Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-01-06

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jan 6
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
241 vs last sale 414 42 vs year ago 215 · 19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
2 vs last sale 31 8 vs year ago 37 · 21.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
102 vs last sale 0 20 vs year ago 122 · 16.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

North Florida Livestock closed the previous two weeks for the holidays. No trends.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.68/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$133.68
25 head · 372 lb average
Value per head Derived
$497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.28
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400136.1454417thin
Medium and Large 2313128.474028thin
One grade step is worth $7.67/cwt here — about $143 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 sale25 hd
133.68
FL average10 barns · 891 hd
128.40
+5.28
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
BullsHigh1,82282.481,5035thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27355.907128thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02648.644995thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1430128.98/cwt128.00–130.005554
SteersMedium and Large 1478143.08/cwt140.00–148.006845
SteersMedium and Large 1223202.75/cwt195.00–210.004524
SteersMedium and Large 1520140.69/cwt140.00–142.007323
HeifersMedium and Large 1375132.88/cwt130.00–136.004986
SteersMedium and Large 1423145.92/cwt142.00–148.006173
Bulls1,94086.50/cwt86.00–87.001,6782
CowsLean 85-90%1,02648.64/cwt48.00–51.004995
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27355.90/cwt54.00–60.007128
Bulls1,74379.80/cwt77.00–83.001,3913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-299977.55/cwt72.50–82.0077510
HeifersMedium and Large 1470125.52/cwt122.00–128.005905
SteersMedium and Large 2321141.96/cwt140.00–144.004564
HeifersMedium and Large 2364125.60/cwt125.00–128.004575
HeifersMedium and Large 2227133.24/cwt130.00–135.003023
HeifersMedium and Large 1238186.79/cwt165.00–210.004452
BullsMedium and Large 1538133.45/cwt130.00–137.007182

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.