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North Florida Livestock Market

Name: North Florida Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Mar 25

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423

← Mar 18Mar 25Apr 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

98 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 77▼ 237 vs year ago 335 · −70.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 61▲ 11 vs year ago 29 · +37.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder cattle not enough to establish a trend. Feeder and replacement cows very limited.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $160.72/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$160.72

11 head · 351 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+35.48

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	378	167.96	635	3thin
Medium and Large 2	341	158.01	539	8thin

One grade step is worth $9.96/cwt here — about $96 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 sale11 hd

160.72

—

FL average10 barns · 203 hd

125.24

+35.48

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,715	98.77	1,694	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,438	77.44	1,114	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,156	61.24	708	5thin

Every lot

10 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	157.48/cwt	157.00–158.00	504	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	275	173.96/cwt	172.00–176.00	478	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	330	164.12/cwt	160.00–168.00	542	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	378	167.96/cwt	166.00–169.00	635	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	146.97/cwt	146.00–148.00	558	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,610	93.55/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,506	2
Bulls	—	—	1,820	103.99/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,893	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,156	61.24/cwt	57.00–63.00	708	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,437	75.83/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,090	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,445	87.91/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,270	2

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL

Wed Mar 25, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 77Year ago 335

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 61Year ago 29

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder cattle not enough to establish a trend. Feeder and replacement cows very limited.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	157.00–158.00	157.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	146.00–148.00	146.97
2	—	330	160.00–168.00	164.12
2	—	275	172.00–176.00	173.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	166.00–169.00	167.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,156	57.00–63.00	61.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,437	72.00–80.00	75.83
2	—	1,445	86.00–90.00	87.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,820	103.00–105.00	103.99
2	—	1,610	91.00–96.00	93.55

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.