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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Mar 3
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
24 vs last sale 164 100 vs year ago 240 · 41.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
22 vs last sale 41 25 vs year ago 44 · 56.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
20 vs last sale 42 21 vs year ago 83 · 25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower in light test. Feeder cattle steady in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.71/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$133.71
24 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.04
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1408137.3056116thin
Medium and Large 2393126.544978thin
One grade step is worth $10.76/cwt here — about $64 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 sale24 hd
133.71
FL average10 barns · 783 hd
133.75
−0.04
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
BullsLow1,77681.171,4428thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29262.668107thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1270151.93/cwt150.00–154.004102
SteersMedium and Large 2528136.93/cwt135.00–140.007235
HeifersMedium and Large 2415125.51/cwt125.00–126.005214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2868111.18/cwt104.00–117.509654
HeifersMedium and Large 2370127.57/cwt125.00–130.004724
SteersMedium and Large 2421141.38/cwt139.00–143.0059510
Bulls1,59976.75/cwt74.00–78.001,2274
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29262.66/cwt60.00–66.008107
Bulls1,95385.59/cwt82.00–90.001,6724
HeifersMedium and Large 1372138.45/cwt136.00–140.005155
SteersMedium and Large 1578139.97/cwt139.00–141.008094
HeifersMedium and Large 1320142.91/cwt140.00–146.004572
HeifersMedium and Large 1433134.66/cwt133.00–140.005834
HeifersMedium and Large 1587125.41/cwt120.00–128.007363
BullsMedium and Large 1263177.37/cwt176.00–180.004663

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.