Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-03-04

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Mar 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 165 vs last sale 75▲ 66 vs year ago 174 · +37.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 33▼ 4 vs year ago 48 · −8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 97▲ 12 vs year ago 71 · +16.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady in limited test. 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 $137.07/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$137.07
46 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.25
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430138.1359430
Medium and Large 2366135.0949416thin
One grade step is worth $3.04/cwt here — about $100 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 sale46 hd
137.07
—
FL average10 barns · 820 hd
137.32
−0.25
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—Average1,67885.941,44210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26059.2674715
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01851.255224thin

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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1227159.41/cwt158.00–162.003623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273164.54/cwt162.00–170.004493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330135.15/cwt132.00–142.004468
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370136.11/cwt132.00–140.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425141.93/cwt140.00–144.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433133.94/cwt132.00–136.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475132.06/cwt130.00–135.0062712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527122.61/cwt118.00–125.006466
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2232188.41/cwt185.00–194.004375
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273186.18/cwt182.00–190.005082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1281204.11/cwt202.00–210.005747
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325192.74/cwt191.00–194.006265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330166.91/cwt164.00–170.005514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373166.13/cwt162.00–170.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430150.07/cwt148.00–152.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473149.48/cwt148.00–151.007072
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56384.43/cwt83.00–88.001,3208
Bulls——2,13891.98/cwt90.00–94.001,9672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01851.25/cwt48.00–55.005224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21557.22/cwt54.00–59.0069511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38564.88/cwt63.00–66.008994
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2899103.73/cwt99.00–116.009334
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16569.94/cwt65.00–74.008155

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.