Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle to few to establish trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.03/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$129.03

16 head · 404 lb average

Value per head Derived

$521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$2.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.18

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	131.00	650	4thin
Medium and Large 2	373	128.37	478	12thin

One grade step is worth $2.63/cwt here — about $172 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 sale16 hd

129.03

—

FL average10 barns · 646 hd

133.21

−4.18

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	1,556	83.29	1,296	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,361	61.04	830	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	55.65	643	6thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	60.66/cwt	59.00–65.00	826	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	55.65/cwt	54.00–57.00	643	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	137.29/cwt	134.00–139.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	116.91/cwt	114.00–120.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	273	143.82/cwt	140.00–148.00	393	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	932	1
Bulls	—	—	1,556	83.29/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	127.91/cwt	125.00–131.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	141.31/cwt	140.00–142.00	462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	131.43/cwt	129.00–134.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	136.77/cwt	132.00–142.00	373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	129.52/cwt	128.00–131.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	132.48/cwt	131.00–134.00	563	2

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 Apr 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 160Last week 107Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 46Year ago 36

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle to few to establish trend.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,361	59.00–65.00	60.66
1	—	1,350	69.00	69.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,155	54.00–57.00	55.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,556	82.00–87.00	83.29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	134.00–139.00	137.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	114.00–120.00	116.91
4	—	370	129.00–134.00	131.43
4	—	273	132.00–142.00	136.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	128.00–131.00	129.52
2	—	425	131.00–134.00	132.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	273	140.00–148.00	143.82
4	—	525	125.00–131.00	127.91
3	—	327	140.00–142.00	141.31

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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