Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-03-25

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 25
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 303▲ 17 vs year ago 316 · +5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 21▼ 39 vs year ago 75 · −52.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were slightly lower, slaughter bulls were steady. Feeder classes were all unevenly steady with an upward trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.61/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$134.61
80 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.70
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479140.3267213thin
Medium and Large 2435138.8960424
Medium and Large 3413130.5053943
One grade step is worth $9.82/cwt here — about $133 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 sale80 hd
134.61
—
FL average10 barns · 852 hd
144.31
−9.70
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—High1,96083.221,6312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07949.175318thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223230.69/cwt227.00–235.005142
Steers—Medium and Large 2225219.09/cwt215.00–220.004935
Steers—Medium and Large 1265226.27/cwt225.00–227.506002
Steers—Medium and Large 1309201.85/cwt200.00–207.506244
Steers—Medium and Large 1360194.06/cwt190.00–198.006992
Steers—Medium and Large 2365184.93/cwt180.00–187.506753
Steers—Medium and Large 3438161.07/cwt157.00–165.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 3465145.05/cwt140.00–150.006744
Steers—Medium and Large 2484153.04/cwt150.00–154.007414
Steers—Medium and Large 1511159.18/cwt157.50–164.008134
Steers—Medium and Large 1578147.94/cwt145.00–151.008552
Steers—Medium and Large 2583131.63/cwt130.00–138.007675
Steers—Medium and Large 1692135.32/cwt130.00–138.009363
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2208182.53/cwt180.00–185.003802
Heifers—Medium and Large 3208176.23/cwt175.00–177.503672
Heifers—Medium and Large 3262163.25/cwt160.00–165.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275173.82/cwt170.00–177.504782
Heifers—Medium and Large 3314149.27/cwt146.00–155.004698
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326164.31/cwt162.50–170.005364
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371153.07/cwt150.00–157.505685
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373137.29/cwt135.00–143.0051210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410129.02/cwt128.00–131.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427138.99/cwt137.00–140.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461142.50/cwt141.00–143.006574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461133.26/cwt133.00–134.006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473122.27/cwt120.00–127.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525128.54/cwt127.00–130.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525117.55/cwt115.00–120.006176
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533107.61/cwt100.00–110.005744
Heifers—Medium and Large 356195.78/cwt95.00–98.005374
Heifers—Medium and Large 362789.34/cwt88.00–90.005603
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673100.02/cwt95.00–105.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677113.30/cwt110.00–120.007673
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3208193.80/cwt190.00–197.504032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2262201.69/cwt200.00–202.505283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1269223.12/cwt222.50–225.006004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315202.46/cwt200.00–205.006382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320191.21/cwt190.00–192.506122
Bulls—Medium and Large 3357169.49/cwt167.50–170.006055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380181.58/cwt180.00–185.006906
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435172.97/cwt170.00–176.007522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2456154.49/cwt150.00–156.007044
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520146.71/cwt142.00–149.007633
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523135.98/cwt135.00–137.007112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575133.92/cwt131.00–137.007702
Bulls—Medium and Large 368894.49/cwt92.00–97.006502
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,96083.22/cwt80.00–87.001,6312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07450.68/cwt43.00–56.005445
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08746.66/cwt45.00–48.005073

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.