Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

9,003 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.45/cwt ≈ $482/hd at 375 lb · 136 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $113.36/cwt ≈ $480/hd at 423 lb · 90 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $132.48/cwt ≈ $692/hd at 522 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,003	8,834	10,048
Feeder cattle	7,594	—	8,742
Slaughter cattle	1,088	—	1,028
Replacement cattle	321	—	278

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder classes mostly steady. Replacement cows unevenly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 251,741 compared to 262,576 a year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
200–245	227	5	160.00–175.00	$168.29	$382
250–295	264	26	166.00–200.00	$183.75	$485
300–345	316	22	162.00–190.00	$174.29	$551
350–395	370	23	148.00–172.00	$163.50	$605
400–445	421	41	132.00–167.00	$152.53	$642
450–495	467	54	128.00–155.00	$141.57	$661
500–545	522	80	123.00–142.00	$132.48	$692
550–595	569	50	120.00–138.00	$129.15	$735
600–645	619	26	113.00–138.00	$127.12	$787
650–680	667	10	128.00–137.00	$134.05	$894
700–725	713	10	118.00–128.00	$123.92	$884

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
250–290	267	11	165.00–175.00	$169.44	$452
300–345	321	25	154.00–176.00	$164.94	$529
350–395	372	47	137.00–160.00	$150.96	$562
400–445	430	64	125.00–155.00	$139.85	$601
450–495	473	67	120.00–139.00	$132.19	$625
500–545	522	29	110.00–129.00	$121.34	$633
550–595	576	28	110.00–126.00	$117.37	$676
600–635	612	7	105.00–127.00	$116.91	$715

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
205–235	220	2	140.00–142.00	$141.07	$310
275–285	280	2	147.00–152.00	$149.46	$418
300–345	323	25	142.00–165.00	$148.82	$481
350–395	371	51	138.00–150.00	$143.36	$532
400–445	429	34	128.00–140.00	$131.85	$566
450–495	466	38	118.00–133.00	$124.97	$582
500–545	522	35	101.00–120.00	$111.14	$580
550–595	575	17	98.00–109.00	$102.50	$589
625	625	1	99.00	$99.00	$619
690–695	693	3	90.00–95.00	$91.66	$635

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
165	165	2	195.00–200.00	$197.50	$326
200–245	235	15	126.00–145.00	$130.68	$307
250–295	276	42	122.00–140.00	$130.36	$360
300–345	327	50	127.50–140.00	$132.67	$434
350–395	375	136	120.00–134.00	$128.45	$482
430	430	3	132.00	$132.00	$568
400–445	431	74	116.00–142.00	$121.77	$525
475	475	1	127.00	$127.00	$603
450–495	476	71	114.00–128.00	$118.83	$566
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630
500–545	526	74	106.00–125.00	$112.90	$594
550–595	570	40	105.00–125.00	$111.69	$637
600–645	618	17	98.00–114.00	$105.97	$655
665–695	678	3	100.00–110.00	$105.05	$712

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
180–190	184	4	165.00–175.00	$171.19	$315
200–245	218	4	115.00–125.00	$121.41	$265
250–295	266	16	108.00–135.00	$121.37	$323
300–345	320	46	112.00–137.00	$124.48	$398
350–395	372	58	110.00–148.00	$121.43	$452
400–445	423	90	105.00–123.00	$113.36	$480
450–495	466	52	104.00–124.00	$113.81	$530
500–545	521	51	95.00–116.00	$106.37	$554
550–595	575	29	95.00–115.00	$103.00	$592
605–620	613	2	91.00–102.00	$96.43	$591

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
165–190	178	2	150.00–152.00	$151.07	$269
225	225	1	110.00	$110.00	$248
275	275	1	100.00	$100.00	$275
300–335	318	20	112.00–142.00	$128.97	$410
350–385	370	16	108.00–127.00	$119.11	$441
400–445	424	26	100.00–126.00	$114.92	$487
450–485	463	31	98.00–119.00	$110.83	$513
510–540	521	8	98.00–109.00	$103.14	$537
560–590	581	10	90.00–97.00	$91.26	$530
600–640	620	2	85.00	$85.00	$527

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
200–245	214	21	160.00–192.00	$187.61	$401
250–295	271	29	152.50–186.00	$174.29	$472
300–345	326	24	147.50–176.00	$165.48	$539
350–395	371	34	142.00–168.00	$152.79	$567
400–445	426	39	127.00–152.00	$142.71	$608
450–495	478	52	123.00–146.00	$132.18	$632
500–545	526	44	109.00–129.00	$120.57	$634
550–595	572	23	108.00–117.00	$112.20	$642
600–645	626	16	103.00–118.00	$110.20	$690
690–695	693	2	100.00–107.00	$103.49	$717

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
200–245	212	6	165.00–176.00	$172.56	$366
250–295	274	12	142.50–170.00	$160.73	$440
300–345	326	35	140.00–165.00	$154.35	$503
350–395	372	40	129.00–156.00	$141.41	$526
400–445	428	37	114.00–146.00	$131.26	$562
450–495	470	15	110.00–130.00	$123.14	$579
500–545	523	32	100.00–118.00	$111.75	$584
550–595	570	13	100.00–110.00	$104.41	$595
615–625	620	2	96.00–104.00	$100.03	$620
690–695	693	4	90.00–98.00	$92.99	$644

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
215–240	227	3	135.00–157.00	$143.86	$327
250–295	271	13	142.00–162.00	$154.38	$418
300–345	323	22	140.00–155.00	$147.09	$475
350–395	372	32	128.00–147.00	$139.82	$520
400–440	421	19	112.50–134.00	$125.82	$530
460–495	473	13	102.00–122.00	$113.01	$535
500–545	522	14	99.00–108.00	$103.01	$538
560–580	569	9	90.00–97.00	$92.47	$526

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1395	1072	80-85%	39	32.00–44.00	$41.15	$441
915–1640	1203	80-85%	134	42.00–59.00	$47.83	$575
920–1400	1276	80-85%	47	50.00–57.00	$51.77	$661

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1285	962	85-90%	22	34.00–40.00	$37.54	$361
720–1230	984	85-90%	21	25.00–41.00	$34.10	$336
710–1275	1050	85-90%	44	31.00–49.00	$41.00	$430

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1210	1140	75-80%	2	43.00–44.00	$43.47	$496
1120–1825	1289	75-80%	11	46.00–50.00	$48.30	$623
1100–1530	1327	75-80%	12	49.00–61.00	$52.78	$700

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1010–1710	1307	14	61.00–76.00	$72.17	$943
1220–2005	1611	43	68.00–87.00	$78.13	$1,259
1210–2040	1674	21	80.00–90.00	$83.00	$1,389

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1020	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	98.00–102.00	$99.80	$926
890–970	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	89.00–90.00	$89.48	$832
835–985	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	92.50–100.00	$97.77	$914
925–1020	966	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	55.00–65.00	$61.17	$591
890–1030	968	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	60.00–65.00	$63.13	$611

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1120	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	59.00–74.00	$65.81	$660

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1115	968	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–675.00	$653.81

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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.