Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2021-04-07

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 7
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
231 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 180▲ 38 vs year ago 193 · +19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 86▲ 58 vs year ago 32 · +181.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 124▲ 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle not well tested. Feeder and replacement 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.04/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$118.04
28 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−27.21
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542120.696547thin
Medium and Large 2495117.1558021
One grade step is worth $3.54/cwt here — about $74 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
118.04
—
FL average10 barns · 749 hd
145.25
−27.21
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—Average1,58485.351,3526thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25664.5981122
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01857.3358421

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 2372124.94/cwt123.00–128.004655
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430117.22/cwt115.00–122.005043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468120.48/cwt119.00–122.005642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525112.31/cwt110.00–119.005904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571120.78/cwt120.00–122.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571114.96/cwt113.00–119.006569
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328138.08/cwt136.00–140.004536
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518132.39/cwt130.00–134.006865
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573132.52/cwt129.00–135.0075911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58485.35/cwt83.00–89.001,3526
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01857.33/cwt55.00–61.0058421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24063.25/cwt59.00–65.0078415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28967.45/cwt65.00–70.008697
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08477.11/cwt76.00–82.0083610

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.