Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-01-14

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jan 14
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 282▲ 372 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 26▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 66▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were all steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.79/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$124.79
57 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.07
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2460126.0058028
Medium and Large 1512124.266368thin
Medium and Large 3422123.3852021
One grade step is worth $2.62/cwt here — about $60 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 sale57 hd
124.79
—
FL average10 barns · 912 hd
141.86
−17.07
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—Average1,31851.676818thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22838.6047418
CowsLean 85-90%Low95332.203072thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1178235.35/cwt230.00–240.004192
Steers—Medium and Large 1225216.33/cwt212.50–220.004872
Steers—Medium and Large 3233193.43/cwt190.00–200.004513
Steers—Medium and Large 1265198.47/cwt197.00–200.005262
Steers—Medium and Large 2270188.30/cwt187.50–190.005083
Steers—Medium and Large 2313183.02/cwt180.00–186.005734
Steers—Medium and Large 1318191.46/cwt190.00–193.006092
Steers—Medium and Large 3328174.53/cwt170.00–179.005722
Steers—Medium and Large 3367165.38/cwt160.00–168.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 1375182.99/cwt182.00–184.006862
Steers—Medium and Large 3420156.22/cwt155.00–157.506562
Steers—Medium and Large 3457142.99/cwt140.00–145.006535
Steers—Medium and Large 2518132.03/cwt130.00–134.006842
Steers—Medium and Large 3518124.99/cwt123.00–127.006472
Steers—Medium and Large 1523146.30/cwt145.00–149.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 2563121.35/cwt120.00–124.006833
Steers—Medium and Large 2687107.32/cwt106.00–110.007373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263163.86/cwt160.00–167.504314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312141.63/cwt140.00–145.004426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333154.98/cwt152.50–157.505162
Heifers—Medium and Large 3362131.43/cwt130.00–137.004765
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380145.40/cwt140.00–148.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410125.05/cwt121.00–129.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423132.51/cwt130.00–135.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458132.65/cwt131.00–136.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467124.83/cwt122.50–126.005833
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485113.60/cwt112.00–117.005513
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528107.56/cwt105.00–110.005682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535122.72/cwt120.00–124.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558113.98/cwt110.00–118.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558102.49/cwt100.00–105.005728
Heifers—Medium and Large 361392.70/cwt90.00–98.005683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2619100.50/cwt100.00–102.006224
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3230184.89/cwt180.00–190.004252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2238203.74/cwt202.50–205.004852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1267191.63/cwt190.00–195.005123
Bulls—Medium and Large 3317163.75/cwt162.50–166.005193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1321182.41/cwt180.00–190.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333173.83/cwt170.00–177.505792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363182.78/cwt179.00–184.006634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363153.83/cwt150.00–157.505582
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365162.37/cwt161.00–165.005933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413151.23/cwt150.00–155.006254
Bulls—Medium and Large 3414143.65/cwt140.00–146.005955
Bulls—Medium and Large 3459137.22/cwt130.00–139.006305
Bulls—Medium and Large 2461141.76/cwt140.00–147.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 3514121.58/cwt120.00–126.006254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568121.73/cwt120.00–127.006914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568116.00/cwt115.00–117.006592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643101.66/cwt100.00–105.006543
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,00843.00/cwt41.00–45.004332
Bulls——1,22449.66/cwt47.00–55.006084
Bulls——1,81564.36/cwt61.00–68.001,1682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95332.20/cwt25.00–39.003072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07532.52/cwt30.00–35.003504
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27240.34/cwt40.00–43.0051314
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1900762.92/cwt725.00–800.006,8662
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,01552.14/cwt48.00–56.005292
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,07060.38/cwt58.00–63.006462

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.