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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 29
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
40 vs last sale 110 167 vs year ago 237 · 70.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
4 vs last sale 36 26 vs year ago 58 · 44.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
9 vs last sale 44 83 vs year ago 118 · 70.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady in light test. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.65/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$148.65
11 head · 344 lb average
Value per head Derived
$511
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.58
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2330149.394936thin
Medium and Large 1360147.765325thin
One grade step is worth $1.63/cwt here — about −$39 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
148.65
FL average10 barns · 347 hd
144.07
+4.58
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
BullsAverage1,66981.851,3663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07358.7463013
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00554.4354716

Every lot, as filed

13 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 2330149.39/cwt146.00–153.004936
SteersMedium and Large 1320154.94/cwt153.00–156.004963
SteersMedium and Large 1420136.98/cwt136.00–138.005752
HeifersMedium and Large 2425117.89/cwt115.00–121.005016
HeifersMedium and Large 2467102.63/cwt100.00–104.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1370134.49/cwt134.00–135.004982
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297486.53/cwt79.00–93.008435
CowsLean 85-90%1,00554.43/cwt53.00–56.0054716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03657.56/cwt57.00–60.0059611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27865.23/cwt63.00–67.008342
Bulls1,62384.77/cwt80.00–89.001,3762
Bulls1,76076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,3381
BullsMedium and Large 2370143.92/cwt141.00–147.005334

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.