Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-03-24

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Mar 24
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
138 vs last sale 310 74 vs year ago 98 · +75.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
22 vs last sale 26 8 vs year ago 40 · +20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
53 vs last sale 47 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady in limited test. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.65/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$118.65
18 head · 366 lb average
Value per head Derived
$434
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.42
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1330143.394734thin
Medium and Large 2530112.455964thin
Medium and Large 3315111.2335010thin
One grade step is worth $32.16/cwt here — about $123 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 sale18 hd
118.65
FL average10 barns · 736 hd
140.06
−21.42
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
BullsAverage1,62882.071,3366thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14458.5867018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05653.005607thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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 1330143.39/cwt140.00–147.004734
BullsMedium and Large 2520129.49/cwt129.00–130.006732
BullsMedium and Large 2388125.38/cwt123.00–129.004865
HeifersMedium and Large 2530112.45/cwt110.00–115.005964
BullsMedium and Large 3331119.14/cwt115.00–125.003947
HeifersMedium and Large 3375105.84/cwt102.00–110.003974
HeifersMedium and Large 3275114.82/cwt110.00–120.003166
SteersMedium and Large 3370110.89/cwt107.00–115.004104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296782.83/cwt76.00–86.008017
Bulls1,62882.07/cwt79.00–87.001,3366
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14458.58/cwt55.00–62.0067018
CowsLean 85-90%1,05653.00/cwt53.00–53.005607

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.