Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

12,135 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $125.15/cwt -8.93 vs last sale · ≈ $469/hd at 375 lb · 102 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.09/cwt -8.53 vs last sale · ≈ $574/hd at 474 lb · 96 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $116.24/cwt -4.05 vs last sale · ≈ $547/hd at 471 lb · 93 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	12,135	10,752	9,628
Feeder cattle	10,278	8,744	8,076
Slaughter cattle	1,419	1,689	1,245
Replacement cattle	438	319	307

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder classes steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows steady. Year to date receipts totaled 314,839 compared to 324,423 a year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	219	17	150.00–220.00	$195.89	$429	-5.69
250–295	273	19	157.00–195.00	$177.69	$485	-13.66
300–345	321	31	152.00–185.00	$169.03	$543	-8.82
350–395	369	49	132.00–175.00	$159.66	$589	-7.67
400–445	425	43	124.00–165.00	$147.69	$628	-8.72
450–495	471	57	118.00–154.00	$141.87	$668	-3.63
500–545	524	60	120.00–149.00	$135.73	$711	-2.81
550–595	568	54	120.00–140.00	$130.47	$741	-0.56
600–645	620	33	118.00–134.00	$126.29	$783	-0.02
650–670	656	7	120.00–130.00	$124.30	$815	+7.61
700–725	713	2	116.00–121.00	$118.46	$845	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	231	7	135.00–177.00	$154.34	$357	-30.87
255–290	274	15	147.00–180.00	$164.59	$451	-10.73
305–345	324	29	146.00–175.00	$159.03	$515	-9.56
350–385	368	38	124.00–162.00	$148.34	$546	-8.44
400–445	422	55	114.00–156.00	$139.49	$589	-7.06
450–495	475	69	105.00–152.00	$121.99	$579	-15.75
500–545	517	49	104.00–142.00	$124.43	$643	-5.94
550–595	567	23	110.00–128.00	$120.93	$686	+0.15
605–645	622	18	107.00–123.00	$118.43	$737	+2.19

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	220	4	125.00–132.00	$127.85	$281	-40.63
255–290	275	4	130.00–150.00	$141.37	$389	-30.72
305–345	324	44	134.00–168.00	$146.56	$475	-14.26
350–395	375	27	112.00–157.00	$140.30	$526	-5.79
400–445	424	39	107.00–146.00	$123.93	$525	-13.81
450–490	462	29	100.00–136.00	$113.51	$524	-16.02
500–535	513	16	100.00–122.00	$112.40	$577	-6.85
565–580	573	3	104.00–116.00	$110.98	$636	+0.40
610–645	623	3	99.00–111.00	$104.67	$652	-4.49

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	224	10	118.00–162.00	$143.04	$320	-11.72
250–295	272	28	118.00–154.00	$131.06	$356	-11.74
300–345	329	55	110.00–147.00	$132.24	$435	-10.04
350–395	375	102	108.00–140.00	$125.15	$469	-8.93
400–445	425	86	100.00–131.00	$118.95	$506	-6.75
450–495	471	93	100.00–131.00	$116.24	$547	-4.05
500–545	517	69	93.00–122.00	$109.73	$567	-1.19
550–595	578	25	88.00–110.00	$100.78	$583	-4.14
615–640	625	3	91.00–100.00	$95.34	$596	-0.57

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	215	8	135.00–195.00	$165.75	$356	-6.34
250–290	267	15	130.00–162.00	$148.42	$396	-13.31
300–345	326	32	120.00–158.00	$141.69	$462	-12.21
350–395	375	59	118.00–146.00	$136.87	$513	-6.05
400–445	426	85	110.00–141.00	$127.10	$541	-7.20
450–495	474	96	104.00–138.00	$121.09	$574	-8.53
500–545	525	72	103.00–128.00	$117.12	$615	-1.36
560	560	1	137.00	$137.00	$767	+24.62
550–595	573	62	98.00–128.00	$113.49	$650	+1.11
600–640	614	26	96.00–120.00	$109.06	$670	-2.58
680–685	684	4	101.00–108.00	$102.74	$703	-3.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	226	11	110.00–146.00	$127.13	$287	-15.17
255–295	271	24	100.00–150.00	$123.15	$334	-6.48
300–345	327	50	100.00–140.00	$128.18	$419	-2.40
350–395	373	46	99.00–130.00	$115.12	$429	-8.27
400–440	418	24	94.00–122.00	$111.84	$467	-0.73
450–490	474	26	85.00–114.00	$107.37	$509	-2.57
505–540	521	10	89.00–104.00	$97.96	$510	+0.46
590	590	1	78.00	$78.00	$460	-20.74

