Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-07-15

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jul 15
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
▲ 196 vs last sale 197▲ 166 vs year ago 227 · +73.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 34▲ 3 vs year ago 33 · +9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 103▲ 10 vs year ago 87 · +11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady. 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 $125.46/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$125.46
64 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.66
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412129.8953541
Medium and Large 2427117.5650123
One grade step is worth $12.33/cwt here — about $33 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
125.46
—
FL average10 barns · 1,209 hd
124.80
+0.66
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—High1,71887.511,5034thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18554.9665113
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05750.525349thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1278174.54/cwt172.00–180.004853
Steers—Medium and Large 2425130.34/cwt126.00–135.005548
Steers—Medium and Large 1475129.53/cwt128.00–131.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1523127.97/cwt127.00–130.006693
Steers—Medium and Large 2535112.46/cwt108.00–117.006024
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1230154.78/cwt152.00–160.003563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290158.57/cwt141.00–182.004603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328136.96/cwt136.00–138.004494
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333123.86/cwt122.00–128.004126
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387127.28/cwt126.00–130.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390131.46/cwt128.00–135.005138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423128.15/cwt126.00–130.005429
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430121.91/cwt120.00–126.005246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473118.43/cwt116.00–121.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480108.43/cwt105.00–112.005204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519115.89/cwt115.00–117.0060110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538103.45/cwt100.00–107.005574
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223178.07/cwt176.00–180.003974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1272176.56/cwt170.00–180.004803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273163.59/cwt162.00–167.004473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378134.57/cwt132.00–140.005096
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428128.88/cwt126.00–132.005528
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66285.34/cwt84.00–86.001,4183
Bulls——1,88594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,7721
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05750.52/cwt48.00–52.005349
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18554.96/cwt53.00–59.0065113
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-298175.78/cwt70.00–80.0074311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04589.20/cwt86.00–100.009328

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.