Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-10-16

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Oct 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
377 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 450▼ 110 vs year ago 487 · −22.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 57▼ 33 vs year ago 51 · −64.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 93▲ 41 vs year ago 84 · +48.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower in light test. Feeder cattle steady to weak. 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 $116.03/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$116.03
64 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$502
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.07
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468116.8254634
Medium and Large 2394115.1545330
One grade step is worth $1.67/cwt here — about $93 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 sale64 hd
116.03
—
FL average10 barns · 1,097 hd
117.11
−1.07
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—Average1,52374.331,1323thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26845.295749thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00043.344333thin

Every lot

28 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 2470124.89/cwt120.00–130.005874
Steers—Medium and Large 1655111.48/cwt109.00–114.007302
Steers—Medium and Large 1713112.51/cwt112.00–113.008022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275133.42/cwt132.00–135.003674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323129.92/cwt128.00–132.004204
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333119.92/cwt118.00–124.003993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375114.88/cwt112.00–118.004318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380124.58/cwt123.00–128.004739
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421110.66/cwt106.00–114.004667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429122.92/cwt118.00–127.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470108.42/cwt106.00–111.005108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483114.19/cwt113.00–118.005528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520108.45/cwt106.00–111.005644
Heifers—Medium and Large 167399.94/cwt97.00–105.006733
Heifers—Medium and Large 175596.00/cwt96.00–96.007252
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2227143.24/cwt140.00–145.003253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1267163.25/cwt160.00–165.004363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2366125.12/cwt122.00–129.004587
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373137.29/cwt136.00–140.005123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435121.34/cwt120.00–127.0052810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473116.11/cwt112.00–120.005498
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477131.22/cwt128.00–138.006263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530107.57/cwt105.00–113.005709
Bulls—Medium and Large 1531121.07/cwt119.00–124.006439
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,52374.33/cwt74.00–75.001,1323
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00043.34/cwt43.00–44.004333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26845.29/cwt44.00–50.005749
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01895.29/cwt85.00–106.009704

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.