Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

9,917 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.53/cwt -7.92 vs last sale · ≈ $450/hd at 373 lb · 99 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $114.68/cwt -6.66 vs last sale · ≈ $601/hd at 524 lb · 94 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.67/cwt -7.50 vs last sale · ≈ $490/hd at 427 lb · 93 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,917	9,003	8,664
Feeder cattle	7,924	7,594	7,350
Slaughter cattle	1,521	1,088	952
Replacement cattle	472	321	362

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows firm. Year to date receipts totaled 261,658 compared to 271,240 a year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	15	147.00–175.00	$163.01	$432	-6.43
305–345	325	21	130.00–175.00	$152.90	$497	-12.04
350–395	372	48	124.00–159.00	$138.45	$515	-12.51
405–445	425	65	124.00–145.00	$134.32	$571	-5.53
450–495	476	52	115.00–135.00	$122.75	$584	-9.44
500–545	524	94	109.00–125.00	$114.68	$601	-6.66
550–595	575	47	100.00–118.00	$108.70	$625	-8.67
600–635	623	6	90.00–105.00	$96.91	$604	-20.00
660–695	677	13	96.00–104.00	$101.66	$688	—

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	-7.32
250–295	270	9	150.00–190.00	$165.37	$446	-18.38
300–345	332	9	148.00–185.00	$161.27	$535	-13.02
350–395	375	38	134.00–167.00	$147.27	$552	-16.23
400–445	428	60	134.00–160.00	$143.81	$616	-8.72
450–495	471	47	129.00–147.00	$135.02	$636	-6.55
500–545	530	53	117.50–137.00	$122.62	$650	-9.86
550–595	576	56	109.00–125.00	$115.97	$668	-13.18
600–645	625	53	98.00–120.00	$109.44	$684	-17.68
655–690	679	9	106.00–117.50	$111.12	$755	-22.93
705–715	708	3	105.00–112.50	$110.01	$779	-13.91

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	-13.46
305–345	322	14	134.00–160.00	$142.97	$460	-5.85
350–385	364	31	116.00–147.00	$136.22	$496	-7.14
405–445	422	38	114.00–137.00	$126.77	$535	-5.08
460–495	477	33	108.00–128.00	$118.75	$566	-6.22
500–545	518	26	99.00–117.00	$109.35	$566	-1.79
550–590	567	21	91.00–111.00	$99.06	$562	-3.44
620–645	640	9	84.00–95.00	$89.37	$572	-9.63
690–695	693	4	82.00–90.00	$85.99	$596	-5.67

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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	+10.75
250–295	273	18	116.00–146.00	$133.98	$366	+3.62
300–345	325	40	114.00–132.00	$124.99	$406	-7.68
350–395	373	99	113.00–137.00	$120.53	$450	-7.92
400–445	427	93	109.00–122.00	$114.67	$490	-17.33
450–495	474	89	100.00–127.00	$108.25	$513	-18.75
500–545	527	70	100.00–117.00	$106.86	$563	-6.04
550–595	577	55	98.00–112.50	$104.49	$603	-7.20
600–645	614	21	97.00–109.00	$102.17	$627	-3.80
655–685	676	8	87.50–106.00	$97.23	$657	-7.82

