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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Apr 14
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 231▲ 28 vs year ago 79 · +35.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 90▲ 42 vs year ago 4 · +1,050.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 92▲ 61 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 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 $126.22/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$126.22
19 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.53
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1397146.325806thin
Medium and Large 2403127.615146thin
Medium and Large 3507107.815477thin
One grade step is worth $38.51/cwt here — about $33 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 sale19 hd
126.22
—
FL average10 barns · 839 hd
143.76
−17.53
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—Average1,68686.311,45510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32060.9280419
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14359.4067913

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3427130.02/cwt128.00–131.005553
Steers—Medium and Large 2430138.91/cwt137.00–143.005973
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333133.92/cwt132.00–138.004463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380152.97/cwt150.00–154.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430133.02/cwt132.00–134.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473121.30/cwt120.00–124.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477112.32/cwt112.00–113.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530104.43/cwt101.00–108.005534
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3312134.88/cwt132.00–136.004217
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432135.50/cwt132.00–141.005855
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470129.94/cwt127.00–133.006114
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,68686.31/cwt83.00–90.001,45510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14359.40/cwt55.00–61.0067913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27566.34/cwt66.00–67.008463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32859.90/cwt58.00–62.0079516
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04381.28/cwt75.00–89.008489

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.