Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-02-19

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Feb 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 226▼ 128 vs year ago 299 · −42.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 47▲ 36 vs year ago 50 · +72.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 57▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls firm to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle unevenly steady in light test. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.21/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$143.21
48 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$75
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.91
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2373145.3254330
Medium and Large 1442139.6961818thin
One grade step is worth $5.64/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale48 hd
143.21
—
FL average10 barns · 818 hd
148.12
−4.91
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—Average1,75190.671,5876thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31061.9981239
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02751.8453225

Every lot, as filed

21 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—270163.44/cwt162.00–165.004414
BullsMedium and Large 2—436142.54/cwt141.00–149.006215
BullsMedium and Large 2—573134.31/cwt131.00–136.007706
Bulls——1,64385.12/cwt84.00–86.001,3993
Bulls——1,85896.22/cwt94.00–100.001,7883
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13869.06/cwt67.00–70.007868
SteersMedium and Large 1—270203.61/cwt200.00–207.505502
SteersMedium and Large 1—375166.97/cwt166.00–168.006262
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98975.81/cwt71.00–81.007509
HeifersMedium and Large 2—340152.00/cwt152.00–152.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430120.44/cwt118.00–123.005186
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376149.74/cwt132.00–164.0056318
SteersMedium and Large 1—608138.98/cwt135.00–141.008453
SteersMedium and Large 1—330176.12/cwt172.00–180.005816
SteersMedium and Large 2—377161.95/cwt159.00–164.006117
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35560.17/cwt57.00–63.0081531
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02751.84/cwt48.00–55.0053225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570129.47/cwt128.00–131.007384
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323157.56/cwt156.00–159.005096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468131.39/cwt131.00–132.006158
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278161.92/cwt158.00–164.004503

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.