Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2018-03-26

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 26
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
316 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 188▲ 316 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 21▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 24▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. The feeder steers were slightly lower, bulls steady and the heifers steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.69/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$157.69
41 head · 385 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.77
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2368160.6659210thin
Medium and Large 3332157.3152213thin
Medium and Large 1432156.3167518thin
One grade step is worth $4.35/cwt here — about −$83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale41 hd
157.69
—
FL average10 barns · 683 hd
159.46
−1.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,33472.749704thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,24058.387247thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average98951.415087thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low78544.493492thin

Every lot

46 lots · USDA AMS · Ocala Livestock Auction - Ocala, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3262221.62/cwt220.00–225.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 1310216.76/cwt216.00–217.506722
Steers—Medium and Large 3315179.30/cwt176.00–182.505652
Steers—Medium and Large 2320189.92/cwt185.00–195.006082
Steers—Medium and Large 2360191.40/cwt184.00–194.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 1370206.76/cwt200.00–210.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 2420166.10/cwt162.00–170.006982
Steers—Medium and Large 3425151.98/cwt150.00–154.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 2475168.99/cwt168.00–170.008034
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263183.95/cwt180.00–186.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268196.29/cwt192.00–201.005262
Heifers—Medium and Large 3284171.20/cwt170.00–178.004866
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323172.88/cwt170.00–179.005583
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327160.65/cwt160.00–162.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335184.85/cwt180.00–190.006194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375154.11/cwt150.00–158.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378135.41/cwt131.00–140.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385162.47/cwt160.00–165.006262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421153.23/cwt149.00–156.006454
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435132.54/cwt129.00–136.005772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518130.97/cwt128.00–136.006784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588113.95/cwt110.00–118.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685109.96/cwt107.00–113.007532
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2208248.44/cwt245.00–255.005173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265239.91/cwt235.00–245.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278213.41/cwt210.00–220.005933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315182.54/cwt180.00–185.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330169.85/cwt165.00–175.005612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367200.82/cwt200.00–202.507373
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375163.70/cwt160.00–167.506142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428159.91/cwt155.00–165.006842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465154.55/cwt150.00–159.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535151.70/cwt150.00–155.008123
Bulls—Medium and Large 3663101.94/cwt99.00–105.006762
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11369.02/cwt66.00–72.007682
Bulls——1,55576.45/cwt75.00–78.001,1892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78544.49/cwt44.00–45.003492
Cows—Boner 80-85%95850.66/cwt50.00–51.004853
Cows—Boner 80-85%98558.49/cwt58.00–59.005762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03845.46/cwt42.00–49.004722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22255.59/cwt53.00–57.006793
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25360.48/cwt59.00–63.007584
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 188369.94/cwt68.00–72.006182
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,00089.48/cwt85.00–94.008952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,02879.95/cwt77.00–83.008222
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1723760.99/cwt675.00–850.005,5022

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.