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	+5.23
250–295	277	37	100.00–142.00	$122.34	$339	+0.97
300–345	325	55	104.00–138.00	$119.66	$389	-4.82
350–390	372	50	104.00–130.00	$113.35	$422	-8.08
400–445	423	61	100.00–132.00	$107.78	$456	-5.58
450–495	468	45	92.00–123.00	$105.88	$496	-7.93
500–545	519	71	93.00–113.00	$102.43	$532	-3.94
550–595	569	42	91.00–106.00	$99.15	$564	-3.85
600–645	634	15	88.00–98.00	$91.72	$582	-4.71
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	+39.28
265–290	273	8	90.00–112.00	$106.95	$292	+6.95
300–340	319	26	98.00–138.00	$116.20	$371	-12.77
350–390	366	24	94.00–124.00	$110.12	$403	-8.99
400–445	423	25	90.00–124.00	$108.21	$458	-6.71
455–490	471	49	85.00–117.00	$100.71	$474	-10.12
500–540	521	29	80.00–107.00	$95.65	$498	-7.49
550–590	575	45	80.00–99.00	$92.10	$530	+0.84
620–635	629	6	80.00–89.00	$82.34	$518	-2.66
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	219	6	162.00–216.00	$181.85	$398	-5.76
250–295	276	8	157.00–176.00	$166.06	$458	-8.23
300–345	327	10	150.00–164.00	$157.31	$514	-8.17
350–395	375	21	134.00–160.00	$142.85	$536	-9.94
400–440	420	23	127.00–148.00	$133.68	$561	-9.03
450–495	471	37	110.00–129.00	$123.41	$581	-8.77
500–540	521	40	106.00–123.00	$114.42	$596	-6.15
550–590	566	36	102.50–117.00	$111.21	$629	-0.99
600–645	616	30	91.00–115.00	$105.70	$651	-4.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	233	4	145.00–180.00	$161.18	$376	-11.38
260–290	275	11	144.00–166.00	$150.91	$415	-9.82
310–345	328	19	140.00–157.00	$149.01	$489	-5.34
360–395	380	26	127.50–147.00	$139.67	$531	-1.74
400	400	2	128.00	$128.00	$512	-3.26
400–440	420	11	114.00–138.00	$124.49	$523	-6.77
450–495	473	17	109.00–129.00	$115.92	$548	-7.22
510–545	524	28	99.00–119.00	$112.12	$588	+0.37
560–590	575	28	95.00–108.00	$101.85	$586	-2.56
610–640	625	2	80.00–99.00	$89.27	$558	-10.76
670–685	674	14	90.00–98.00	$93.94	$633	+0.95

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	273	13	130.00–158.00	$145.38	$397	-9.00
310–345	318	17	134.00–149.00	$140.45	$447	-6.64
360–385	368	14	121.00–138.00	$134.77	$496	-5.05
410–440	421	20	109.00–138.00	$124.60	$525	-1.22
460–490	468	18	100.00–128.00	$112.94	$529	-0.07
500–545	520	24	88.00–112.00	$105.81	$550	+2.80
560–595	575	17	90.00–109.00	$94.82	$545	+2.35
635–645	640	5	72.00–89.00	$80.23	$513	—
680–685	684	11	80.00–87.00	$81.90	$560	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1410	1083	80-85%	33	37.00–47.00	$43.83	$475	+2.68
915–1600	1172	80-85%	193	44.00–56.00	$49.36	$578	—
950–1600	1271	80-85%	64	51.00–59.00	$52.72	$670	+0.95

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	-2.70
715–1420	1109	85-90%	82	35.00–50.00	$44.61	$495	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1730	1373	75-80%	8	46.00–53.00	$50.46	$693	—
1130–1710	1400	75-80%	4	42.00–47.00	$44.95	$629	—
1255–1845	1433	75-80%	8	50.00–57.00	$52.41	$751	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1695	1498	13	70.00–77.00	$73.97	$1,108	—
1190–1835	1544	34	73.00–82.00	$77.64	$1,199	—
1515–2085	1803	10	81.00–87.00	$83.71	$1,509	—

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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
875–905	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	75.00–85.00	$80.08	$713
895–1250	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	56.00–95.00	$63.91	$641
950–1150	1053	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	80	44.00–50.00	$47.36	$499
965–1145	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	47.00–52.00	$49.29	$520

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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	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	90.00–117.50	$101.84	$925
930–960	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	90.00–100.00	$95.08	$899
790–1185	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	75.00–102.00	$89.41	$920

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–915	779	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	62.00–70.00	$67.53	$526

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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.