Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-12-09

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Dec 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
470 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 466▲ 93 vs year ago 377 · +24.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 27▼ 6 vs year ago 32 · −18.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 105▼ 43 vs year ago 124 · −34.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady. 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 $117.72/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$117.72
93 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$511
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449123.4755541
Medium and Large 2422113.1947752
One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $77 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
117.72
—
FL average10 barns · 1,123 hd
121.63
−3.91
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—Average1,45975.151,0967thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22649.606089thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05845.6748315

Every lot

31 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2378139.89/cwt137.00–146.005293
Steers—Medium and Large 2420143.29/cwt140.00–145.006023
Steers—Medium and Large 1425152.47/cwt150.00–155.006482
Steers—Medium and Large 2473136.62/cwt135.00–140.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 1570131.56/cwt128.00–134.007505
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271120.82/cwt118.00–123.0032711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328138.54/cwt134.00–147.004544
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330131.42/cwt129.00–134.004344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371131.33/cwt128.00–134.004877
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372121.94/cwt120.00–125.004545
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431110.03/cwt107.00–114.004749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435125.32/cwt124.00–129.0054511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467120.76/cwt119.00–126.005649
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473110.89/cwt107.00–115.0052512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523116.93/cwt114.00–120.006124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536104.56/cwt101.00–110.005605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572109.29/cwt104.00–112.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 259096.31/cwt95.00–99.005686
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280147.71/cwt147.00–150.004144
Bulls—Medium and Large 2334141.87/cwt139.00–146.004747
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372141.94/cwt140.00–145.005285
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375135.92/cwt134.00–138.005106
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427138.28/cwt135.00–140.005903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472134.56/cwt133.00–137.006355
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530130.43/cwt127.00–134.006916
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568111.45/cwt108.00–115.006334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573118.49/cwt118.00–119.006792
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,45975.15/cwt74.00–77.001,0967
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05845.67/cwt44.00–47.0048315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22649.60/cwt48.00–53.006089
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10584.22/cwt76.00–92.009314

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.