Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-10-23

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Oct 23
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
344 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 377▼ 65 vs year ago 409 · −15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 18▲ 9 vs year ago 51 · +17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 125▲ 17 vs year ago 99 · +17.2%
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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 weak on higher quality calves, 5.00 to 10.00 lower on lower quality calves. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.04/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$142.04
107 head · 377 lb average
Value per head Derived
$535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.72
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405147.6059852
Medium and Large 2350136.7747955
One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about $119 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 sale107 hd
142.04
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FL average10 barns · 755 hd
127.31
+14.72
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—High1,67867.491,13212
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20444.8654038
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01639.9540611

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2427135.47/cwt133.00–139.005787
Steers—Medium and Large 1472136.56/cwt135.00–139.006455
Steers—Medium and Large 1532132.58/cwt130.00–138.007056
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 326994.82/cwt90.00–100.0025511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330128.86/cwt126.00–132.004258
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331114.48/cwt112.00–118.0037914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370123.89/cwt120.00–128.004586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375114.43/cwt112.00–117.004294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425107.41/cwt105.00–110.004568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437117.60/cwt116.00–126.0051412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480113.94/cwt111.00–117.005476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531109.20/cwt109.00–110.0058010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582106.92/cwt103.00–113.006225
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2226124.85/cwt122.00–127.5028211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324148.40/cwt144.00–152.0048120
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325161.82/cwt158.00–166.0052620
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375140.31/cwt139.00–144.0052611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383151.95/cwt151.00–160.005829
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428140.91/cwt138.00–144.006038
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431130.17/cwt128.00–136.005617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469133.75/cwt131.00–138.006275
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525121.09/cwt118.00–124.006366
Bulls—Medium and Large 1534127.53/cwt126.00–134.0068110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66266.44/cwt64.00–71.001,10411
Bulls——1,85579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,4651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01639.95/cwt38.00–42.0040611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19144.24/cwt42.00–46.0052731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26247.59/cwt47.00–48.006017
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01866.86/cwt58.00–74.0068117

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.