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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 1
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
16 vs last sale 98 57 vs year ago 139 · 41.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
5 vs last sale 40 16 vs year ago 51 · 31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
64 vs last sale 0 104 vs year ago 168 · 61.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 15.00 to 25.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $156.51/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$156.51
9 head · 330 lb average
Value per head Derived
$517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.70
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1268170.434574thin
Medium and Large 2380145.385525thin
One grade step is worth $25.05/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 sale9 hd
156.51
FL average10 barns · 353 hd
129.81
+26.70
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
BullsHigh1,65079.511,31219
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23849.926186thin

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 1268170.43/cwt169.00–172.004574
BullsMedium and Large 2380145.38/cwt145.00–147.005525
Bulls1,70084.05/cwt83.00–85.001,4292
Bulls1,64478.98/cwt76.00–81.001,29817
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42055.00/cwt55.00–55.007811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20248.91/cwt47.00–52.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 1228150.45/cwt149.00–152.003432
HeifersMedium and Large 1330149.42/cwt147.00–152.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 1378141.10/cwt138.00–144.005332
SteersMedium and Large 1328165.92/cwt164.00–168.005444
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297983.70/cwt74.00–94.0081915

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.