Florida Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

4,345 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.87/cwt ≈ $454/hd at 376 lb · 46 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $109.43/cwt -17.57 vs last sale · ≈ $518/hd at 473 lb · 41 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $114.63/cwt -5.66 vs last sale · ≈ $597/hd at 521 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,345	2,107	1,640
Feeder cattle	3,665	1,787	1,352
Slaughter cattle	433	320	172
Replacement cattle	247	—	116

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Arcadia (1925), Columbia (730), Ocala (613) and Okeechobee (1077). Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to weak. Feeder classes 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	2	160.00–162.00	$160.97	$383	—
250–280	265	5	150.00–172.00	$160.00	$424	-15.94
340	340	3	155.00	$155.00	$527	-30.08
360–390	377	17	141.00–165.00	$149.00	$562	-14.86
400–445	428	25	140.00–160.00	$147.87	$633	-5.67
450–495	479	17	129.00–147.00	$135.10	$647	+2.47
500–545	531	31	119.00–137.00	$122.32	$650	-6.23
550–590	572	19	113.00–125.00	$117.98	$675	-10.06
600–640	625	30	108.00–120.00	$111.62	$698	-24.11

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	7	147.00–175.00	$160.87	$426	-9.45
305–345	332	6	144.00–175.00	$154.52	$513	-7.60
350–385	373	20	132.00–159.00	$142.77	$533	-6.82
405–440	424	16	130.00–145.00	$139.11	$590	-2.20
450–485	471	17	120.00–135.00	$127.34	$600	-3.57
500–540	518	34	109.00–125.00	$115.77	$600	-7.91
550–595	570	19	106.00–116.00	$110.72	$631	-8.67
600–630	617	3	100.00–105.00	$102.29	$631	-22.22
690–695	692	6	96.00–102.00	$99.99	$692	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	136.00	$136.00	$360	—
310–345	325	9	134.00–160.00	$145.88	$474	-9.24
350–375	362	12	136.00–147.00	$138.86	$503	-5.30
410–440	420	11	125.00–137.00	$130.39	$548	-0.65
465–495	480	15	112.00–126.00	$121.20	$582	-4.69
500–545	518	15	99.00–117.00	$110.49	$572	-5.99
550–590	571	7	100.00–111.00	$107.16	$612	—
690–695	693	4	82.00–90.00	$85.99	$596	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	227	10	137.00–148.00	$141.43	$321	+13.16
250–290	267	6	134.00–146.00	$140.79	$376	—
300–345	327	29	122.00–132.00	$126.37	$413	—
350–395	376	46	116.00–126.00	$120.87	$454	—
400–445	427	38	109.00–120.00	$113.68	$485	-11.50
450–495	473	41	104.00–127.00	$109.43	$518	-17.57
500–545	528	29	103.00–113.00	$107.83	$569	-12.17
550–595	577	27	98.00–112.00	$105.00	$606	—
600–645	616	13	99.00–109.00	$102.27	$630	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	227	7	120.00–130.00	$126.64	$287	—
250–295	279	21	118.00–130.00	$122.25	$341	—
300–345	322	20	110.00–121.00	$116.57	$375	—
350–390	368	19	108.00–130.00	$116.29	$428	-8.46
400–445	420	24	100.00–132.00	$109.19	$459	-6.78
450–495	469	21	94.00–123.00	$106.19	$498	-9.25
500–540	516	26	97.00–113.00	$103.51	$534	-4.89
550–595	569	19	92.00–106.00	$99.10	$564	—
615–645	631	4	92.00–98.00	$95.29	$601	—
680–685	683	2	90.00–97.00	$93.49	$639	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	220	4	112.00–162.50	$149.28	$328	—
265–290	271	7	103.00–112.00	$109.49	$297	—
305–340	314	9	104.00–138.00	$118.96	$374	—
350–380	363	5	99.00–123.00	$108.49	$394	-14.94
400–440	418	13	93.00–124.00	$111.69	$467	+4.27
460–490	473	11	90.00–117.00	$107.76	$510	-0.32
500–535	521	9	85.00–107.00	$95.87	$499	—
550–585	570	12	85.00–98.00	$90.25	$514	—
620	620	1	85.00	$85.00	$527	—
670–675	672	5	80.00–88.00	$83.21	$559	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	224	4	162.00–175.00	$167.20	$375	—
280–295	288	3	157.00–160.00	$158.31	$456	—
300–345	330	7	154.00–164.00	$157.39	$519	—
350–395	372	8	135.00–160.00	$146.42	$545	+1.49
400–440	421	19	127.00–148.00	$133.39	$562	-11.59
450–485	468	20	121.00–129.00	$125.46	$587	-2.93
500–535	521	38	110.00–123.00	$114.63	$597	-5.66
550–580	558	20	110.00–117.00	$113.23	$632	—
600–645	612	14	100.00–111.00	$108.19	$662	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	271	12	130.00–158.00	$146.78	$398	—
310–345	320	11	134.00–149.00	$140.21	$449	—
360–385	368	13	130.00–138.00	$135.82	$500	—
425–435	430	7	109.00–127.00	$116.54	$501	—
460–490	468	13	100.00–118.00	$108.41	$507	—
500–545	521	8	88.00–112.00	$104.52	$545	—
560–590	575	12	90.00–109.00	$96.14	$553	—
680–685	684	11	80.00–87.00	$81.90	$560	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	145.00–150.00	$147.45	$354	—
265–290	278	8	144.00–152.00	$147.40	$410	—
310–345	327	9	144.00–157.00	$148.33	$485	—
360–395	384	16	140.00–147.00	$141.70	$544	+11.25
400–430	422	6	121.00–138.00	$131.78	$556	+1.85
460–490	472	11	110.00–129.00	$117.42	$554	—
520–545	533	12	99.00–119.00	$110.07	$587	+5.16
560–585	573	8	98.00–107.00	$102.21	$586	-2.90
610	610	1	99.00	$99.00	$604	—
680–685	683	2	90.00–97.00	$93.49	$639	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1410	1082	80-85%	10	37.00–47.00	$44.25	$479	-6.21
925–1465	1188	80-85%	46	46.00–56.00	$50.04	$594	—
1075–1455	1287	80-85%	11	52.00–57.00	$53.52	$689	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1190	1096	85-90%	11	43.00–48.00	$45.44	$498	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1730	1355	75-80%	7	50.00–53.00	$51.16	$693	—
1295–1845	1575	75-80%	3	53.00–57.00	$54.73	$862	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1565	1483	8	70.00–74.00	$72.89	$1,081	—
1265–1710	1510	12	75.00–82.00	$77.76	$1,174	—
1515–2085	1843	4	81.00–85.00	$82.88	$1,527	-2.13

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–710	702	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	102.00–104.00	$103.35	$726
950–1150	1053	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	80	44.00–50.00	$47.36	$499

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–990	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	106.00–117.50	$110.98	$1,027
1025–1185	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	77.00–87.50	$85.15	$975

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–840	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	62.00–69.00	$65.84	$504

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.