Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-05-13

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 13
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
33 vs last sale 141 28 vs year ago 202 · 13.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
18 vs last sale 24 17 vs year ago 25 · +68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady. Replacement cows firm in light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.18/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$154.18
20 head · 380 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.80
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1375161.846077thin
Medium and Large 2382150.0657313thin
One grade step is worth $11.78/cwt here — about $34 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 sale20 hd
154.18
FL average10 barns · 605 hd
145.39
+8.80
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
BullsAverage1,51588.691,3449thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21662.287577thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01648.2449022

Every lot, as filed

15 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1370140.92/cwt138.00–144.005214
HeifersMedium and Large 1433139.94/cwt138.00–144.006063
CowsLean 85-90%1,04150.92/cwt49.00–55.0053014
CowsLean 85-90%97143.54/cwt42.00–46.004238
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19959.66/cwt58.00–62.007156
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,0261
SteersMedium and Large 2382150.06/cwt148.00–155.0057313
SteersMedium and Large 1375161.84/cwt159.00–166.006077
HeifersMedium and Large 2438123.93/cwt120.00–128.005434
Bulls1,46186.29/cwt84.00–91.001,2617
Bulls1,70597.11/cwt96.00–98.001,6562
BullsMedium and Large 2375144.71/cwt142.00–148.005437
BullsMedium and Large 2468131.95/cwt129.00–134.006185
BullsMedium and Large 2428137.43/cwt135.00–140.005884
BullsMedium and Large 1280162.62/cwt162.00–164.004553

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.