Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-09-25

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Sep 25
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 345▲ 41 vs year ago 387 · +10.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 36▲ 4 vs year ago 76 · +5.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 74▼ 26 vs year ago 153 · −17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to weak. Replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.48/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$116.48
52 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$463
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.19
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1339127.4143220
Medium and Large 2433109.6547532
One grade step is worth $17.75/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale52 hd
116.48
—
FL average10 barns · 1,121 hd
114.30
+2.19
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—Average1,41577.161,0929thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17548.5057027
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02343.9645023

Every lot

27 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370140.59/cwt137.00–144.005208
Steers—Medium and Large 1422138.50/cwt136.00–142.005845
Steers—Medium and Large 2430130.59/cwt129.00–134.005623
Steers—Medium and Large 1523122.56/cwt120.00–125.006414
Steers—Medium and Large 2528109.70/cwt107.00–114.005795
Steers—Medium and Large 2573103.88/cwt100.00–108.005958
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270134.07/cwt132.00–136.003626
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327120.34/cwt115.00–133.0039414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328129.60/cwt127.00–132.004256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370124.05/cwt122.00–126.004594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430117.47/cwt116.00–119.005054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430111.95/cwt110.00–114.004814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468101.97/cwt100.00–104.004774
Heifers—Medium and Large 257096.85/cwt94.00–99.0055210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270150.44/cwt149.00–152.004064
Bulls—Medium and Large 2326127.79/cwt126.00–130.004177
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367124.11/cwt121.00–130.004553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375139.92/cwt138.00–142.005254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429138.92/cwt136.00–142.005968
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527106.24/cwt105.00–108.005607
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570101.67/cwt98.00–104.005808
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,41577.16/cwt74.00–80.001,0929
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02343.96/cwt42.00–45.0045023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15947.15/cwt45.00–49.0054623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26856.26/cwt54.00–58.007134
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,052129.79/cwt125.00–150.001,3659
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07576.70/cwt74.00–79.0082512

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.