Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-05-30

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 30
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
199 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 282▲ 199 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 38▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
169 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 130▲ 169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows firm. Slaughter bulls limited test. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers fully steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.53/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$152.53
66 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.82
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1387159.4061721
Medium and Large 2418149.3362545
One grade step is worth $10.07/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale66 hd
152.53
—
FL average7 barns · 539 hd
154.35
−1.82
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—Average1,34574.019954thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13255.0362343
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08550.445474thin

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2228164.22/cwt160.00–168.003744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328161.63/cwt159.00–164.005308
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333157.17/cwt155.00–162.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371162.51/cwt162.00–164.006034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373156.94/cwt154.00–160.0058512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425145.62/cwt142.00–149.006198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433157.09/cwt154.00–160.006806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472153.94/cwt150.00–156.007273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473147.59/cwt144.00–151.006988
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526136.25/cwt134.00–139.0071710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2233216.90/cwt214.00–220.005056
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268202.38/cwt200.00–210.0054212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1269213.23/cwt212.00–216.005747
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425158.76/cwt158.00–160.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480148.08/cwt144.00–152.007114
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,34574.01/cwt73.00–75.009954
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08550.44/cwt49.00–52.005474
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10554.15/cwt52.00–56.0059836
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27359.54/cwt58.00–61.007587
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1981,248.12/cwt1,100.00–1,375.0014,9528
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00776.57/cwt66.00–84.0077145

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.