Florida Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 20, 2020

3,591 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $113.02/cwt -2.75 vs last sale · ≈ $598/hd at 529 lb · 53 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.78/cwt -1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $444/hd at 371 lb · 51 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $115.01/cwt +1.33 vs last sale · ≈ $492/hd at 428 lb · 51 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,591	4,345	1,640
Feeder cattle	2,784	3,665	1,352
Slaughter cattle	684	433	172
Replacement cattle	123	247	116

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Lakeland (809), Madison (618), Okeechobee (1413) and Sumter County (751). Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cows firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	6	160.00–170.00	$164.81	$437	+3.94
310–345	323	11	130.00–165.00	$147.71	$477	-6.81
355–395	371	25	124.00–150.00	$133.92	$497	-8.85
410–445	426	46	124.00–139.00	$132.08	$563	-7.03
460–495	479	28	115.00–125.00	$118.49	$568	-8.85
510–545	529	53	109.00–117.50	$113.02	$598	-2.75
550–590	579	26	100.00–112.50	$106.69	$618	-4.03
615–635	628	3	90.00–95.00	$91.63	$575	-10.66
660–665	664	7	98.00–104.00	$103.15	$685	+3.16

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	160.00–165.00	$162.46	$471	+2.46
300–345	330	3	148.00–158.00	$151.03	$498	-3.97
350–395	376	16	134.00–160.00	$141.23	$531	-7.77
400–445	429	31	134.00–150.00	$139.44	$598	-8.43
450–485	469	27	129.00–146.00	$134.46	$631	-0.64
500–545	532	15	117.50–129.00	$120.73	$642	-1.59
550–595	581	32	109.00–120.00	$113.77	$661	-4.21
600–645	625	23	98.00–117.50	$106.60	$666	-5.02
655–690	679	9	106.00–117.50	$111.12	$755	—
705–715	708	3	105.00–112.50	$110.01	$779	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	317	5	134.00–145.00	$137.61	$436	-8.27
350–385	366	13	116.00–144.00	$132.75	$486	-6.11
410–445	425	22	114.00–134.00	$124.91	$531	-5.48
460–485	473	15	108.00–128.00	$116.63	$552	-4.57
510–540	523	6	100.00–111.00	$105.10	$550	-5.39
550–585	565	14	91.00–99.00	$94.97	$537	-12.19
620–645	640	9	84.00–95.00	$89.37	$572	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	282	6	116.00–130.00	$120.44	$340	-20.35
300–345	318	11	114.00–127.00	$121.27	$386	-5.10
350–395	371	51	113.00–127.50	$119.78	$444	-1.09
400–445	428	51	110.00–120.00	$115.01	$492	+1.33
450–495	476	34	100.00–118.00	$105.30	$501	-4.13
500–545	529	25	100.00–111.00	$103.81	$549	-4.02
550–595	581	14	98.00–112.50	$102.91	$598	-2.09
600–635	611	8	97.00–107.50	$102.01	$623	-0.26
655–685	676	8	87.50–106.00	$97.23	$657	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	274	10	100.00–142.00	$119.44	$327	-2.81
305–345	325	25	104.00–138.00	$121.08	$394	+4.51
350–390	374	31	104.00–120.00	$111.58	$417	-4.71
400–445	426	27	100.00–115.00	$106.10	$452	-3.09
450–485	467	11	92.00–114.00	$104.37	$487	-1.82
500–545	520	30	93.00–110.00	$102.36	$532	-1.15
555–585	568	19	91.00–105.00	$99.24	$564	+0.14
600–645	635	11	88.00–95.00	$90.43	$574	-4.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	90.00	$90.00	$256	-19.49
300–340	322	13	98.00–130.00	$113.34	$365	-5.62
350–390	365	16	94.00–124.00	$109.15	$398	+0.66
410–445	428	12	90.00–116.00	$104.52	$447	-7.17
455–485	466	26	90.00–110.00	$100.77	$470	-6.99
510–540	522	20	80.00–104.00	$95.55	$499	-0.32
570–590	577	33	80.00–99.00	$92.76	$535	+2.51
630–635	631	5	80.00–89.00	$81.81	$516	-3.19

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	172.00–180.00	$175.82	$396	+28.37
260–275	268	3	154.00–166.00	$160.61	$430	+13.21
315–340	324	4	140.00–156.00	$150.54	$488	+2.21
360–385	373	7	127.50–146.00	$135.07	$504	-6.63
400	400	2	128.00	$128.00	$512	-3.78
450–495	475	6	109.00–118.00	$113.20	$538	-4.22
510–530	518	16	110.00–116.00	$113.70	$589	+3.63
560–590	576	20	95.00–108.00	$101.70	$586	-0.51
640	640	1	80.00	$80.00	$512	-19.00
670–675	673	12	90.00–98.00	$94.01	$633	+0.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	210	2	210.00–216.00	$213.07	$447	+45.87
250–295	268	5	160.00–176.00	$171.06	$458	+12.75
305–335	318	3	150.00–162.00	$157.13	$500	-0.26
360–395	377	9	134.00–142.50	$138.57	$522	-7.85
400–435	416	4	131.00–139.00	$135.10	$562	+1.71
450–495	476	11	119.00–129.00	$124.73	$594	-0.73
500–540	520	2	106.00–115.00	$110.33	$574	-4.30
550–590	576	16	102.50–113.00	$108.76	$626	-4.47
600–625	616	12	91.00–104.00	$100.52	$619	-7.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	-16.78
310–320	314	6	135.00–148.00	$140.89	$442	+0.68
365	365	1	121.00	$121.00	$442	-14.82
410–440	415	13	110.00–138.00	$129.09	$536	+12.55
465–470	467	5	120.00–128.00	$124.78	$583	+16.37
510–535	519	16	104.00–108.00	$106.45	$552	+1.93
570–595	575	5	90.00–98.00	$91.66	$527	-4.48
635–645	640	5	72.00–89.00	$80.23	$513	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1345	1084	80-85%	23	39.00–45.00	$43.65	$473	-0.60
915–1600	1173	80-85%	114	44.00–55.00	$48.91	$574	-1.13
950–1410	1249	80-85%	50	51.00–55.00	$52.11	$651	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–920	903	85-90%	4	39.00–42.00	$40.22	$363	—
720–1065	955	85-90%	22	30.00–38.00	$34.84	$333	—
715–1420	1143	85-90%	46	35.00–48.00	$43.62	$499	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1405	1347	75-80%	5	50.00–52.00	$50.78	$684	—
1130–1710	1400	75-80%	4	42.00–47.00	$44.95	$629	—
1500	1500	75-80%	1	46.00	$46.00	$690	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1695	1522	5	74.00–77.00	$75.65	$1,151	-2.11
1190–1835	1529	15	73.00–82.00	$78.22	$1,196	+0.46
1560–2050	1776	6	83.00–87.00	$84.28	$1,497	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1250	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	56.00–95.00	$63.91	$641

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1095	902	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	90.00–110.00	$98.32	$887
930–960	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	90.00–100.00	$95.08	$899
895–1115	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	75.00–85.00	$82.29	$828

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–915	793	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	68.00–70.00	$69.15	$548

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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.