Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-12-16

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Dec 16
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
414 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 470▲ 95 vs year ago 319 · +29.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 26▼ 18 vs year ago 49 · −36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle very uneven, most classes steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.39/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$125.39
27 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.31
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449130.8458817thin
Medium and Large 2311116.1136210thin
One grade step is worth $14.73/cwt here — about $227 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 sale27 hd
125.39
—
FL average10 barns · 1,182 hd
120.08
+5.31
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—Low1,68074.571,25312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21746.055609thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2—230140.87/cwt138.00–144.003246
SteersMedium and Large 2—373140.38/cwt137.00–144.005244
HeifersMedium and Large 2—267113.90/cwt110.00–116.003046
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378119.43/cwt118.00–121.004514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467133.56/cwt129.00–139.006247
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373133.43/cwt130.00–137.004984
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527122.63/cwt120.00–124.006463
SteersMedium and Large 1—430142.95/cwt141.00–145.006154
SteersMedium and Large 1—370150.97/cwt150.00–152.005594
SteersMedium and Large 1—315153.52/cwt152.00–155.004842
SteersMedium and Large 1—475136.69/cwt135.00–142.006494
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433129.26/cwt127.00–134.005603
BullsMedium and Large 1—373142.45/cwt140.00–145.005314
BullsMedium and Large 1—433141.29/cwt140.00–144.006123
BullsMedium and Large 1—470131.98/cwt131.00–133.006202
BullsMedium and Large 1—525125.94/cwt124.00–128.006614
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21746.05/cwt45.00–48.005609
Bulls——1,20869.00/cwt68.00–71.008343
Bulls——1,83776.43/cwt75.00–78.001,4049
SteersMedium and Large 2—333146.17/cwt145.00–150.004874
SteersMedium and Large 2—475129.98/cwt129.00–132.006173

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.