Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-05-23

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 23
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
282 head
▼ 320 vs last sale 602▲ 282 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 51▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 41▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.91/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$154.91
31 head · 365 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.03
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1370165.676139thin
Medium and Large 2363150.5054622
One grade step is worth $15.17/cwt here — about $67 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 sale31 hd
154.91
—
FL average10 barns · 841 hd
150.87
+4.03
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
Bulls—Average1,65078.621,2974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36355.337547thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18853.3363311
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02245.934696thin

Every lot

26 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1187250.07/cwt245.00–255.004682
Steers—Medium and Large 1266218.43/cwt216.00–220.005818
Steers—Medium and Large 1325201.66/cwt198.00–205.006554
Steers—Medium and Large 1420168.72/cwt167.50–170.007094
Steers—Medium and Large 2431154.96/cwt150.00–158.006685
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2261162.18/cwt160.00–170.004235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270175.96/cwt175.00–177.004752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371170.28/cwt165.00–172.006324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375150.95/cwt148.00–152.0056611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425139.95/cwt138.00–144.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436152.66/cwt152.00–154.006663
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2267184.86/cwt180.00–190.004942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278206.35/cwt196.00–212.005743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325189.48/cwt189.00–190.006164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420152.00/cwt152.00–152.006382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423162.09/cwt156.00–165.006863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472149.02/cwt148.00–150.007036
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50176.16/cwt74.00–78.001,1433
Bulls——2,09586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,8021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02245.93/cwt44.00–48.004696
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15557.00/cwt57.00–57.006583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20051.96/cwt50.00–54.006248
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27059.00/cwt59.00–59.007493
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43252.58/cwt50.00–55.007534
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 196373.28/cwt69.00–86.007065
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,025107.88/cwt104.00–112.001,1062

This sale against other markets

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.