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North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, May 19
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
286 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 164▲ 45 vs year ago 241 · +18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 79▼ 2 vs year ago 62 · −3.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.10/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$134.10
53 head · 382 lb average
Value per head Derived
$513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.78
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1372145.0853912thin
Medium and Large 2382131.9750437
Medium and Large 3423120.885114thin
One grade step is worth $24.20/cwt here — about $28 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 sale53 hd
134.10
—
FL average10 barns · 570 hd
136.88
−2.78
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—Average1,50586.211,2973thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27768.1087020
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14257.866619thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2427132.55/cwt130.00–135.005665
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273142.86/cwt140.00–146.003904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278134.05/cwt132.00–136.003732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320122.18/cwt120.00–124.003917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378121.67/cwt119.00–126.004605
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379113.95/cwt113.00–117.004324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420133.98/cwt133.00–135.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430109.95/cwt108.00–112.004736
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433118.94/cwt117.00–123.005156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468114.98/cwt114.00–116.005382
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478107.97/cwt106.00–110.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533106.98/cwt106.00–109.005703
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273138.72/cwt135.00–140.0037912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313145.35/cwt144.00–146.004553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373147.29/cwt146.00–150.005493
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378136.78/cwt134.00–142.0051713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420131.90/cwt128.00–134.005543
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423120.88/cwt118.00–124.005114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429142.60/cwt141.00–143.006125
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475124.16/cwt123.00–126.005905
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573105.91/cwt102.00–110.006074
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,50586.21/cwt84.00–89.001,2973
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14257.86/cwt53.00–60.006619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21564.01/cwt62.00–71.0077811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35373.09/cwt70.00–76.009899

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.