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Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 11, 2021

9,018 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.67/cwt -2.94 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 471 lb · 69 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.87/cwt -2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 519 lb · 67 head
heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.67/cwt -3.89 vs last sale · ≈ $479/hd at 372 lb · 54 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 9,018 8,318 9,003
Feeder cattle 7,180 6,515 7,594
Slaughter cattle 1,409 1,437 1,088
Replacement cattle 429 366 321

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, instances 2.00 higher. Feeder classes mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady. Year to date receipts totaled 279,090 compared to 251,741 a year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235 235 1 190.00 $190.00 $446 —
250–285 271 8 190.00–210.00 $204.56 $554 +13.96
300–345 318 24 167.00–200.00 $181.92 $579 -0.90
350–395 374 28 155.00–195.00 $167.63 $627 -2.52
400–445 418 41 150.00–180.00 $165.64 $692 -2.36
450–490 471 49 132.50–175.00 $149.43 $704 -5.89
500–540 516 27 130.00–160.00 $146.75 $757 +0.14
550–595 568 42 119.00–155.00 $140.78 $800 -0.79
600–645 622 34 125.00–145.00 $133.46 $830 +0.42
655–690 676 18 120.00–137.00 $128.78 $871 +6.78
700–725 719 4 129.00–131.00 $130.51 $938 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
230–245 239 5 160.00–167.50 $164.61 $393 —
250–290 268 18 150.00–185.00 $168.94 $453 -7.41
300–340 325 27 143.00–187.00 $158.97 $517 -12.78
360–395 374 17 145.00–168.00 $156.13 $584 +1.99
400–445 424 37 140.00–162.00 $150.63 $639 -0.02
450–490 466 49 125.00–160.00 $140.30 $654 -2.17
505–545 526 36 117.00–147.00 $128.54 $676 -9.65
550–595 572 24 120.00–140.00 $125.34 $717 -1.51
600–640 620 3 118.00–123.00 $120.28 $746 -1.87
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
265 265 1 165.00 $165.00 $437 +10.00
310–345 326 9 135.00–175.00 $156.98 $512 -8.61
350–385 364 16 145.00–165.00 $154.25 $561 +8.02
405–430 424 15 140.00–149.00 $145.96 $619 +3.27
450–490 478 25 130.00–147.00 $135.94 $650 +5.68
500–540 518 19 118.00–138.00 $126.63 $656 +4.14
550–590 572 10 119.00–135.00 $124.72 $713 +1.26
635–645 640 2 105.00–107.00 $105.99 $678 -5.24
690–695 694 5 100.00–108.00 $101.59 $705 -4.07

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–235 215 7 150.00–160.00 $153.93 $331 -36.07
250–295 272 14 138.00–156.00 $146.54 $399 -14.85
300–345 325 49 137.00–160.00 $144.04 $468 -2.92
350–395 369 50 132.00–160.00 $142.94 $527 -0.07
400–445 417 45 128.00–152.00 $138.11 $576 +0.06
450–495 471 69 120.00–145.00 $130.67 $615 -2.94
500–540 519 67 115.00–137.00 $124.87 $648 -2.60
550–595 570 42 110.00–135.00 $123.39 $703 -0.87
600–645 625 21 107.00–125.00 $116.26 $727 -0.66
670–675 674 7 100.00–110.00 $107.16 $722 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–245 226 7 127.00–142.00 $131.66 $298 -19.33
250–295 269 30 124.00–157.00 $137.01 $369 -6.49
300–345 321 50 126.00–151.00 $136.98 $440 -1.62
350–395 372 54 110.00–149.00 $128.67 $479 -3.89
400–440 421 54 105.00–139.00 $126.14 $531 -0.69
450–490 471 50 110.00–136.00 $121.03 $570 -0.55
500–540 521 42 100.00–128.00 $117.57 $613 +1.19
560–590 574 27 100.00–114.00 $108.20 $621 +3.45
605–635 626 12 100.00–105.00 $101.98 $638 -8.68
650–655 653 4 90.00–98.00 $94.02 $614 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
220–235 228 4 120.00 $120.00 $274 -25.01
250–290 271 7 110.00–165.00 $127.71 $346 -3.18
305–345 325 19 120.00–146.00 $127.44 $414 -7.88
350–395 373 48 112.00–144.00 $124.50 $464 -3.61
400–445 420 44 110.00–134.00 $119.90 $504 +3.98
450–495 474 32 105.00–128.00 $115.05 $545 +2.36
500–545 528 21 100.00–115.00 $107.51 $568 +3.61
550–580 571 12 100.00–106.00 $100.97 $577 +1.42
610 610 1 95.00 $95.00 $580 -4.02

