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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jan 13
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
67 vs last sale 173 9 vs year ago 231 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
3 vs last sale 29 23 vs year ago 55 · 41.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
66 vs last sale 102 44 vs year ago 80 · 55.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.74/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$125.74
26 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.42
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424133.9756811thin
Medium and Large 2377119.7045115thin
One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about $117 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 sale26 hd
125.74
FL average10 barns · 884 hd
129.16
−3.42
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
BullsAverage1,57074.841,1759thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,59851.2681914

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 2373122.42/cwt120.00–125.004574
Bulls1,57074.84/cwt73.00–78.001,1759
CowsBoner 80-85%1,59851.26/cwt49.00–55.0081914
HeifersMedium and Large 2432113.11/cwt110.00–118.004895
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2891109.00/cwt98.00–114.009714
HeifersMedium and Large 2333123.37/cwt120.00–127.004116
SteersMedium and Large 2534132.67/cwt131.00–137.007087
SteersMedium and Large 1530136.60/cwt135.00–140.007243
HeifersMedium and Large 1373133.58/cwt131.00–136.004984
BullsMedium and Large 1619119.37/cwt117.00–123.007395
BullsMedium and Large 1467136.97/cwt135.00–141.006409
HeifersMedium and Large 1427135.94/cwt132.00–138.005803
HeifersMedium and Large 1473132.89/cwt130.00–136.006294
SteersMedium and Large 2463135.37/cwt133.00–140.006273
SteersMedium and Large 2430137.07/cwt134.00–140.005894
SteersMedium and Large 1471140.68/cwt139.00–143.006637
BullsMedium and Large 2429137.81/cwt134.00–141.005919

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.