Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-04-08

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 8
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
111 vs last sale 82 34 vs year ago 227 · 15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
3 vs last sale 35 38 vs year ago 70 · 54.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls firm. Feeder cattle not well tested. Feeder and replacement cow not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.36/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$113.36
29 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.85
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477114.215448thin
Medium and Large 2427113.0348221
One grade step is worth $1.17/cwt here — about $62 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 sale29 hd
113.36
FL average10 barns · 484 hd
118.20
−4.85
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
BullsAverage1,48181.691,2105thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23664.027917thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19349.195874thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
SteersMedium and Large 2323142.80/cwt138.00–146.004618
SteersMedium and Large 2475113.92/cwt110.00–118.005414
HeifersMedium and Large 2474107.53/cwt105.00–114.0051010
HeifersMedium and Large 2428108.95/cwt106.00–112.004664
HeifersMedium and Large 2376123.21/cwt122.00–127.004634
HeifersMedium and Large 2335123.25/cwt122.00–126.004133
HeifersMedium and Large 1523110.94/cwt107.00–115.005804
HeifersMedium and Large 1430117.47/cwt116.00–119.005054
CowsLean 85-90%1,19349.19/cwt48.00–50.005874
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27061.28/cwt60.00–64.007784
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19067.67/cwt67.00–68.008053
Bulls1,48181.69/cwt77.00–86.001,2105

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.