 2530107.57/cwt105.00–113.005709
BullsMedium and Large 2435121.34/cwt120.00–127.0052810
HeifersMedium and Large 175596.00/cwt96.00–96.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 167399.94/cwt97.00–105.006733

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.