Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-07-22

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jul 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
220 head
▼ 173 vs last sale 393▼ 183 vs year ago 403 · −45.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 36▲ 5 vs year ago 34 · +14.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 97▼ 77 vs year ago 115 · −67.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls firm. Feeder cattle firm. Feeder and replacement cows firm. All classes were limited test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.97/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$118.97
47 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.20
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438122.2253528
Medium and Large 2437115.0650217thin
Medium and Large 3365106.603892thin
One grade step is worth $15.62/cwt here — about $146 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 sale47 hd
118.97
—
FL average10 barns · 986 hd
127.16
−8.20
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—Average1,59686.951,3885thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25664.4981015
CowsLean 85-90%Average98253.935307thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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—515119.29/cwt117.00–124.006143
BullsMedium and Large 1—275172.89/cwt170.00–176.004754
BullsMedium and Large 1—370162.43/cwt160.00–165.006014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583109.95/cwt108.00–114.006413
SteersMedium and Large 1—410164.94/cwt160.00–170.006762
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—92790.22/cwt86.00–100.008366
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,03266.73/cwt64.00–70.006897
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425130.48/cwt127.00–135.005554
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332129.22/cwt127.00–134.004296
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463115.48/cwt114.00–116.005358
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527106.71/cwt105.00–110.005623
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330122.55/cwt121.00–124.004044
HeifersMedium and Large 1—537115.29/cwt114.00–118.006193
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22763.58/cwt62.00–65.0078012
CowsLean 85-90%—98253.93/cwt53.00–55.005307
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430117.07/cwt114.00–120.005034
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467112.89/cwt105.00–129.005276
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365106.60/cwt103.00–110.003892
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375131.36/cwt128.00–135.004934
BullsMedium and Large 1—465123.55/cwt122.00–128.005754
BullsMedium and Large 2—578111.02/cwt110.00–112.006422
BullsMedium and Large 2—537112.99/cwt112.00–115.006073
BullsMedium and Large 2—370145.84/cwt142.00–150.005404
Bulls——1,59686.95/cwt86.00–90.001,3885
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37068.15/cwt66.00–73.009343
BullsMedium and Large 1—333167.04/cwt166.00–168.005562
BullsMedium and Large 1—430150.93/cwt148.00–154.006492
BullsMedium and Large 1—573115.98/cwt115.00–117.006652

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.