Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-09-02

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Sep 2
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 182▲ 270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 57▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 100▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls weak. Feeder cattle weak. 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 $104.69/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$104.69
37 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$471
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.76
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1349122.684288thin
Medium and Large 247899.7347729
One grade step is worth $22.95/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale37 hd
104.69
—
FL average10 barns · 902 hd
117.45
−12.76
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—Average1,86389.071,6596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23857.1970815
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00552.6352912

Every lot

16 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2470112.91/cwt108.00–117.005319
Steers—Medium and Large 1523105.95/cwt104.00–110.005543
Steers—Medium and Large 1575105.98/cwt105.00–107.006094
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325122.91/cwt121.00–125.003994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373122.45/cwt121.00–124.004574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373110.79/cwt109.00–113.004137
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428100.83/cwt97.00–107.004325
Heifers—Medium and Large 248897.56/cwt95.00–101.004767
Heifers—Medium and Large 257092.96/cwt91.00–95.0053010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430112.93/cwt110.00–116.004864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530100.25/cwt98.00–105.005313
Bulls—Medium and Large 258898.98/cwt95.00–103.005826
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,86389.07/cwt88.00–91.001,6596
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00552.63/cwt51.00–54.0052912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23857.19/cwt56.00–60.0070815
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,116101.29/cwt92.00–118.001,1307

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.