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
BullsHigh1,60884.071,3522thin
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 2375171.95/cwt168.00–176.006452
BullsMedium and Large 3418143.40/cwt140.00–147.005992
BullsMedium and Large 1653121.49/cwt118.00–125.007934
BullsMedium and Large 2531121.16/cwt120.00–126.006435
BullsMedium and Large 3468132.39/cwt132.00–134.006205
Bulls1,60884.07/cwt80.00–88.001,3522
BullsMedium and Large 1515134.23/cwt132.00–135.006914
BullsMedium and Large 2408162.36/cwt157.00–165.006623
BullsMedium and Large 3373152.71/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 2683113.50/cwt113.00–114.007752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,03381.58/cwt80.00–83.008432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 192871.17/cwt68.00–76.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 1320161.03/cwt160.00–162.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 2465121.32/cwt120.00–122.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 2425131.52/cwt130.00–133.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 3358131.70/cwt130.00–135.004713
HeifersMedium and Large 1585110.77/cwt110.00–114.006485
HeifersMedium and Large 2321149.64/cwt148.00–152.004805
HeifersMedium and Large 366382.51/cwt80.00–85.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 1471133.02/cwt130.00–134.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 269396.35/cwt90.00–100.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 3318143.07/cwt140.00–146.004552
HeifersMedium and Large 3425121.93/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.