Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

5,420 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.48/cwt +6.70 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 421 lb · 64 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.72/cwt +3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $577/hd at 368 lb · 63 head

light 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $150.75/cwt +4.51 vs last sale · ≈ $493/hd at 327 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,420	5,286	4,196
Feeder cattle	4,147	3,894	2,657
Slaughter cattle	1,026	1,149	1,375
Replacement cattle	247	243	164

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows steady. Year to date receipts totaled 77,428 compared to 74,392 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	221	9	190.00–235.00	$203.97	$451	-2.03
250–295	275	27	185.00–220.00	$195.74	$538	-5.20
300–345	322	50	170.00–205.00	$186.84	$602	-0.24
350–395	373	43	168.00–192.00	$177.46	$662	-1.42
400–445	416	33	162.00–187.00	$175.63	$731	+5.34
450–495	466	28	150.00–180.00	$166.37	$775	+2.06
500–545	523	35	140.00–171.00	$151.07	$790	-2.75
550–595	569	25	126.00–163.00	$147.07	$837	-2.12
600–635	618	5	131.00–139.00	$134.95	$834	+2.66
690–695	694	10	112.00–118.00	$113.79	$790	-4.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–195	184	6	180.00–190.00	$184.36	$339	-12.64
205–245	227	9	178.00–190.00	$182.67	$415	-2.17
250–290	267	21	174.00–197.00	$181.99	$486	+8.26
305–345	325	30	147.50–185.00	$174.48	$567	-1.07
350–395	373	38	140.00–180.00	$164.74	$614	-0.44
400–445	419	23	150.00–170.00	$160.61	$673	+4.72
450–485	466	25	142.00–160.00	$153.20	$714	+7.12
500–535	516	14	139.00–155.00	$145.24	$749	+1.20
580–585	583	2	136.00–137.00	$136.50	$796	-0.08
615–645	632	6	119.00–126.00	$122.30	$773	+8.69
690–695	692	3	110.00–114.00	$112.66	$780	-3.18

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	174.00	$174.00	$296	-11.00
205–240	227	5	165.00–172.00	$168.06	$381	-9.96
255–295	272	12	157.00–167.00	$162.91	$443	-1.76
305–345	320	18	160.00–175.00	$167.27	$535	+5.02
350–395	373	22	127.00–167.00	$154.75	$577	+11.42
405–445	421	19	140.00–155.00	$148.59	$626	+2.16
455–485	474	7	134.00–150.00	$141.97	$673	+10.17
500–535	517	16	122.00–140.00	$132.41	$685	+3.67
550–580	568	6	126.00–137.00	$129.83	$737	-1.91

