Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-10-02

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Oct 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 428▲ 18 vs year ago 323 · +5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 80▲ 6 vs year ago 67 · +9.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 127▼ 3 vs year ago 98 · −3.1%
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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. 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 $110.59/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$110.59
91 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$455
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.72
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1394118.6646827
Medium and Large 3276112.393107thin
Medium and Large 2436106.5446457
One grade step is worth $12.12/cwt here — about $4 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 sale91 hd
110.59
—
FL average10 barns · 1,144 hd
116.31
−5.72
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—Average1,77975.261,3399thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16348.1656036
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03842.7044333

Every lot

31 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2473111.43/cwt107.00–116.005274
Steers—Medium and Large 1528124.44/cwt122.00–127.006574
Steers—Medium and Large 1623105.13/cwt102.00–110.006558
Steers—Medium and Large 2633101.52/cwt100.00–103.006434
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273122.92/cwt120.00–126.003366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3276112.39/cwt108.00–116.003107
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320119.27/cwt116.00–122.003827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331124.50/cwt123.00–127.0041210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382105.93/cwt104.00–113.0040513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384125.29/cwt118.00–128.004818
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430105.44/cwt103.00–108.004538
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473100.92/cwt98.00–104.004774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474106.28/cwt105.00–108.005049
Heifers—Medium and Large 253998.37/cwt95.00–103.005307
Heifers—Medium and Large 257398.96/cwt97.00–101.0056712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1263160.77/cwt159.00–164.004233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270148.37/cwt145.00–152.004016
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270137.41/cwt135.00–140.003714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328151.92/cwt150.00–154.004988
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368135.35/cwt131.00–140.004986
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428129.68/cwt127.00–134.005555
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433108.91/cwt106.00–112.0047218
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480105.28/cwt104.00–108.005056
Bulls—Medium and Large 2534100.75/cwt98.00–105.005385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2571103.16/cwt99.00–106.005895
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,77975.26/cwt73.00–77.001,3399
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03842.70/cwt41.00–45.0044333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13046.78/cwt45.00–50.0052930
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32855.06/cwt54.00–56.007316
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2965108.04/cwt100.00–115.001,04328
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12375.28/cwt70.00–80.0084516

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.