Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-06-03

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jun 3
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
176 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 187▼ 64 vs year ago 240 · −26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 22▼ 8 vs year ago 36 · −22.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 67▼ 78 vs year ago 152 · −51.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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 $111.19/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$111.19
35 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.41
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419121.1150715thin
Medium and Large 2536103.7455620
One grade step is worth $17.37/cwt here — about −$49 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
111.19
—
FL average10 barns · 817 hd
125.60
−14.41
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—High1,46088.441,2916thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17061.3871816
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03957.275955thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1—310166.90/cwt164.00–170.005172
BullsMedium and Large 1—533113.63/cwt112.00–117.006063
Bulls——1,74599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7281
Bulls——1,40386.33/cwt85.00–91.001,2115
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32072.00/cwt72.00–72.009501
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16060.67/cwt59.00–66.0070415
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425111.38/cwt108.00–115.004732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565103.97/cwt101.00–105.005878
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535102.03/cwt99.00–105.0054610
SteersMedium and Large 2—525107.91/cwt105.00–111.005674
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,13791.83/cwt90.00–102.001,0445
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,03573.71/cwt70.00–78.007638
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03957.27/cwt55.00–60.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270138.07/cwt136.00–140.003732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330132.81/cwt128.00–135.004383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418122.66/cwt122.00–123.005133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467113.69/cwt113.00–115.005313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524108.26/cwt108.00–109.005674

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.