Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-06-05

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jun 5
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 221▼ 67 vs year ago 307 · −21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 37▼ 59 vs year ago 95 · −62.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 71▲ 12 vs year ago 140 · +8.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter Cows and Bulls firm. Feeder cattle mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.11/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$129.11
58 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.11
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420143.2560118thin
Medium and Large 2395122.7548540
One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $116 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 sale58 hd
129.11
—
FL average10 barns · 810 hd
130.22
−1.11
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—Low1,57376.551,20410
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23960.5175011
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10548.7353811

Every lot

22 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 1230207.34/cwt200.00–210.004774
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1192223.22/cwt220.00–230.004293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273127.86/cwt125.00–131.0034912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381128.63/cwt127.00–134.004904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423136.88/cwt134.00–140.005798
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433123.40/cwt120.00–127.0053416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475110.24/cwt108.00–115.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514116.26/cwt115.00–118.005987
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533111.18/cwt110.00–112.005935
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325144.12/cwt142.00–146.004684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369153.81/cwt152.00–158.005687
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373144.13/cwt140.00–148.005384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422153.76/cwt149.00–156.006493
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430142.54/cwt140.00–148.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471124.57/cwt122.00–128.005878
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50671.86/cwt68.00–75.001,0825
Bulls——1,63981.25/cwt79.00–85.001,3325
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10548.73/cwt48.00–52.0053811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22459.21/cwt57.00–61.007258
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28063.96/cwt63.00–66.008193
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2928946.45/cwt900.00–1,025.008,7836
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-298775.00/cwt71.00–78.0074022

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.