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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 22
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
31 vs last sale 79 115 vs year ago 225 · 51.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
32 vs last sale 4 8 vs year ago 44 · 18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
44 vs last sale 0 97 vs year ago 141 · 68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady in light test. Feeder cattle not well tested. Feeder and replacement cows steady to firm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.45/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$122.45
15 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.33
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478128.246128thin
Medium and Large 2512115.845937thin
One grade step is worth $12.39/cwt here — about $19 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 sale15 hd
122.45
FL average8 barns · 250 hd
131.78
−9.33
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
BullsAverage1,28281.351,0433thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19164.9277314
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02252.1553311

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
BullsMedium and Large 1430136.44/cwt134.00–139.005874
BullsMedium and Large 1525120.03/cwt119.00–121.006304
BullsMedium and Large 2478124.93/cwt121.00–127.005973
BullsMedium and Large 2538109.03/cwt107.00–111.005874
Bulls1,28281.35/cwt80.00–83.001,0433
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24770.08/cwt68.00–73.008745
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16062.05/cwt59.00–66.007209
CowsLean 85-90%1,02252.15/cwt50.00–55.0053311
HeifersMedium and Large 1367136.31/cwt135.00–137.005003
HeifersMedium and Large 2418119.31/cwt118.00–120.004996
SteersMedium and Large 1232163.88/cwt160.00–166.003803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294286.31/cwt84.00–90.008135

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.