Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-05-06

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 6
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
71 vs last sale 70 131 vs year ago 272 · 48.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
8 vs last sale 32 18 vs year ago 42 · 42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
24 vs last sale 35 114 vs year ago 173 · 65.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.78/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$131.78
35 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$141
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.64
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2426133.2256812thin
Medium and Large 1541131.0470923
One grade step is worth $2.18/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale35 hd
131.78
FL average10 barns · 460 hd
140.42
−8.64
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
BullsAverage2,01889.161,7992thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39258.188106thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03353.585538thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 2460124.00/cwt124.00–124.005702
BullsMedium and Large 2430127.54/cwt125.00–133.005483
Bulls2,01889.16/cwt87.00–92.001,7992
HeifersMedium and Large 1477115.61/cwt114.00–119.005516
HeifersMedium and Large 1524107.79/cwt105.00–110.005657
HeifersMedium and Large 2435116.45/cwt115.00–121.005078
SteersMedium and Large 2428131.37/cwt127.00–136.005624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39258.18/cwt55.00–61.008106
CowsLean 85-90%1,03353.58/cwt52.00–55.005538
HeifersMedium and Large 1583108.99/cwt107.00–110.006353
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-287391.81/cwt88.00–96.008022
SteersMedium and Large 2473123.28/cwt115.00–132.005834
SteersMedium and Large 1485132.38/cwt130.00–137.006423
SteersMedium and Large 1524132.94/cwt130.00–137.006979
SteersMedium and Large 1571129.11/cwt126.00–133.0073711
SteersMedium and Large 2378145.00/cwt145.00–145.005484
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1551,234.78/cwt1,200.00–1,300.0014,2623
HeifersMedium and Large 1430127.93/cwt125.00–131.005504
HeifersMedium and Large 1375137.12/cwt134.00–140.005146

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.