Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2018-10-31

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Oct 31
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
425 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 409▲ 425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 51▲ 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 99▲ 144 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 $119.65/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$119.65
52 head · 393 lb average
Value per head Derived
$471
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.84
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417125.6552416thin
Medium and Large 2400119.4447727
Medium and Large 3333109.623659thin
One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about $159 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 sale52 hd
119.65
—
FL average10 barns · 982 hd
124.49
−4.84
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22441.0050227
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55936.775737thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02735.8736832

Every lot

25 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2317152.88/cwt148.00–158.004852
Steers—Medium and Large 1470148.09/cwt144.00–152.006962
Steers—Medium and Large 2470135.91/cwt132.00–140.006394
Steers—Medium and Large 1536141.43/cwt140.00–146.007584
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270146.44/cwt143.00–150.003952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333130.13/cwt130.00–132.0043314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333109.62/cwt109.00–112.003659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366129.00/cwt128.00–132.004724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420116.98/cwt116.00–118.004914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425126.96/cwt126.00–128.005406
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468106.23/cwt105.00–108.004975
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527100.98/cwt100.00–102.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530109.96/cwt108.00–112.005834
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2222162.42/cwt160.00–165.003614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1257174.85/cwt170.00–180.004494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265158.96/cwt158.00–160.004214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1321165.21/cwt160.00–170.005304
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373151.21/cwt148.00–158.005643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427153.94/cwt152.00–156.0065712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435146.55/cwt142.00–148.006378
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02735.87/cwt34.00–38.0036832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22441.00/cwt41.00–41.0050227
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55936.77/cwt36.00–42.005737
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02865.50/cwt60.00–68.006736
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03751.71/cwt48.00–55.005368

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.