Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-11-18

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Nov 18
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
586 head
▲ 366 vs last sale 220▲ 329 vs year ago 257 · +128.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 30▼ 19 vs year ago 80 · −23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.28/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$126.28
93 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.29
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430128.3655248
Medium and Large 2406124.0550445
One grade step is worth $4.31/cwt here — about $48 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 sale93 hd
126.28
—
FL average10 barns · 1,250 hd
128.57
−2.29
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—Average1,46877.971,1457thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23755.7569014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67746.977885thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05446.5349111

Every lot

35 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423162.92/cwt159.00–167.0068910
Steers—Medium and Large 1473151.95/cwt150.00–154.007194
Steers—Medium and Large 2523133.52/cwt130.00–135.006987
Steers—Medium and Large 1530138.47/cwt137.00–140.0073410
Steers—Medium and Large 1575140.56/cwt139.00–143.008085
Steers—Medium and Large 2578127.96/cwt125.00–131.007404
Steers—Medium and Large 1636128.77/cwt126.00–133.0081910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2241142.97/cwt138.00–145.003457
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270122.36/cwt120.00–125.003304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273136.08/cwt132.50–140.003714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335131.94/cwt130.00–134.004424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339138.65/cwt137.00–144.004708
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373129.87/cwt126.00–134.004844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375139.36/cwt136.00–143.005234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431121.09/cwt119.00–124.005227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436128.35/cwt127.00–134.0056010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471122.93/cwt120.00–127.0057914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476116.45/cwt115.00–119.005548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530120.45/cwt118.00–123.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533115.06/cwt114.00–117.0061311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568116.01/cwt115.00–117.006594
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273166.08/cwt162.50–170.004536
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275161.16/cwt160.00–162.004435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330164.76/cwt160.00–169.0054411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373152.47/cwt151.00–154.005694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378160.45/cwt159.00–162.006076
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425151.47/cwt149.00–154.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430138.44/cwt136.00–141.005958
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473149.43/cwt147.00–152.007074
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525123.89/cwt120.00–128.006506
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,46877.97/cwt76.00–80.001,1457
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99944.86/cwt44.00–46.004485
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10047.93/cwt47.00–49.005276
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23755.75/cwt54.00–60.0069014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67746.97/cwt45.00–49.007885

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.