Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-09-16

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Sep 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 151▼ 44 vs year ago 345 · −12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 12▲ 39 vs year ago 36 · +108.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 47▲ 96 vs year ago 74 · +129.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle firm. 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 $117.58/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$117.58
55 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.14
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547119.2465341
Medium and Large 2443112.7250014thin
One grade step is worth $6.52/cwt here — about $153 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 sale55 hd
117.58
—
FL average10 barns · 954 hd
119.73
−2.14
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—Average1,70487.151,4856thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32858.6077832
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08150.9155022

Every lot

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2468123.56/cwt120.00–127.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 2525116.97/cwt116.00–118.006144
Steers—Medium and Large 1534126.45/cwt124.00–129.006756
Steers—Medium and Large 1567130.94/cwt126.00–133.007427
Steers—Medium and Large 1618129.66/cwt129.00–130.008013
Steers—Medium and Large 1658128.00/cwt128.00–128.008422
Steers—Medium and Large 1715112.78/cwt110.00–115.008064
Steers—Medium and Large 1783106.98/cwt105.00–109.008382
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273138.53/cwt138.00–139.003784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328120.10/cwt116.00–123.003945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463120.62/cwt118.00–122.005586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470110.96/cwt109.00–113.005224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530119.57/cwt116.00–123.006346
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537106.76/cwt105.00–114.005735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575118.34/cwt116.00–122.0068010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623115.67/cwt110.00–120.0072111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678111.01/cwt110.00–112.007532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715107.99/cwt107.00–109.007722
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270147.93/cwt146.00–150.003992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520113.92/cwt110.00–118.005922
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64282.83/cwt80.00–84.001,3603
Bulls——1,76591.46/cwt90.00–94.001,6143
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08150.91/cwt48.00–53.0055022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30157.65/cwt54.00–59.0075028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52065.23/cwt65.00–66.009914
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,132100.46/cwt88.00–110.001,13711
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,28169.56/cwt65.00–73.0089155

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.