Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-08-05

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Aug 5
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 122▼ 160 vs year ago 327 · −48.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 56▼ 14 vs year ago 55 · −25.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 47▲ 29 vs year ago 79 · +36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle firm in light test. 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 $125.32/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$125.32
25 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.26
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1471131.8062015thin
Medium and Large 2427115.5849410thin
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $127 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 sale25 hd
125.32
—
FL average10 barns · 792 hd
127.57
−2.26
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—High1,45491.831,3356thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22964.6979515
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01960.746197thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1311181.48/cwt178.00–184.005647
Steers—Medium and Large 1370162.43/cwt160.00–165.006014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320125.00/cwt125.00–125.004002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384134.26/cwt133.00–142.005167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470139.98/cwt139.00–141.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475110.97/cwt110.00–112.005276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy623119.33/cwt117.00–126.007434
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1233198.71/cwt197.50–200.004632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323187.56/cwt186.00–189.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338172.98/cwt172.00–174.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432149.31/cwt148.00–150.006453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37390.19/cwt87.00–94.001,2385
Bulls——1,860100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01960.74/cwt58.00–64.006197
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22163.48/cwt61.00–67.0077513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27872.54/cwt72.00–73.009272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291995.36/cwt94.00–102.008767
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01380.76/cwt75.00–85.0081811

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.