Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-11-20

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Nov 20
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
219 vs last sale 476 257 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
44 vs last sale 36 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
139 head
67 vs last sale 72 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows firm. All Florida livestock markets closed next week for Thanksgiving. Markets reopen first week in December.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.20/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$116.20
67 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.95
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479117.2856147
Medium and Large 2387113.6744020
One grade step is worth $3.61/cwt here — about $122 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 sale67 hd
116.20
FL average8 barns · 1,094 hd
121.15
−4.95
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
BullsAverage1,61884.471,3673thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37078.091,0704thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07366.7271622
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04553.5856010

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1270152.59/cwt150.00–155.004124
BullsMedium and Large 1370159.08/cwt156.00–162.005894
BullsMedium and Large 1521119.27/cwt114.00–123.006215
BullsMedium and Large 1461138.30/cwt137.00–142.006388
BullsMedium and Large 1325170.23/cwt165.00–175.0055310
BullsMedium and Large 2278132.43/cwt130.00–135.003684
BullsMedium and Large 2328130.85/cwt127.00–135.004294
BullsMedium and Large 2530105.45/cwt103.00–108.005594
BullsMedium and Large 2363145.87/cwt140.00–150.005305
HeifersMedium and Large 1582106.96/cwt105.00–110.006235
HeifersMedium and Large 1630106.56/cwt105.00–109.006715
HeifersMedium and Large 1466119.79/cwt117.00–122.005587
HeifersMedium and Large 1527116.97/cwt115.00–118.006169
HeifersMedium and Large 1365122.92/cwt120.00–127.0044910
HeifersMedium and Large 1435120.37/cwt118.00–127.0052411
HeifersMedium and Large 2520107.33/cwt107.00–108.005583
HeifersMedium and Large 2430113.42/cwt110.00–117.004884
HeifersMedium and Large 2372117.29/cwt113.00–120.004365
HeifersMedium and Large 2325113.91/cwt112.00–116.003708
SteersMedium and Large 1570126.51/cwt126.00–127.007212
SteersMedium and Large 1413157.35/cwt156.00–160.006503
SteersMedium and Large 1468147.43/cwt145.00–150.006904
SteersMedium and Large 1523129.90/cwt126.00–133.006797
SteersMedium and Large 1370159.36/cwt156.00–163.005908
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296396.36/cwt90.00–102.0092812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03568.26/cwt62.00–74.0070620
Bulls1,61884.47/cwt83.00–85.001,3673
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19575.00/cwt75.00–75.008966
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02763.61/cwt59.00–66.0065316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37078.09/cwt76.00–80.001,0704
CowsLean 85-90%1,04553.58/cwt51.00–55.0056010

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.