Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-02-26

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Feb 26
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
96 vs last sale 171 52 vs year ago 127 · 40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
53 vs last sale 86 11 vs year ago 44 · 25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
30 vs last sale 67 43 vs year ago 54 · +79.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter and feeder classes to few to call trends. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.52/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$144.52
10 head · 365 lb average
Value per head Derived
$528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.21
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430149.566432thin
Medium and Large 2349143.275008thin
One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about $143 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 sale10 hd
144.52
FL average10 barns · 689 hd
144.73
−0.21
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
BullsAverage1,49189.831,3395thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10460.206659thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00451.255159thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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 1220201.42/cwt197.50–205.004434
Bulls1,49189.83/cwt86.00–94.001,3395
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10460.20/cwt57.00–64.006659
CowsLean 85-90%1,00451.25/cwt47.00–55.005159
HeifersMedium and Large 1430149.56/cwt147.00–152.006432
HeifersMedium and Large 2270151.93/cwt150.00–154.004104
HeifersMedium and Large 2428134.60/cwt131.00–138.005764
SteersMedium and Large 1373182.07/cwt180.00–184.006794
SteersMedium and Large 2270164.85/cwt162.00–167.504454
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00393.70/cwt90.00–106.009406
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01366.52/cwt61.00–70.0067411

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.