Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-11-04

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Nov 4
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
220 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 367▼ 154 vs year ago 374 · −41.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 119▼ 40 vs year ago 70 · −57.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 195 vs last sale 256▼ 54 vs year ago 115 · −47.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady to 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 $116.92/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$116.92
39 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$476
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.55
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1396125.5549711thin
Medium and Large 2412113.5346728
One grade step is worth $12.03/cwt here — about $30 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 sale39 hd
116.92
—
FL average10 barns · 857 hd
121.47
−4.55
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—Average1,47976.331,1298thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36255.577579thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14550.2057510

Every lot

18 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 2330152.58/cwt150.00–155.005044
Steers—Medium and Large 1468125.54/cwt122.00–128.005885
Steers—Medium and Large 2578117.00/cwt117.00–117.006764
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320121.31/cwt120.00–122.003883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360124.00/cwt124.00–124.004465
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381123.99/cwt113.00–130.004729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426126.85/cwt122.00–132.005406
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430107.56/cwt105.00–110.0046310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473103.89/cwt100.00–108.004916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1190242.83/cwt230.00–255.004616
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270153.19/cwt148.00–158.004148
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427139.72/cwt138.00–143.005973
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41475.38/cwt74.00–77.001,0667
Bulls——1,93083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,6021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14550.20/cwt48.00–52.0057510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36255.57/cwt52.00–58.007579
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2985100.30/cwt96.00–102.009883
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09872.84/cwt70.00–76.0080010

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.