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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jan 22
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
99 vs last sale 231 60 vs year ago 192 · 31.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
38 vs last sale 55 6 vs year ago 23 · 26.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
33 vs last sale 80 42 vs year ago 89 · 47.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.06/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$142.06
25 head · 382 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368154.6056815thin
Medium and Large 2404123.2649810thin
One grade step is worth $31.34/cwt here — about $70 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 sale25 hd
142.06
FL average10 barns · 978 hd
140.80
+1.26
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20852.716373thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11347.065247thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1369141.26/cwt137.00–144.005218
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15091.30/cwt90.00–94.001,0503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36558.00/cwt58.00–58.007921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13050.06/cwt48.00–52.005662
CowsLean 85-90%1,11347.06/cwt44.00–49.005247
HeifersMedium and Large 2374125.63/cwt125.00–128.004705
HeifersMedium and Large 2434120.89/cwt119.00–129.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 1227206.18/cwt200.00–220.004683
BullsMedium and Large 1370191.14/cwt186.00–196.007074
BullsMedium and Large 1430155.91/cwt152.00–160.006704
BullsMedium and Large 2223181.42/cwt175.00–185.004053
BullsMedium and Large 2537130.58/cwt128.00–136.007013
BullsMedium and Large 2371163.11/cwt160.00–168.006055
BullsMedium and Large 2433143.56/cwt140.00–146.006225
HeifersMedium and Large 1470142.58/cwt140.00–145.006704

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.