Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-04-28

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 28
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
26 vs last sale 160 116 vs year ago 70 · +165.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
56 vs last sale 56 80 vs year ago 32 · +250.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
90 vs last sale 0 55 vs year ago 35 · +157.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady in light test. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.96/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$117.96
29 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.20
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430132.475704thin
Medium and Large 2388117.1245419thin
Medium and Large 3433110.944806thin
One grade step is worth $21.53/cwt here — about $89 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 sale29 hd
117.96
FL average10 barns · 651 hd
132.16
−14.20
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
BullsLow1,30274.5297031
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23961.3576032
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45959.2386414
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05752.2455232

Every lot, as filed

17 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 2377115.05/cwt113.00–118.004347
SteersMedium and Large 2375141.36/cwt138.00–145.005304
HeifersMedium and Large 3433110.94/cwt109.00–113.004806
HeifersMedium and Large 1430132.47/cwt131.00–134.005704
BullsMedium and Large 2533120.99/cwt120.00–122.006454
BullsMedium and Large 2475126.98/cwt126.00–128.006038
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45959.23/cwt58.00–61.0086414
CowsLean 85-90%1,07154.78/cwt54.00–59.0058720
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35465.75/cwt65.00–67.008905
Bulls1,11364.32/cwt61.00–67.0071613
CowsLean 85-90%1,03348.00/cwt48.00–48.0049612
HeifersMedium and Large 2270122.96/cwt122.00–124.003324
HeifersMedium and Large 2433119.49/cwt119.00–120.005174
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07264.17/cwt59.00–68.0068812
HeifersMedium and Large 2478112.55/cwt109.00–116.005384
Bulls1,43881.88/cwt78.00–85.001,17718
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21860.54/cwt58.00–65.0073727

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.