Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-04-17

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 17
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 227▲ 5 vs year ago 219 · +2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 70▲ 0 vs year ago 41 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 130▼ 92 vs year ago 184 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steady, feeders unevenly steady. Replacement cattle were steady and in high demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $162.83/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$162.83
38 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.56
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2360174.5462812thin
Medium and Large 1480164.0378711thin
Medium and Large 3413152.5863015thin
One grade step is worth $21.95/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale38 hd
162.83
—
FL average10 barns · 461 hd
160.27
+2.56
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—Low1,67373.481,2298thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,37056.007671thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36053.147237thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07449.615336thin

Every lot

39 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 3208203.44/cwt200.00–210.004233
Steers—Medium and Large 3338183.07/cwt180.00–186.006192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3209182.37/cwt175.00–185.003814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3270161.28/cwt160.00–164.004353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323162.08/cwt160.00–164.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368143.97/cwt140.00–148.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380152.84/cwt150.00–159.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413156.02/cwt153.00–159.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465125.03/cwt122.00–128.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523134.65/cwt130.00–139.007044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558124.02/cwt120.00–128.006922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3258181.98/cwt180.00–184.004702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265195.09/cwt190.00–200.005172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327182.67/cwt182.00–184.005973
Bulls—Medium and Large 3356166.48/cwt162.00–168.005934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378171.24/cwt170.00–176.006475
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410157.48/cwt156.00–159.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420173.95/cwt170.00–175.007315
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460150.04/cwt146.00–154.006902
Bulls—Medium and Large 3474135.59/cwt135.00–138.006435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475161.21/cwt156.00–166.007662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525156.54/cwt155.00–158.008222
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533132.99/cwt130.00–136.007092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590149.54/cwt145.00–154.008822
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60566.48/cwt66.00–67.001,0672
Bulls——1,67073.48/cwt72.00–75.001,2274
Bulls——1,74880.46/cwt79.00–82.001,4062
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99344.23/cwt41.00–47.004392
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11552.30/cwt50.00–55.005834
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30754.35/cwt51.00–57.007103
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36058.52/cwt58.00–59.007962
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,37056.00/cwt56.00–56.007671
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44045.93/cwt44.00–48.006612
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1351,123.02/cwt1,100.00–1,150.0012,7462
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,170811.38/cwt775.00–850.009,4932
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,180948.94/cwt900.00–1,000.0011,1972
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 198071.36/cwt66.00–76.006992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 199587.71/cwt86.00–90.008732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,09073.55/cwt68.00–78.008022

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.