Florida Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 27, 2020

2,846 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $118.71/cwt +1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $667/hd at 562 lb · 52 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $113.82/cwt -3.01 vs last sale · ≈ $485/hd at 426 lb · 44 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.55/cwt +4.19 vs last sale · ≈ $467/hd at 369 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,846	2,754	1,935
Feeder cattle	2,344	2,276	1,310
Slaughter cattle	404	314	470
Replacement cattle	98	164	155

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Lakeland (597), Madison (424), Okeechobee (1099) and Sumter County (729). Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes unevenly steady. Replacement cows steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	180.00	$180.00	$360	—
250–290	265	10	170.00–182.00	$177.53	$470	+4.19
300–345	331	8	162.50–175.00	$167.36	$554	+0.05
350–395	376	21	145.00–158.00	$150.87	$567	+2.66
400–445	421	35	132.00–157.50	$139.26	$586	-0.54
450–495	471	30	128.00–150.00	$134.53	$634	-0.71
500–540	520	21	115.00–135.00	$123.46	$642	+0.71
550–595	562	52	110.00–123.00	$118.71	$667	+1.31
600–645	622	17	107.00–116.00	$111.33	$692	-2.60
680–685	682	5	105.00–110.00	$107.01	$730	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	162.00	$162.00	$348	—
250–285	266	6	150.00–165.00	$158.87	$423	+0.77
300–345	321	10	156.00–164.00	$159.30	$511	+1.97
360–395	379	38	130.00–148.00	$141.09	$535	-0.34
400–440	423	25	124.00–142.00	$133.95	$567	+2.88
450–485	464	18	120.00–136.00	$127.18	$590	+1.97
505–540	525	31	105.00–118.00	$111.76	$587	-4.63
550–590	569	17	100.00–112.00	$108.10	$615	-5.01
620–645	633	2	96.00–102.00	$98.94	$626	-2.56

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	9	137.50–164.00	$147.77	$406	+17.77
310–340	331	11	145.00–155.00	$149.84	$496	+4.64
350–395	376	31	128.00–140.00	$133.14	$501	-3.16
400–425	411	12	120.00–132.00	$127.36	$523	+0.16
455–485	469	10	110.00–124.00	$117.41	$551	-1.94
510–540	521	10	100.00–108.00	$105.80	$551	+0.70
560–565	563	2	100.00–101.00	$100.50	$566	-2.55
600–630	613	6	90.00–95.00	$93.13	$571	-0.87

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–185	173	3	122.00–137.00	$129.38	$224	—
200–240	220	2	116.00–130.00	$122.36	$269	-37.30
250–295	278	25	120.00–140.00	$131.70	$366	-3.18
300–340	319	24	124.00–135.00	$128.40	$410	+3.00
350–390	369	41	122.00–131.00	$126.55	$467	+4.19
400–445	426	44	110.00–120.00	$113.82	$485	-3.01
450–495	477	28	103.00–126.00	$109.23	$521	-1.64
500–540	526	24	99.00–114.00	$103.79	$546	-5.51
550–590	569	24	92.00–108.00	$100.15	$570	-5.39
600–645	626	15	88.00–102.00	$94.99	$595	-9.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	110.00	$110.00	$192	—
225–245	235	5	105.00–145.00	$133.87	$315	+7.87
260–285	271	15	107.00–154.00	$119.00	$322	-1.63
300–345	327	19	112.00–131.00	$116.25	$380	-2.83
350–395	376	18	111.00–125.00	$117.19	$441	-1.36
410–445	430	20	100.00–110.00	$103.70	$446	-4.75
450–490	466	32	94.00–112.00	$103.04	$480	-4.55
500–540	513	33	87.00–108.00	$99.57	$511	-1.00
550–595	571	4	90.00–100.00	$94.14	$538	-1.59
600–640	615	6	80.00–90.00	$85.63	$527	-5.61

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	95.00	$95.00	$204	-22.00
260	260	1	100.00	$100.00	$260	-5.99
310–345	333	4	102.00–132.00	$116.70	$389	-4.65
350–380	373	23	104.00–124.00	$115.55	$431	-1.05
410–445	420	17	90.00–118.00	$110.96	$466	+0.85
460–490	470	32	84.00–108.00	$99.19	$466	-5.23
500–530	520	3	80.00–85.00	$81.60	$424	-11.83
575	575	1	76.00	$76.00	$437	—
635	635	1	70.00	$70.00	$444	-15.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	267	9	137.50–147.50	$144.00	$384	+3.04
310–345	327	20	132.50–162.00	$142.14	$465	+1.20
360–395	376	5	116.00–145.00	$133.01	$500	-3.39
410–440	426	8	127.50–150.00	$138.38	$589	+13.44
470–485	479	5	125.00–132.00	$127.75	$612	+10.27
500–540	520	12	99.00–118.00	$107.66	$560	+0.39
575–590	581	6	91.00–108.00	$101.16	$588	-2.23
640	640	1	90.00	$90.00	$576	+2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	170.00–175.00	$172.39	$388	+1.58
260–295	278	11	167.00–182.00	$173.86	$483	+12.50
310–340	325	8	160.00–172.00	$166.10	$540	+13.41
350–380	365	2	130.00–136.00	$132.88	$485	-6.03
400–435	418	2	120.00–128.00	$123.83	$518	-11.95
450–495	471	8	113.00–137.50	$125.72	$592	+0.49
500–545	520	14	104.00–124.00	$117.92	$613	+1.77
550–585	571	4	110.00–112.00	$110.49	$631	+5.19
600–620	615	4	105.00–109.00	$105.98	$652	+0.16

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	140.00	$140.00	$329	—
255–280	269	4	150.00–162.00	$158.63	$427	+8.16
330–340	338	4	144.00–148.00	$145.48	$492	+5.10
370–380	375	2	138.00–142.00	$139.97	$525	+12.82
410–415	413	6	129.00–134.00	$131.48	$543	+12.85
460–485	471	14	115.00–126.00	$122.66	$578	+8.74
500–530	516	5	85.00–108.00	$98.21	$507	-5.79
565–595	583	11	85.00–96.00	$90.14	$526	-6.57
610–630	620	2	83.00–87.00	$84.97	$527	+3.23

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1445	1116	80-85%	31	41.00–49.00	$44.87	$501	—
910–1450	1207	80-85%	80	47.00–56.00	$49.54	$598	—
975–1545	1273	80-85%	26	52.00–58.00	$53.67	$683	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1690	1330	75-80%	27	47.00–56.00	$49.16	$654	-6.64
1180–1640	1350	75-80%	5	43.00–45.00	$43.79	$591	—
1280–1590	1396	75-80%	4	53.00–56.00	$54.17	$756	+1.17

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1060	892	85-90%	7	20.00–40.00	$33.10	$295	—
735–1125	972	85-90%	22	33.00–52.00	$43.90	$427	—
865–1285	1050	85-90%	4	39.00–42.00	$39.62	$416	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1190	1128	2	66.00–68.00	$66.94	$755	—
1615–1765	1673	3	85.00–89.00	$86.73	$1,451	—
1550–1960	1703	8	74.00–80.00	$76.69	$1,306	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
570–740	627	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	120.00–128.00	$124.85	$783
655–765	728	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–107.00	$102.10	$743

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1085	929	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	50.00–60.00	$55.62	$517

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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.