Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-09-30

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Sep 30
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
286 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 457▼ 55 vs year ago 341 · −16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 44▼ 33 vs year ago 73 · −45.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
177 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 78▲ 82 vs year ago 95 · +86.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to weak. Feeder and replacement cows steady. A high percentage of feeder cows were very old open thin cows, not reported.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.36/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$111.36
56 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$470
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.72
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446113.3350522
Medium and Large 2406110.0944734
One grade step is worth $3.25/cwt here — about $57 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 sale56 hd
111.36
—
FL average10 barns · 1,164 hd
121.08
−9.72
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—Average1,58775.421,1977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22049.6960619
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01545.544628thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2326136.62/cwt131.00–139.004457
Steers—Medium and Large 2373136.42/cwt134.00–139.005096
Steers—Medium and Large 2428119.43/cwt117.00–122.005114
Steers—Medium and Large 1430134.44/cwt132.00–137.005784
Steers—Medium and Large 2473119.89/cwt116.00–124.005674
Steers—Medium and Large 1568125.99/cwt125.00–127.007164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270124.85/cwt121.00–129.003374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367117.36/cwt114.00–120.004317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374110.47/cwt108.00–115.0041314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430115.42/cwt112.00–119.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433107.43/cwt105.00–110.004658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473108.41/cwt105.00–112.005136
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480105.45/cwt103.00–108.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530103.94/cwt101.00–107.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535111.94/cwt110.00–115.005995
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270151.28/cwt150.00–154.004083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318134.10/cwt132.00–138.004263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370136.48/cwt134.00–140.005057
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580104.44/cwt101.00–108.006064
Bulls—Medium and Large 263297.27/cwt95.00–102.006156
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675102.96/cwt101.00–105.006956
Bulls—Medium and Large 178292.97/cwt92.00–95.007276
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58775.42/cwt74.00–77.001,1977
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01545.54/cwt44.00–47.004628
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22049.69/cwt48.00–55.0060619
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2867102.20/cwt96.00–114.008865
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-298878.67/cwt70.00–86.0077712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,15061.70/cwt58.00–66.007108

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.