Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-01-23

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jan 23
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
192 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 342▲ 192 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 47▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 76▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls to few to test. Feeder cattle steady in limited test. Feeder and replacement cows fully steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $170.94/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$170.94
31 head · 332 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.15
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1313178.3955820
Medium and Large 2366157.4057711thin
One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about −$19 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
170.94
—
FL average10 barns · 443 hd
146.79
+24.15
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%Average1,20941.3750010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02037.823866thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1228246.53/cwt245.00–250.005623
Steers—Medium and Large 2373152.57/cwt150.00–158.005693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2227148.00/cwt148.00–148.003363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265161.21/cwt158.00–168.004273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328152.79/cwt152.00–154.0050110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388148.83/cwt146.00–155.005776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570118.38/cwt115.00–122.006754
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1188282.47/cwt280.00–285.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278191.34/cwt187.50–195.005323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2282169.80/cwt165.00–172.004793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325162.77/cwt158.00–168.0052912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328156.75/cwt155.00–160.005143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1382158.55/cwt156.00–164.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417151.94/cwt150.00–153.006343
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475147.94/cwt145.00–151.007032
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Medium and Large 362538.03/cwt36.00–40.0023840
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02037.82/cwt35.00–41.003866
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20941.37/cwt40.00–44.0050010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-286580.00/cwt80.00–80.006923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09173.17/cwt68.00–78.0079823

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.