Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-02-12

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Feb 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
226 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 160▲ 226 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 60▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 106▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers untested, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.16/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$128.16
41 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.07
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468133.0862313thin
Medium and Large 2449128.8457817thin
Medium and Large 3431121.2752211thin
One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about $101 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 sale41 hd
128.16
—
FL average10 barns · 759 hd
142.22
−14.07
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
Bulls—High1,60884.071,3522thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28158.917555thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13056.606399thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2—375171.95/cwt168.00–176.006452
BullsMedium and Large 3—418143.40/cwt140.00–147.005992
BullsMedium and Large 1—653121.49/cwt118.00–125.007934
BullsMedium and Large 2—531121.16/cwt120.00–126.006435
BullsMedium and Large 3—468132.39/cwt132.00–134.006205
Bulls——1,60884.07/cwt80.00–88.001,3522
BullsMedium and Large 1—515134.23/cwt132.00–135.006914
BullsMedium and Large 2—408162.36/cwt157.00–165.006623
BullsMedium and Large 3—373152.71/cwt150.00–154.005703
CowsBoner 80-85%—99847.99/cwt47.00–49.004792
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,18866.80/cwt64.00–70.007942
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17361.70/cwt58.00–64.007244
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16055.53/cwt52.00–59.006443
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34353.65/cwt51.00–56.007213
SteersMedium and Large 2—683113.50/cwt113.00–114.007752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,03381.58/cwt80.00–83.008432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—92871.17/cwt68.00–76.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320161.03/cwt160.00–162.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465121.32/cwt120.00–122.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425131.52/cwt130.00–133.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 3—358131.70/cwt130.00–135.004713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585110.77/cwt110.00–114.006485
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321149.64/cwt148.00–152.004805
HeifersMedium and Large 3—66382.51/cwt80.00–85.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471133.02/cwt130.00–134.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 2—69396.35/cwt90.00–100.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318143.07/cwt140.00–146.004552
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425121.93/cwt120.00–128.005184

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.