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	217	13	147.00–188.00	$174.36	$378	-9.70
255–290	273	39	147.00–172.00	$155.79	$425	-16.73
310–345	336	31	139.00–168.00	$155.09	$521	-7.89
350–390	371	48	124.00–160.00	$142.28	$528	-8.60
410–445	425	35	114.00–152.00	$134.16	$570	-8.19
450–495	473	41	106.00–150.00	$122.64	$580	-10.13
510–545	525	27	104.00–125.00	$115.21	$605	-10.91
555–590	575	20	94.00–125.00	$112.16	$645	-1.67
610–645	626	4	95.00–110.00	$104.30	$653	-5.69
650–695	666	6	96.00–108.00	$103.58	$690	+4.95

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	218	8	150.00–200.00	$172.60	$376	-27.64
250–295	273	19	160.00–190.00	$173.98	$475	-10.53
300–335	320	15	157.00–172.00	$165.23	$529	-5.07
355–395	373	29	135.00–167.50	$151.35	$565	-14.39
400–445	426	27	124.00–162.00	$144.98	$618	-6.74
450–490	472	29	117.00–149.00	$135.43	$639	-6.83
505–545	525	34	115.00–145.00	$128.94	$677	-3.22
550–595	571	15	104.00–129.00	$120.36	$687	-4.53
600–635	621	11	101.00–112.00	$107.34	$667	-8.02
650–655	651	4	110.00–112.00	$110.50	$719	-3.70

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	218	10	120.00–180.00	$163.85	$357	-4.44
260–285	269	12	130.00–169.00	$157.68	$424	-19.44
310–340	326	28	135.00–159.00	$145.87	$476	-8.06
360–380	372	21	116.00–149.00	$133.84	$498	-10.81
400–445	423	38	104.00–137.00	$120.70	$511	-10.50
465–480	470	4	114.00–127.00	$119.70	$563	-0.88
520–535	527	7	98.00–112.00	$104.73	$552	-8.37
550–560	555	3	90.00–105.00	$98.36	$546	-6.47
690–695	693	3	90.00–94.00	$92.67	$642	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1520	1051	80-85%	49	40.00–48.00	$44.51	$468	-7.44
925–1590	1197	80-85%	206	44.00–58.00	$50.56	$605	-5.33
1025–1450	1295	80-85%	91	51.00–66.00	$55.32	$716	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1195	979	85-90%	32	28.00–42.00	$37.22	$364	—
850–1265	1045	85-90%	10	36.00–44.00	$39.78	$416	-6.35
785–1250	1060	85-90%	72	32.00–54.00	$44.91	$476	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1710	1328	75-80%	23	50.00–56.00	$52.39	$696	-2.61
1160–1535	1334	75-80%	20	53.00–58.00	$55.31	$738	-2.02

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1760	1511	24	70.00–82.00	$77.57	$1,172	—
1325–2115	1639	36	74.00–86.00	$80.39	$1,318	-1.26
1380–2050	1824	7	84.00–92.00	$88.49	$1,614	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–940	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	71.00–78.00	$74.24	$650
935–1010	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	80.00–88.00	$83.85	$816
920–1090	1027	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	96.00–112.00	$103.93	$1,067
960–1190	1091	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	62.00–66.00	$64.72	$706
960–1240	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	76.00–92.00	$84.60	$977
1085–1275	1180	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	58.00–70.00	$63.52	$750

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1185	1046	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	55.00–69.00	$61.66	$645

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955–1220	1088	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–675.00	$653.05	-29.82

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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.