Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-05-29

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 29
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
221 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 290▲ 22 vs year ago 199 · +11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 22▼ 36 vs year ago 73 · −49.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 107▼ 98 vs year ago 169 · −58.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, bulls not well tested. Feeder classes not well tested. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $154.13/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$154.13
30 head · 338 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.99
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1318166.885312thin
Medium and Large 2304161.2149019thin
Medium and Large 3413136.375649thin
One grade step is worth $30.51/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale30 hd
154.13
—
FL average7 barns · 274 hd
146.14
+7.99
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%Average1,21852.4463924
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07347.7051216

Every lot

15 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 2425149.34/cwt149.00–150.006353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3270125.93/cwt124.00–128.003404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375129.97/cwt129.00–131.004874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520132.04/cwt130.00–136.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573101.42/cwt98.00–105.005818
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2223172.36/cwt170.00–175.003848
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273166.86/cwt164.00–170.004564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318166.88/cwt164.00–170.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333161.17/cwt160.00–165.005374
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368146.70/cwt142.00–150.005405
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470123.45/cwt121.00–126.005804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522123.97/cwt122.00–125.006473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07347.70/cwt45.00–50.0051216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21852.44/cwt49.00–56.0063924
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03862.16/cwt58.00–66.0064512

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.