Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-08-26

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Aug 26
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
182 head
42 vs last sale 224 265 vs year ago 447 · 59.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
19 vs last sale 38 26 vs year ago 83 · 31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
7 vs last sale 107 108 vs year ago 208 · 51.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows steady..

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.45/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$137.45
33 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.72
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405155.5563019thin
Medium and Large 2476112.8953714thin
One grade step is worth $42.66/cwt here — about $93 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 sale33 hd
137.45
FL average10 barns · 580 hd
131.73
+5.72
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
BullsAverage1,61686.291,3944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21559.2572022
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06349.9053014

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1270190.19/cwt185.00–195.005142
BullsMedium and Large 1331180.02/cwt175.00–185.005964
BullsMedium and Large 1468137.05/cwt135.00–140.006415
BullsMedium and Large 1436146.22/cwt145.00–150.006388
BullsMedium and Large 2360143.43/cwt140.00–150.005163
BullsMedium and Large 2420127.50/cwt127.50–127.505364
SteersMedium and Large 3420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04651.43/cwt49.00–55.005388
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,039108.20/cwt100.00–112.001,1246
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03370.03/cwt66.00–74.0072310
HeifersMedium and Large 1373126.61/cwt125.00–130.004723
HeifersMedium and Large 1430127.44/cwt125.00–130.005484
HeifersMedium and Large 2318112.44/cwt110.00–115.003582
HeifersMedium and Large 2270122.41/cwt120.00–125.003314
HeifersMedium and Large 2373112.58/cwt110.00–115.004204
SteersMedium and Large 1235170.00/cwt170.00–170.004002
BullsMedium and Large 255791.46/cwt90.00–100.005097
Bulls1,61686.29/cwt84.00–88.001,3944
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23565.87/cwt65.00–68.008134
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21157.78/cwt55.00–61.0070018
CowsLean 85-90%1,06349.90/cwt47.00–54.0053014
HeifersMedium and Large 253094.91/cwt90.00–100.005036

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.