Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-09-09

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Sep 9
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
119 vs last sale 270 246 vs year ago 397 · 62.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
36 vs last sale 48 108 vs year ago 120 · 90.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
15 vs last sale 62 63 vs year ago 110 · 57.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls not enough to establish trend. Feeder cattle weak in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.06/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$107.06
41 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$482
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.34
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420118.9149912thin
Medium and Large 2462102.1647229
One grade step is worth $16.75/cwt here — about $27 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 sale41 hd
107.06
FL average7 barns · 481 hd
116.41
−9.34
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
BullsAverage1,78482.371,4694thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97852.095096thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1520106.47/cwt105.00–108.005542
BullsMedium and Large 1316150.82/cwt150.00–151.004776
Bulls1,78482.37/cwt79.00–86.001,4694
CowsLean 85-90%97852.09/cwt51.00–55.005096
HeifersMedium and Large 1270130.07/cwt128.00–132.003512
HeifersMedium and Large 1433121.51/cwt121.00–122.005262
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14885.57/cwt82.00–89.009824
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,03558.74/cwt55.00–62.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 263090.44/cwt89.00–91.005707
SteersMedium and Large 1467132.01/cwt130.00–134.006163
SteersMedium and Large 1775107.70/cwt105.00–109.008353
SteersMedium and Large 1363162.94/cwt160.00–166.005912
SteersMedium and Large 1676105.48/cwt104.00–109.007134
SteersMedium and Large 2627101.57/cwt100.00–104.006375
HeifersMedium and Large 1378123.49/cwt122.00–124.004674
HeifersMedium and Large 1530107.45/cwt105.00–110.005694
HeifersMedium and Large 2430104.42/cwt101.00–108.0044912
HeifersMedium and Large 2380112.47/cwt110.00–115.004272
HeifersMedium and Large 256893.28/cwt90.00–95.005303
HeifersMedium and Large 2275114.36/cwt112.00–115.003145

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.