Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-07-31

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jul 31
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 403▼ 96 vs year ago 374 · −25.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 34▼ 14 vs year ago 66 · −21.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 115▼ 98 vs year ago 198 · −49.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.03/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$120.03
65 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$477
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.84
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1383129.1249516thin
Medium and Large 2402117.0647149
One grade step is worth $12.06/cwt here — about $24 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 sale65 hd
120.03
—
FL average10 barns · 839 hd
127.87
−7.84
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—Average1,63582.651,3514thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20554.7065910
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01849.215018thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29048.696283thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2334149.35/cwt144.00–151.004998
Steers—Medium and Large 1369153.93/cwt151.00–159.0056810
Steers—Medium and Large 2470119.87/cwt114.00–123.005636
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2241134.87/cwt134.00–142.003258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332134.70/cwt132.00–139.004475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333130.96/cwt130.00–132.004364
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372125.90/cwt123.00–128.0046810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375133.74/cwt130.00–137.005025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433120.62/cwt119.00–124.005226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440106.72/cwt105.00–114.0047010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473108.11/cwt104.00–112.0051112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528101.93/cwt100.00–105.005385
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2223147.31/cwt142.50–150.003293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270162.89/cwt160.00–166.004404
Bulls—Medium and Large 2329142.35/cwt140.00–144.004685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332153.07/cwt150.00–160.005083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377146.91/cwt145.00–151.005543
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,63582.65/cwt78.00–85.001,3514
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01849.21/cwt46.00–52.005018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20554.70/cwt54.00–57.0065910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29048.69/cwt47.00–52.006283
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,000977.63/cwt900.00–1,050.009,7764
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294393.02/cwt92.00–96.008774
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299873.64/cwt68.00–78.007358

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.