Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-02-10

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Feb 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 129▼ 47 vs year ago 226 · −20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 39▼ 5 vs year ago 47 · −10.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 69▲ 4 vs year ago 57 · +7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement type 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 $121.47/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$121.47
50 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.04
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515123.1663424
Medium and Large 2411119.9049226
One grade step is worth $3.26/cwt here — about $142 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 sale50 hd
121.47
—
FL average10 barns · 732 hd
130.51
−9.04
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—Average1,52483.171,26816
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23867.738388thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16055.886485thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370138.59/cwt135.00–142.005134
Steers—Medium and Large 2430128.73/cwt124.00–132.0055410
Steers—Medium and Large 2528129.32/cwt127.00–133.006835
Steers—Medium and Large 1530131.98/cwt131.00–133.006994
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268142.49/cwt142.00–143.003822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280129.93/cwt128.00–132.003644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379117.71/cwt115.00–123.0044614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470127.47/cwt126.00–129.005994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528123.49/cwt122.00–128.006529
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531118.73/cwt115.00–120.006308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577116.62/cwt115.00–120.006739
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268168.97/cwt168.00–170.004532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2276153.90/cwt151.00–156.004255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335137.67/cwt135.00–142.004615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374137.37/cwt135.00–140.005147
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385129.94/cwt129.00–135.005006
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435127.21/cwt126.00–133.0055311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39574.22/cwt71.00–77.001,0356
Bulls——1,60288.54/cwt84.00–91.001,41810
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16055.88/cwt55.00–60.006485
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23867.73/cwt64.00–71.008388
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297989.43/cwt84.00–100.008767

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.