Florida Daily Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Florida reported 66 priced lines covering 966 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,543 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 624 head. replacement cattle receipts at 85 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,543Last week 1,517Year ago 2,572

Slaughter CattleReceipts 624Last week 436Year ago 786

Replacement CattleReceipts 85Last week 31Year ago 71

Cattle auctions at Arcadia (797), Columbia (491), Ocala (340) and Okeechobee (964). Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady, instances 5.00 lower. Replacement cows firm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,165	140.00–160.00	149.75
40	—	1,093	137.00–145.00	141.39
55	—	1,193	150.00–172.00	160.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	945	113.00–121.00	118.46
54	—	1,024	122.00–140.00	129.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,316	141.00–155.00	146.45
1	—	1,320	142.00	142.00
29	—	1,403	152.00–168.00	160.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,741	179.00–203.00	189.21
5	—	1,239	153.00–160.00	156.68
15	—	1,505	156.00–181.00	165.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,068	152.00–168.00	159.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	893	215.00–288.00	244.03
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,057	2,025.00–2,450.00	2,164.43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	173	490.00–515.00	500.87
2	200–250	223	455.00–495.00	472.98
2	250–300	273	405.00–420.00	413.12
2	300–350	323	355.00–390.00	371.28
6	350–400	373	320.00–365.00	347.15
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	450	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	150–200	169	540.00–600.00	580.28
17	200–250	229	425.00–560.00	505.26
15	250–300	270	385.00–495.00	443.93
12	300–350	322	370.00–445.00	404.37
13	350–400	374	360.00–400.00	377.73
18	400–450	423	325.00–355.00	340.65
15	450–500	468	295.00–340.00	324.33
12	500–550	523	295.00–335.00	316.02
7	550–600	573	275.00–300.00	288.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	161	375.00–400.00	392.44
6	200–250	223	320.00–350.00	333.48
10	250–300	273	280.00–340.00	304.02
22	300–350	328	280.00–350.00	312.37
11	350–400	379	270.00–320.00	297.93
13	400–450	428	260.00–275.00	267.80
13	450–500	473	260.00–280.00	269.71
2	500–550	530	235.00–255.00	245.19
1	600–650	600	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	150–200	176	410.00–450.00	429.03
15	200–250	213	360.00–400.00	386.45
29	250–300	277	330.00–420.00	372.08
35	300–350	325	320.00–380.00	345.05
46	350–400	365	305.00–360.00	328.37
30	400–450	422	300.00–340.00	320.99
21	450–500	476	290.00–325.00	306.26
29	500–550	527	255.00–295.00	274.92
10	550–600	579	250.00–290.00	282.16
11	600–650	624	220.00–265.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	223	500.00–540.00	520.34
19	250–300	272	450.00–550.00	493.13
20	300–350	330	395.00–500.00	419.42
18	350–400	374	375.00–440.00	398.59
17	400–450	426	335.00–400.00	364.25
16	450–500	468	315.00–365.00	338.06
12	500–550	520	305.00–335.00	323.74
10	550–600	571	280.00–295.00	289.44
2	600–650	623	260.00–270.00	264.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	410.00–445.00	426.06
7	300–350	315	365.00–460.00	433.81
13	350–400	376	330.00–380.00	355.15
8	400–450	422	325.00–360.00	339.69
7	450–500	475	290.00–310.00	295.50
6	500–550	520	275.00–305.00	290.43
1	550–600	550	255.00	255.00

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Florida barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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