Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-05-20

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 20
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
67 vs last sale 174 49 vs year ago 290 · 16.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
20 vs last sale 42 40 vs year ago 22 · +181.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
39 vs last sale 0 68 vs year ago 107 · 63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $119.98/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$119.98
27 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.04
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1267170.854563thin
Medium and Large 2534113.6260624
One grade step is worth $57.23/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale27 hd
119.98
FL average10 barns · 696 hd
137.02
−17.04
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
BullsAverage1,60492.401,4824thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23871.6588733
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00560.8061116

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
SteersMedium and Large 2678101.99/cwt100.00–104.006916
SteersMedium and Large 1267170.85/cwt165.00–174.004563
SteersMedium and Large 2375131.41/cwt128.00–135.004934
SteersMedium and Large 2530115.45/cwt113.00–118.006124
SteersMedium and Large 2575110.98/cwt110.00–112.006384
HeifersMedium and Large 1367131.96/cwt130.00–133.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 1523110.62/cwt109.00–114.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 1469118.60/cwt117.00–119.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 1435118.95/cwt117.00–123.005176
HeifersMedium and Large 2373123.69/cwt123.00–125.004613
HeifersMedium and Large 2433114.65/cwt114.00–116.004966
BullsMedium and Large 1467132.95/cwt131.00–134.006213
BullsMedium and Large 2373131.96/cwt131.00–134.004923
Bulls1,60492.40/cwt89.00–95.001,4824
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21877.17/cwt76.00–81.009406
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24270.42/cwt67.00–72.0087527
CowsLean 85-90%1,00560.80/cwt57.00–64.0061116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296969.62/cwt66.00–75.0067515
SteersMedium and Large 2470113.94/cwt111.00–117.005366

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.