Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls weak. Feeder steers and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers firm to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.19/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$131.19

38 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$221

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$6.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.33

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	297	135.72	404	10thin
Medium and Large 1	482	129.57	625	28

One grade step is worth $6.15/cwt here — about −$221 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 sale38 hd

131.19

—

FL average10 barns · 816 hd

135.52

−4.33

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,548	84.00	1,300	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,123	55.04	618	9thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	260	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	139.04/cwt	138.00–140.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	131.97/cwt	130.00–133.00	697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	228	141.32/cwt	140.00–142.50	322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	130.54/cwt	129.00–132.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	134.45/cwt	133.00–136.00	501	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	145.63/cwt	142.00–149.00	393	4
Bulls	—	—	1,548	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,300	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	55.04/cwt	53.00–58.00	618	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	137.95/cwt	137.00–139.00	379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	132.96/cwt	130.00–136.00	629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	134.30/cwt	133.00–138.00	557	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	136.05/cwt	134.00–139.00	513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	112.95/cwt	110.00–115.00	712	5

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL

Wed Mar 10, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 250Last week 140Year ago 228

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 19Year ago 60

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls weak. Feeder steers and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers firm to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	172.00	172.00
2	—	428	138.00–140.00	139.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	270	142.00–149.00	145.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	133.00–134.00	133.50
6	—	528	130.00–133.00	131.97
6	—	373	133.00–136.00	134.45
7	—	473	130.00–136.00	132.96
5	—	630	110.00–115.00	112.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	228	140.00–142.50	141.32
4	—	378	129.00	129.00
2	—	275	137.00–139.00	137.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	129.00–132.00	130.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	133.00–138.00	134.30
7	—	377	134.00–139.00	136.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,548	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,123	53.00–58.00	55.04

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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