Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-03-10

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Mar 10
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 140▲ 22 vs year ago 228 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 19▼ 34 vs year ago 60 · −56.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls weak. Feeder steers and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers firm to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.19/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$131.19
38 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$569
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$221
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.33
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2297135.7240410thin
Medium and Large 1482129.5762528
One grade step is worth $6.15/cwt here — about −$221 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 sale38 hd
131.19
—
FL average10 barns · 816 hd
135.52
−4.33
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—Average1,54884.001,3003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12355.046189thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1377136.05/cwt134.00–139.005137
Steers—Medium and Large 1415134.30/cwt133.00–138.005574
Steers—Medium and Large 2428130.54/cwt129.00–132.005594
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2228141.32/cwt140.00–142.503224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275137.95/cwt137.00–139.003792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373134.45/cwt133.00–136.005016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378129.00/cwt129.00–129.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408133.50/cwt133.00–134.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473132.96/cwt130.00–136.006297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528131.97/cwt130.00–133.006976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630112.95/cwt110.00–115.007125
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260172.00/cwt172.00–172.004471
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270145.63/cwt142.00–149.003934
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428139.04/cwt138.00–140.005952
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,54884.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3003
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12355.04/cwt53.00–58.006189

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.