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Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 6, 2021

9,509 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.34/cwt -2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 471 lb · 82 head
light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $177.62/cwt +3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $750/hd at 422 lb · 76 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.98/cwt -4.58 vs last sale · ≈ $684/hd at 522 lb · 73 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 9,509 6,969 12,135
Feeder cattle 7,903 5,654 10,278
Slaughter cattle 1,313 1,274 1,419
Replacement cattle 293 41 438

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls firm. Feeder classes 1.00 to 4.00 higher, instances 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cows steady. Year to date receipts totaled 343,143 compared to 314,839 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
165–185 175 2 235.00–245.00 $239.71 $419 —
200–240 222 12 215.00–235.00 $227.18 $504 -2.49
250–295 271 22 205.00–230.00 $214.58 $582 +12.41
300–345 321 52 170.00–220.00 $199.63 $641 +7.29
350–395 373 72 170.00–205.00 $187.49 $699 +4.21
400–445 422 76 165.00–192.00 $177.62 $750 +3.75
450–495 471 65 153.00–177.50 $164.91 $777 -5.04
500–545 524 58 142.00–167.00 $154.04 $807 -8.11
550–595 572 38 136.00–160.00 $147.94 $846 -9.74
600–645 621 20 138.00–156.00 $144.79 $899 -6.98
690–695 692 9 130.00–140.00 $136.22 $943 -12.15
715–730 725 3 135.00–139.00 $136.31 $988 -2.82
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–245 223 5 210.00–220.00 $215.70 $481 -1.30
250–295 274 18 175.00–210.00 $194.65 $533 +6.84
300–345 326 33 150.00–199.00 $181.24 $591 +1.06
350–395 370 38 150.00–185.00 $172.86 $640 +3.26
400–445 425 49 142.00–175.00 $160.98 $684 +4.84
450–495 474 45 146.00–164.00 $153.37 $727 +1.49
500–545 522 28 136.00–155.00 $144.99 $757 -1.98
550–595 564 16 124.00–147.00 $139.56 $787 -3.20
600–645 621 8 129.00–135.00 $132.58 $823 -6.87
690–695 693 5 120.00–125.00 $123.01 $852 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–245 223 2 200.00–205.00 $202.25 $451 +7.25
250–295 274 13 180.00–192.00 $186.15 $510 +14.17
300–345 327 13 170.00–186.00 $178.58 $584 +6.44
350–395 371 15 160.00–170.00 $164.41 $610 +2.48
400–445 423 26 145.00–162.00 $154.00 $651 +0.91
450–495 474 13 132.00–154.00 $145.43 $689 -0.83
500–545 519 18 125.00–140.00 $132.55 $688 -4.95
550–595 575 5 124.00–137.00 $130.87 $753 —
600 600 2 120.00–125.00 $122.50 $735 -6.25

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
165–185 175 2 225.00–230.00 $227.36 $398 +17.36
200–245 216 11 170.00–215.00 $190.36 $411 +10.78
250–295 272 25 157.00–182.00 $168.32 $458 +2.87
300–345 318 24 150.00–175.00 $163.39 $520 +5.35
350–395 376 34 137.50–166.00 $150.76 $567 +0.67
400–445 426 68 130.00–150.00 $140.78 $600 -6.48
450–495 471 82 126.00–145.00 $135.34 $637 -2.05
500–545 522 73 125.00–140.00 $130.98 $684 -4.58
550–595 575 32 113.00–135.00 $123.98 $713 -5.68
600–645 623 33 108.00–136.00 $118.76 $740 -6.66
655–660 658 3 127.00–134.00 $129.32 $851 +8.09
715–720 718 2 115.00–120.00 $117.49 $844 -2.51
750–780 761 7 110.00–114.00 $112.85 $859 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
170 170 1 205.00 $205.00 $348 +20.29
200–245 221 15 140.00–185.00 $159.37 $352 -4.40
250–295 272 43 140.00–177.50 $152.86 $416 +4.44
300–345 328 50 122.50–166.00 $144.98 $476 -4.83
350–395 376 63 129.00–158.00 $140.50 $528 +0.86
400–445 423 65 125.00–146.00 $133.39 $564 -2.25
450–495 471 50 119.00–136.00 $126.37 $595 +1.20
500–545 526 27 110.00–129.00 $119.72 $630 -4.50
550–595 571 11 100.00–121.00 $109.60 $626 -11.83
600–645 609 5 100.00–113.00 $105.10 $640 -5.71
690–695 691 5 107.00–110.00 $109.40 $756 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
185 185 1 190.00 $190.00 $352 —
200–245 223 7 140.00–180.00 $165.91 $370 +21.85
250–295 267 19 130.00–167.50 $146.25 $390 +11.42
300–345 324 34 132.00–148.00 $141.58 $459 +2.69
350–395 368 64 128.00–156.00 $138.47 $510 +7.84
400–445 415 44 116.00–138.00 $125.12 $519 -1.64
450–495 473 37 110.00–126.00 $117.73 $557 -0.84
500–545 523 12 106.00–117.50 $111.37 $582 -2.91
550–575 565 4 95.00–107.50 $102.60 $580 -6.21
600 600 1 95.00 $95.00 $570 -7.31

