Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-07-24

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jul 24
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▲ 176 vs last sale 227▲ 101 vs year ago 302 · +33.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 33▲ 4 vs year ago 30 · +13.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 87▼ 23 vs year ago 138 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady. Feeder cattle steady to firm. Value added feeders had shot records. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.81/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$124.81
48 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550128.7570928
Medium and Large 2374119.2944620
One grade step is worth $9.45/cwt here — about $263 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 sale48 hd
124.81
—
FL average7 barns · 688 hd
123.99
+0.82
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—Average1,68385.001,4313thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58266.941,0593thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13558.116609thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03752.0053914

Every lot

29 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1420153.75/cwt152.00–157.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 1480142.33/cwt140.00–146.006835
Steers—Medium and Large 1555144.00/cwt144.00–144.007992
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added569140.43/cwt138.00–142.007995
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added620134.90/cwt131.00–138.008369
Steers—Medium and Large 1622129.02/cwt125.00–131.008033
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added669130.51/cwt125.00–135.008737
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added733124.96/cwt122.00–128.009168
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270125.85/cwt122.00–130.003404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332124.31/cwt122.00–128.004135
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372119.90/cwt117.00–122.004465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425128.07/cwt126.00–130.005442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467123.09/cwt119.00–126.005755
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480110.24/cwt108.00–115.005296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added533132.32/cwt130.00–136.007055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added580132.44/cwt129.00–136.0076810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added627124.56/cwt121.00–129.007816
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268172.86/cwt170.00–176.004632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275160.07/cwt158.00–162.004404
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320157.17/cwt152.00–160.005036
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368137.30/cwt134.00–142.005055
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375162.40/cwt160.00–165.006094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433127.93/cwt124.00–132.005546
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466119.08/cwt117.00–125.005558
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,68385.00/cwt82.00–90.001,4313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03752.00/cwt47.00–54.0053914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13558.11/cwt56.00–62.006609
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58266.94/cwt66.00–69.001,0593
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,21565.03/cwt64.00–66.0079012

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.