Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-03-25

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Mar 25
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
21 vs last sale 77 237 vs year ago 335 · 70.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
21 vs last sale 61 11 vs year ago 29 · +37.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder cattle not enough to establish a trend. Feeder and replacement cows very limited.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $160.72/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$160.72
11 head · 351 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+35.48
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1378167.966353thin
Medium and Large 2341158.015398thin
One grade step is worth $9.96/cwt here — about $96 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 sale11 hd
160.72
FL average10 barns · 203 hd
125.24
+35.48
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
BullsHigh1,71598.771,6944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43877.441,11415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15661.247085thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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 1320157.48/cwt157.00–158.005042
CowsLean 85-90%1,15661.24/cwt57.00–63.007085
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43775.83/cwt72.00–80.001,09013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44587.91/cwt86.00–90.001,2702
Bulls1,820103.99/cwt103.00–105.001,8932
Bulls1,61093.55/cwt91.00–96.001,5062
BullsMedium and Large 2380146.97/cwt146.00–148.005584
BullsMedium and Large 2330164.12/cwt160.00–168.005422
BullsMedium and Large 2275173.96/cwt172.00–176.004782
BullsMedium and Large 1378167.96/cwt166.00–169.006353

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.