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–190	173	5	155.00–170.00	$164.17	$284	+0.65
200–240	225	21	158.00–172.00	$163.42	$368	-7.43
250–295	274	33	156.00–175.00	$163.86	$449	-2.12
300–345	328	43	145.00–172.00	$159.16	$522	-2.41
350–395	368	63	142.00–165.00	$156.72	$577	+3.42
400–445	421	64	140.00–163.00	$150.48	$634	+6.70
450–495	469	31	130.00–153.00	$141.69	$665	+2.57
500–545	526	28	122.00–135.00	$129.00	$679	-5.21
550–595	572	31	110.00–134.00	$120.92	$692	+0.67
600–645	628	14	106.00–125.00	$118.38	$743	+2.92
650–685	664	8	108.00–115.00	$110.58	$734	+7.93
705–725	713	3	105.00–109.00	$107.00	$763	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–170	166	5	148.00–150.00	$149.59	$248	-1.01
210–245	221	21	142.00–155.00	$150.32	$332	+2.34
250–295	269	31	140.00–160.00	$149.26	$402	-2.52
300–345	327	55	135.00–160.00	$150.75	$493	+4.51
350–395	372	36	130.00–152.00	$144.30	$537	+6.30
405–445	426	34	124.00–150.00	$136.17	$580	+1.91
450–495	470	24	118.00–142.00	$128.62	$605	+2.23
500–545	523	29	106.00–126.00	$116.28	$608	-1.12
560–595	580	14	100.00–116.00	$109.28	$634	-0.26
610–630	620	3	100.00–109.00	$104.65	$649	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	130.00	$130.00	$240	-8.16
205–240	222	7	130.00–165.00	$142.66	$317	+2.13
255–295	267	9	126.00–162.00	$146.32	$391	+6.60
300–345	324	37	110.00–147.00	$138.49	$449	+2.48
350–395	366	23	130.00–140.00	$133.50	$489	+6.10
400–445	423	34	110.00–137.00	$123.28	$521	-1.77
450–490	470	34	110.00–130.00	$118.77	$558	+4.82
510–530	521	9	100.00–110.00	$106.45	$555	-3.00
570–580	578	4	100.00–107.00	$105.27	$608	+10.26
600–640	622	5	90.00–100.00	$94.73	$589	—
690–695	693	2	81.00–89.00	$84.99	$589	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–190	176	5	200.00–215.00	$205.68	$362	-6.27
200–245	229	15	170.00–210.00	$193.27	$443	-17.31
250–295	280	12	188.00–202.00	$193.18	$541	-1.92
300–340	322	24	155.00–195.00	$179.06	$577	+1.05
355–390	374	26	165.00–184.00	$177.92	$665	+6.71
410–445	427	16	145.00–172.50	$161.45	$689	-2.45
460–495	473	13	150.00–164.00	$155.53	$736	-4.47
500–540	523	15	134.00–157.00	$143.81	$752	+7.63
550–595	576	12	120.00–139.00	$130.45	$751	-0.18
600–630	612	11	121.00–128.00	$125.23	$766	-4.46
690–695	692	3	118.00–122.00	$119.34	$826	+8.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	2	185.00–190.00	$187.50	$347	-5.85
215–245	235	7	180.00–190.00	$182.59	$429	-10.38
250–295	268	19	155.00–185.00	$177.51	$476	-2.02
305–345	327	18	145.00–182.00	$169.27	$554	+6.70
360–390	373	20	135.00–174.00	$158.37	$591	+6.21
400–445	429	18	134.00–162.00	$145.71	$625	-3.03
455–495	475	15	135.00–158.00	$143.24	$680	+0.80
515–545	528	10	126.00–143.00	$132.68	$701	+0.95
550–585	562	7	121.00–128.00	$123.40	$694	+6.92
690–695	693	4	104.00–113.00	$106.99	$741	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–195	180	3	170.00–180.00	$173.78	$313	-7.11
205–245	226	10	160.00–174.00	$168.04	$380	-5.60
255–290	271	23	135.00–178.00	$158.90	$431	-6.51
315–345	334	4	162.00–170.00	$166.45	$556	+21.34
360–390	379	6	150.00–160.00	$155.55	$590	+11.21
410–430	423	12	140.00–149.00	$145.18	$614	-1.28
450–495	473	19	126.00–149.00	$133.48	$631	+0.73
510–535	526	10	110.00–134.00	$122.40	$644	+8.00
550–580	563	3	100.00–115.00	$107.86	$607	+0.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1365	1058	80-85%	48	43.00–62.00	$58.45	$618	—
915–1575	1098	80-85%	133	50.00–70.00	$64.02	$703	—
925–1575	1187	80-85%	54	59.00–79.00	$69.27	$822	+9.07

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–905	788	85-90%	4	38.00–43.00	$40.91	$322	—
825–1285	1014	85-90%	14	49.00–56.00	$53.32	$541	—
720–1305	1080	85-90%	60	45.00–62.00	$54.68	$591	+1.29

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1610	1382	75-80%	12	60.00–67.00	$65.46	$905	+3.99
1125–1760	1386	75-80%	13	67.00–72.00	$70.09	$971	+8.62

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1785	1493	16	75.00–83.00	$78.89	$1,178	—
1010–2325	1550	42	71.00–95.00	$85.72	$1,329	+2.14
1200–2220	1766	24	84.00–99.00	$91.03	$1,608	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–980	859	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	70.00–110.00	$87.42	$751
885–1005	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	92.00–96.00	$94.13	$890
740–1185	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	80.00–122.00	$102.60	$975

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1070	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	60.00–65.00	$62.72	$617

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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.