Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-08-12

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Aug 12
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▲ 134 vs last sale 167▲ 34 vs year ago 267 · +12.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 41▲ 1 vs year ago 36 · +2.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 108▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls fully 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to firm. Feeder and replacement cows steady to weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.26/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$130.26
57 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.12
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538135.6673024
Medium and Large 2475126.5660128
Medium and Large 3424125.035305thin
One grade step is worth $10.63/cwt here — about $200 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 sale57 hd
130.26
—
FL average10 barns · 1,378 hd
142.38
−12.12
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—Average1,45884.151,2273thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22058.0070814
CowsLean 85-90%Average99951.645165thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1369159.98/cwt158.00–168.005905
Steers—Medium and Large 2370149.92/cwt147.00–153.005554
Steers—Medium and Large 3424125.03/cwt121.00–126.005305
Steers—Medium and Large 2428137.40/cwt134.00–141.005884
Steers—Medium and Large 2470123.68/cwt120.00–128.0058111
Steers—Medium and Large 2532110.78/cwt110.00–112.005895
Steers—Medium and Large 1536120.78/cwt117.00–124.006475
Steers—Medium and Large 2569119.98/cwt117.00–121.006834
Steers—Medium and Large 1570133.46/cwt131.00–136.007618
Steers—Medium and Large 1638130.74/cwt124.00–134.008346
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368115.30/cwt112.00–120.004245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408111.21/cwt110.00–112.004545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428121.92/cwt120.00–125.005225
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428105.41/cwt105.00–106.004515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479115.68/cwt114.00–121.005548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530120.43/cwt117.00–124.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530108.47/cwt107.00–110.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556115.81/cwt114.00–117.006445
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576104.38/cwt101.00–110.006015
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268173.05/cwt172.00–174.004644
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275161.66/cwt157.00–166.004456
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333155.28/cwt154.00–158.005173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378148.50/cwt146.00–154.005613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433145.29/cwt144.00–148.006293
Bulls—Medium and Large 353090.92/cwt87.00–95.004824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533121.63/cwt120.00–125.006483
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538111.97/cwt110.00–114.006024
Bulls—Medium and Large 357384.68/cwt81.00–90.004855
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,45884.15/cwt81.00–88.001,2273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99951.64/cwt50.00–52.005165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21355.59/cwt54.00–59.006749
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23362.33/cwt61.00–64.007695
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08094.60/cwt94.00–96.001,0223
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,22063.07/cwt59.00–64.007695

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.