Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-05-27

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 27
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 241▼ 34 vs year ago 221 · −15.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 62▼ 15 vs year ago 37 · −40.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 39▼ 4 vs year ago 71 · −5.6%
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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 steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.82/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$120.82
28 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$502
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.02
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1393128.5150516thin
Medium and Large 2446110.5649312thin
One grade step is worth $17.94/cwt here — about $11 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 sale28 hd
120.82
—
FL average7 barns · 381 hd
128.83
−8.02
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
Bulls—Average1,66090.261,4984thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03552.0153814

Every lot, as filed

18 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 2—57598.36/cwt96.00–100.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270127.52/cwt127.00–128.003444
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467108.29/cwt105.00–110.005063
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532113.13/cwt110.00–118.006025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368131.93/cwt130.00–134.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273133.27/cwt132.00–136.003643
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—980939.22/cwt900.00–1,050.009,2044
SteersMedium and Large 2—380134.46/cwt133.00–136.005112
SteersMedium and Large 1—525119.57/cwt117.00–123.006288
SteersMedium and Large 1—367144.04/cwt143.00–146.005293
SteersMedium and Large 2—568105.47/cwt103.00–107.005998
SteersMedium and Large 2—668104.57/cwt100.00–107.006996
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475116.96/cwt115.00–119.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 1—193164.49/cwt164.00–165.003172
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05256.31/cwt53.00–60.005929
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00444.27/cwt43.00–45.004445
Bulls——1,71288.34/cwt86.00–92.001,5123
Bulls——1,50596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4451

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.