Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-10-03

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Oct 3
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
323 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 387▲ 323 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 76▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 153▲ 98 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls were slightly lower. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were uneven but mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Replacement and feeder cattle were in high demand, and firm demand for bred cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.63/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$143.63
49 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.84
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2403157.726367thin
Medium and Large 1461151.817005thin
Medium and Large 3454139.8563537
One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about $0 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 sale49 hd
143.63
—
FL average10 barns · 428 hd
142.78
+0.84
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—Average1,56973.101,1476thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37545.976326thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19842.435086thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07538.7741710

Every lot

37 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 3363161.36/cwt160.00–164.005863
Steers—Medium and Large 2408151.32/cwt150.00–154.006173
Steers—Medium and Large 3458146.01/cwt144.00–148.006692
Steers—Medium and Large 3509124.51/cwt120.00–126.006344
Steers—Medium and Large 2515133.96/cwt130.00–138.006904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268163.08/cwt160.00–166.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315164.48/cwt163.00–166.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369132.84/cwt132.00–138.004907
Heifers—Medium and Large 2407120.67/cwt120.00–122.004916
Heifers—Medium and Large 3407110.02/cwt108.00–114.004486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465132.47/cwt130.00–135.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525118.48/cwt118.00–119.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525103.09/cwt100.00–106.005416
Heifers—Medium and Large 356398.01/cwt97.00–99.005522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583106.99/cwt106.00–108.006242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323166.95/cwt166.00–168.005392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363167.36/cwt162.00–170.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373155.99/cwt154.00–158.005828
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408157.48/cwt155.00–160.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422150.93/cwt150.00–152.0063711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458143.49/cwt142.00–145.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1461151.81/cwt151.00–155.007005
Bulls—Medium and Large 3467133.99/cwt133.00–136.006266
Bulls—Medium and Large 3508128.50/cwt128.00–129.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568112.60/cwt110.00–114.006406
Bulls—Medium and Large 365397.99/cwt96.00–100.006402
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48570.40/cwt66.00–76.001,0454
Bulls——1,73878.49/cwt78.00–79.001,3642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03337.47/cwt35.00–39.003876
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13940.72/cwt40.00–42.004644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19842.43/cwt40.00–45.005086
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36542.93/cwt40.00–46.005864
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39552.05/cwt51.00–53.007262
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,20865.90/cwt64.00–68.007962
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,21373.09/cwt72.00–74.008872
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1935676.20/cwt650.00–700.006,3222
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1948822.43/cwt800.00–850.007,7972

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.