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
170 170 2 230.00 $230.00 $391 -5.00
200–245 220 15 215.00–242.50 $227.55 $501 -7.29
250–295 275 23 165.00–227.00 $201.72 $555 +6.70
300–345 328 19 170.00–208.00 $194.86 $639 +1.88
350–395 371 16 157.50–192.00 $179.26 $665 +4.78
400–445 425 26 158.00–180.00 $168.77 $717 -0.47
450–495 472 23 150.00–175.00 $158.40 $748 +9.66
500–545 529 30 140.00–158.00 $149.54 $791 -10.59
550–595 573 17 125.00–152.00 $141.01 $808 -1.57
600–645 620 11 130.00–140.00 $133.13 $825 -2.75
670–675 673 3 130.00–133.00 $131.00 $882 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
185 185 2 220.00 $220.00 $407 +15.00
200–230 218 9 200.00–220.00 $209.42 $457 -10.58
250–295 273 25 150.00–210.00 $185.27 $506 -9.23
300–345 321 18 150.00–196.00 $179.25 $575 -5.09
350–395 372 33 148.00–178.00 $165.56 $616 +0.51
400–445 423 15 145.00–172.00 $157.12 $665 +4.12
450–495 470 20 135.00–156.00 $145.68 $685 -3.22
500–545 528 17 127.50–150.00 $139.74 $738 -9.42
550–595 573 7 130.00–138.00 $134.21 $769 +0.70
600 600 1 129.00 $129.00 $774 +5.91
650–655 653 7 112.00–128.00 $119.72 $782 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
190 190 2 200.00 $200.00 $380 —
200–245 221 10 185.00–205.00 $195.92 $433 -7.18
250–295 269 12 177.50–195.00 $187.63 $505 +2.05
300–345 324 18 162.50–188.00 $177.85 $576 +4.45
350–395 371 16 155.00–170.00 $165.41 $614 +2.30
400–435 423 9 140.00–160.00 $149.03 $630 -5.83
450–495 468 13 110.00–154.00 $125.71 $588 -17.72
500–545 524 10 132.00–136.00 $133.95 $702 -5.05
550–595 567 6 120.00–129.00 $125.41 $711 -11.07
600–645 623 2 110.00–116.00 $112.89 $703 +0.89
650–655 653 3 110.00–118.00 $112.65 $736 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
920–1890 1142 80-85% 39 44.00–56.00 $52.67 $601 —
905–1590 1207 80-85% 96 52.00–64.00 $58.36 $704 -3.97
980–1750 1320 80-85% 54 51.00–69.00 $63.36 $836 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
745–1270 947 85-90% 25 34.00–50.00 $40.79 $386 —
705–1285 1031 85-90% 74 39.00–56.00 $49.74 $513 +10.72
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1350–1435 1405 75-80% 3 51.00–55.00 $53.32 $749 —
1145–1855 1427 75-80% 10 61.00–72.00 $65.86 $940 —
1100–2045 1592 75-80% 17 56.00–96.00 $65.13 $1,037 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1160–1760 1430 15 76.00–87.00 $82.24 $1,176 —
1325–2125 1627 40 81.00–93.00 $87.07 $1,417 —
1335–2325 1778 12 88.00–100.00 $94.84 $1,686 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
950 950 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 1 92.00 $92.00 $874
900–1075 970 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 15 61.00–69.00 $64.55 $626
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
740–1160 979 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 4 68.00–72.00 $70.60 $691

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
860–1010 935 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 2 625.00–650.00 $638.50 —
Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1415 1415 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 750.00 $750.00 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1070 1070 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 800.00 $800.00 —

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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.