Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-01-20

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Jan 20
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 240▲ 40 vs year ago 132 · +30.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 32▼ 2 vs year ago 17 · −11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 36▲ 18 vs year ago 47 · +38.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows not well tested, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady in light test. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.40/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$129.40
28 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465131.1161017thin
Medium and Large 2293126.7637211thin
One grade step is worth $4.35/cwt here — about $238 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 sale28 hd
129.40
—
FL average9 barns · 777 hd
127.60
+1.80
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—Average1,78180.681,4378thin

Every lot

14 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268127.62/cwt125.00–130.003426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324125.72/cwt124.00–127.004075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378143.87/cwt140.00–148.005442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428133.94/cwt131.00–136.005735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478133.41/cwt130.00–137.006386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535117.73/cwt117.00–120.006304
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1288161.84/cwt160.00–170.004665
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470151.96/cwt150.00–154.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483132.38/cwt130.00–140.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528135.14/cwt131.00–138.007145
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78180.68/cwt76.00–84.001,4378
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2937111.94/cwt106.00–116.001,0493
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04082.72/cwt78.00–87.0086020
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04353.79/cwt50.00–57.005616

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.