Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-08-08

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Aug 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
434 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 374▲ 434 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 66▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 198▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes under 400 pounds steady over 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.70/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$129.70
86 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.76
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412135.0555754
Medium and Large 2431120.6852132
One grade step is worth $14.37/cwt here — about $36 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 sale86 hd
129.70
—
FL average8 barns · 762 hd
135.47
−5.76
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—High1,78084.001,4951thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39855.397748thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21252.8864114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02645.1546331

Every lot

30 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1527137.27/cwt136.00–138.0072311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271144.28/cwt143.00–146.003919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275149.89/cwt148.00–152.004126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330146.31/cwt144.00–150.0048311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375141.70/cwt138.00–144.005315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436132.39/cwt130.00–139.0057711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466120.13/cwt118.00–122.0056011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481129.01/cwt128.00–134.0062117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520103.49/cwt103.00–104.0053812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536106.48/cwt106.00–108.005714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1220212.16/cwt205.00–220.004674
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230194.36/cwt187.00–196.004475
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270212.08/cwt205.00–220.0057312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270195.00/cwt195.00–195.005278
Bulls—Medium and Large 3274172.77/cwt170.00–180.004737
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323161.12/cwt156.00–166.005204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1327200.25/cwt196.00–206.0065510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373172.47/cwt170.00–174.006438
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377149.38/cwt148.00–152.005633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378159.91/cwt156.00–164.006046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431161.18/cwt160.00–162.006955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523138.41/cwt138.00–139.0072410
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4951
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00042.42/cwt40.00–44.004245
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03145.68/cwt44.00–48.0047126
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21252.88/cwt50.00–54.0064114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37653.84/cwt52.00–55.007415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43557.97/cwt57.00–59.008323
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,043986.45/cwt900.00–1,075.0010,28912
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01754.97/cwt52.00–60.0055934

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.