Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-09-30

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Sep 30
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
286 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 457▼ 55 vs year ago 341 · −16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 44▼ 33 vs year ago 73 · −45.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
177 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 78▲ 82 vs year ago 95 · +86.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to weak. Feeder and replacement cows steady. A high percentage of feeder cows were very old open thin cows, not reported.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.36/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$111.36
56 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$470
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.72
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446113.3350522
Medium and Large 2406110.0944734
One grade step is worth $3.25/cwt here — about $57 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 sale56 hd
111.36
—
FL average10 barns · 1,164 hd
121.08
−9.72
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
Bulls—Average1,58775.421,1977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22049.6960619
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01545.544628thin

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—270151.28/cwt150.00–154.004083
BullsMedium and Large 1—318134.10/cwt132.00–138.004263
BullsMedium and Large 1—675102.96/cwt101.00–105.006956
SteersMedium and Large 2—326136.62/cwt131.00–139.004457
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270124.85/cwt121.00–129.003374
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430115.42/cwt112.00–119.004964
SteersMedium and Large 2—428119.43/cwt117.00–122.005114
Bulls——1,58775.42/cwt74.00–77.001,1977
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01545.54/cwt44.00–47.004628
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22049.69/cwt48.00–55.0060619
BullsMedium and Large 2—580104.44/cwt101.00–108.006064
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367117.36/cwt114.00–120.004317
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433107.43/cwt105.00–110.004658
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374110.47/cwt108.00–115.0041314
BullsMedium and Large 1—78292.97/cwt92.00–95.007276
BullsMedium and Large 1—370136.48/cwt134.00–140.005057
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535111.94/cwt110.00–115.005995
SteersMedium and Large 2—473119.89/cwt116.00–124.005674
SteersMedium and Large 1—430134.44/cwt132.00–137.005784
SteersMedium and Large 1—568125.99/cwt125.00–127.007164
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—867102.20/cwt96.00–114.008865
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98878.67/cwt70.00–86.0077712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473108.41/cwt105.00–112.005136
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530103.94/cwt101.00–107.005514
SteersMedium and Large 2—373136.42/cwt134.00–139.005096
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480105.45/cwt103.00–108.005064
BullsMedium and Large 2—63297.27/cwt95.00–102.006156
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,15061.70/cwt58.00–66.007108

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.