Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle weak on higher quality calves, 5.00 to 10.00 lower on lower quality calves. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.04/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$142.04

107 head · 377 lb average

Value per head Derived

$535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.72

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	405	147.60	598	52
Medium and Large 2	350	136.77	479	55

One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about $119 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 sale107 hd

142.04

—

FL average10 barns · 755 hd

127.31

+14.72

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,678	67.49	1,132	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	44.86	540	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	39.95	406	11

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	133.75/cwt	131.00–138.00	627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	140.91/cwt	138.00–144.00	603	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	151.95/cwt	151.00–160.00	582	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	127.53/cwt	126.00–134.00	681	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	161.82/cwt	158.00–166.00	526	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	121.09/cwt	118.00–124.00	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	130.17/cwt	128.00–136.00	561	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	226	124.85/cwt	122.00–127.50	282	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.31/cwt	139.00–144.00	526	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	148.40/cwt	144.00–152.00	481	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	106.92/cwt	103.00–113.00	622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	123.89/cwt	120.00–128.00	458	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	113.94/cwt	111.00–117.00	547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	128.86/cwt	126.00–132.00	425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	109.20/cwt	109.00–110.00	580	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	117.60/cwt	116.00–126.00	514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	114.43/cwt	112.00–117.00	429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	107.41/cwt	105.00–110.00	456	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	114.48/cwt	112.00–118.00	379	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	269	94.82/cwt	90.00–100.00	255	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	136.56/cwt	135.00–139.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	132.58/cwt	130.00–138.00	705	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	135.47/cwt	133.00–139.00	578	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	66.86/cwt	58.00–74.00	681	17
Bulls	—	—	1,855	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,465	1
Bulls	—	—	1,662	66.44/cwt	64.00–71.00	1,104	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	47.59/cwt	47.00–48.00	601	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	44.24/cwt	42.00–46.00	527	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	39.95/cwt	38.00–42.00	406	11

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL

Wed Oct 23, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 377Year ago 409

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 18Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 116Last week 125Year ago 99

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle weak on higher quality calves, 5.00 to 10.00 lower on lower quality calves. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	131.00–138.00	133.75
8	—	428	138.00–144.00	140.91
9	—	383	151.00–160.00	151.95
10	—	534	126.00–134.00	127.53
20	—	325	158.00–166.00	161.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	118.00–124.00	121.09
7	—	431	128.00–136.00	130.17
11	—	226	122.00–127.50	124.85
11	—	375	139.00–144.00	140.31
20	—	324	144.00–152.00	148.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	582	103.00–113.00	106.92
6	—	370	120.00–128.00	123.89
6	—	480	111.00–117.00	113.94
8	—	330	126.00–132.00	128.86
10	—	531	109.00–110.00	109.20
12	—	437	116.00–126.00	117.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	112.00–117.00	114.43
8	—	425	105.00–110.00	107.41
14	—	331	112.00–118.00	114.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	269	90.00–100.00	94.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	135.00–139.00	136.56
6	—	532	130.00–138.00	132.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	427	133.00–139.00	135.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,018	58.00–74.00	66.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	79.00	79.00
11	—	1,662	64.00–71.00	66.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,262	47.00–48.00	47.59
31	—	1,191	42.00–46.00	44.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,016	38.00–42.00	39.95

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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North Florida Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle