Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-11-13

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Nov 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
476 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 374▼ 43 vs year ago 519 · −8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 70▼ 8 vs year ago 44 · −18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 115▼ 121 vs year ago 193 · −62.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and 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 $112.53/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$112.53
44 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$462
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.20
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454118.5153817thin
Medium and Large 2384108.7641827
One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $120 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 sale44 hd
112.53
—
FL average10 barns · 913 hd
116.73
−4.20
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—Average1,65487.061,44011
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20657.416937thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98750.0149411

Every lot

23 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 2372136.94/cwt135.00–140.005095
Steers—Medium and Large 1429153.36/cwt150.00–156.006587
Steers—Medium and Large 2530125.08/cwt121.00–129.006636
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2276112.10/cwt110.00–120.003099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327132.03/cwt130.00–135.004327
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373113.38/cwt110.00–117.004234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425106.85/cwt104.00–109.0045410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522110.38/cwt109.00–113.005766
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535101.43/cwt98.00–105.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573107.04/cwt105.00–109.006134
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275172.07/cwt170.00–174.004734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1329156.14/cwt154.00–164.0051413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330142.06/cwt140.00–144.004698
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373148.90/cwt146.00–152.005554
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430124.42/cwt121.00–128.005356
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478123.92/cwt121.00–127.005928
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63879.48/cwt74.00–94.001,3025
Bulls——1,66793.37/cwt90.00–96.001,5566
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98750.01/cwt48.00–52.0049411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15955.14/cwt53.00–58.006395
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32563.09/cwt61.00–65.008362
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297291.75/cwt88.00–98.008925
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19663.88/cwt57.00–72.007644

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.