Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-02-10

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Feb 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 129▼ 47 vs year ago 226 · −20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 39▼ 5 vs year ago 47 · −10.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 69▲ 4 vs year ago 57 · +7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement type cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.47/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$121.47
50 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.04
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515123.1663424
Medium and Large 2411119.9049226
One grade step is worth $3.26/cwt here — about $142 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 sale50 hd
121.47
—
FL average10 barns · 732 hd
130.51
−9.04
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—Average1,52483.171,26816
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23867.738388thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16055.886485thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls——1,60288.54/cwt84.00–91.001,41810
Bulls——1,39574.22/cwt71.00–77.001,0356
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23867.73/cwt64.00–71.008388
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16055.88/cwt55.00–60.006485
BullsMedium and Large 1—268168.97/cwt168.00–170.004532
BullsMedium and Large 1—374137.37/cwt135.00–140.005147
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528123.49/cwt122.00–128.006529
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268142.49/cwt142.00–143.003822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—280129.93/cwt128.00–132.003644
BullsMedium and Large 2—335137.67/cwt135.00–142.004615
SteersMedium and Large 2—528129.32/cwt127.00–133.006835
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531118.73/cwt115.00–120.006308
SteersMedium and Large 1—530131.98/cwt131.00–133.006994
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577116.62/cwt115.00–120.006739
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379117.71/cwt115.00–123.0044614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470127.47/cwt126.00–129.005994
BullsMedium and Large 2—276153.90/cwt151.00–156.004255
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—97989.43/cwt84.00–100.008767
SteersMedium and Large 2—370138.59/cwt135.00–142.005134
SteersMedium and Large 2—430128.73/cwt124.00–132.0055410
BullsMedium and Large 2—385129.94/cwt129.00–135.005006
BullsMedium and Large 2—435127.21/cwt126.00–133.0055311

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.