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
165 165 1 245.00 $245.00 $404 +31.44
200–230 213 7 200.00–225.00 $212.89 $453 -11.93
250–290 264 11 160.00–200.00 $180.69 $477 -15.88
315–345 329 9 162.00–186.00 $176.03 $579 +0.98
355–395 375 15 160.00–180.00 $168.60 $632 +0.74
400–445 422 6 145.00–166.00 $154.32 $651 -2.00
450–495 470 51 130.00–154.00 $142.97 $672 -4.20
500–545 516 15 132.00–143.00 $137.60 $710 +3.49
550–595 566 27 116.00–134.00 $127.33 $721 -1.60
600–645 622 10 113.00–128.00 $120.47 $749 -1.99
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
165–185 175 2 220.00–225.00 $222.36 $389 —
210–245 232 3 190.00–198.00 $195.24 $453 —
265–295 276 12 150.00–180.00 $165.69 $457 -1.52
305–345 327 17 145.00–178.00 $157.14 $514 -1.55
355–395 371 14 140.00–164.00 $153.15 $568 +3.09
410–445 433 12 136.00–156.00 $145.99 $632 +0.59
450–490 470 26 122.50–146.00 $137.50 $646 +5.64
500–545 524 31 112.50–138.00 $124.06 $650 +2.46
550–595 575 13 112.50–123.00 $116.65 $671 +6.26
600–620 608 4 107.00–117.00 $113.95 $693 +3.95
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
215 215 1 190.00 $190.00 $408 +5.00
255–295 269 13 155.00–168.00 $163.83 $441 +1.33
300–345 334 14 158.00–169.00 $161.07 $538 -2.43
355–395 373 28 130.00–160.00 $148.94 $556 -1.65
400–445 420 25 131.00–154.00 $143.76 $604 +0.76
450–480 468 11 128.00–147.00 $135.50 $634 +11.16
500–545 526 15 110.00–128.00 $122.67 $645 +2.38
570–590 580 2 108.00–110.00 $109.02 $632 —
625–645 638 7 100.00–109.00 $101.58 $648 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
910–1445 1122 80-85% 70 50.00–56.00 $53.17 $597 —
905–1670 1210 80-85% 168 53.00–67.00 $57.48 $696 -5.20
975–1450 1284 80-85% 53 59.00–65.00 $61.58 $791 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
715–1290 959 85-90% 24 36.00–49.00 $41.09 $394 -1.11
715–1285 1016 85-90% 88 41.00–58.00 $49.45 $502 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1170–1815 1358 75-80% 14 55.00–59.00 $57.29 $778 +2.03
1185–1910 1387 75-80% 18 59.00–64.00 $61.44 $852 +6.18
1325–1455 1400 75-80% 3 52.00–54.00 $53.32 $746 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1195–1865 1491 19 77.00–86.00 $81.72 $1,218 -2.35
1230–2120 1514 41 75.00–90.00 $85.82 $1,299 —
1385–2045 1723 19 89.00–97.00 $92.47 $1,593 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
965–1085 1022 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 19 51.00–56.00 $53.51 $547
875–1140 1044 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 13 80.00–101.00 $86.64 $905
1025–1215 1103 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 28 56.00–77.00 $68.45 $755
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
695–1205 955 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 4 60.00–70.00 $64.27 $614

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
980–1360 1108 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 4 750.00–850.00 $798.48 —

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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.