Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-02-03

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Feb 3
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 167▼ 31 vs year ago 160 · −19.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 26▼ 21 vs year ago 60 · −35.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 74▼ 37 vs year ago 106 · −34.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle firm in light test. 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 $126.73/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$126.73
24 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.88
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1496126.8962915thin
Medium and Large 2381126.484829thin
One grade step is worth $0.40/cwt here — about $147 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 sale24 hd
126.73
—
FL average8 barns · 654 hd
132.61
−5.88
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—Average1,53083.431,2764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13463.877259thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01154.2654910

Every lot

17 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333130.56/cwt128.00–136.004353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358135.98/cwt134.00–140.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375125.43/cwt123.00–128.004704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435133.30/cwt132.00–136.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465122.47/cwt120.00–125.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480129.45/cwt127.00–132.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627115.53/cwt114.00–118.007245
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273171.14/cwt168.00–174.004674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323165.28/cwt164.00–168.005343
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333150.37/cwt147.00–154.005014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375138.92/cwt136.00–142.005216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1437145.28/cwt144.00–148.006353
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,53083.43/cwt79.00–87.001,2764
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01154.26/cwt52.00–57.0054910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05361.47/cwt60.00–64.006476
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29768.68/cwt68.00–70.008913
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08657.40/cwt54.00–61.0062311

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.