Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-04-01

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Apr 1
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 333▼ 90 vs year ago 347 · −25.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 36▲ 10 vs year ago 48 · +20.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 52 · −19.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were slightly lower, slaughter bulls were lower 1.00-2.00. Feeder classes were unevenly steady. Replacement stockers cows were slightly lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.74/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$135.74
57 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.06
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2411143.7159123
Medium and Large 1466141.006578thin
Medium and Large 3448127.0656926
One grade step is worth $16.65/cwt here — about $22 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
135.74
—
FL average10 barns · 880 hd
147.80
−12.06
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—Average1,47471.741,0578thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25845.315703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07345.074839thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91625.792364thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3233202.42/cwt200.00–205.004722
Steers—Medium and Large 3257192.03/cwt190.00–196.004943
Steers—Medium and Large 1313211.26/cwt210.00–212.506612
Steers—Medium and Large 2313198.32/cwt197.50–200.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 2370184.05/cwt180.00–188.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 3413157.55/cwt155.00–160.006512
Steers—Medium and Large 2465155.52/cwt154.00–157.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 2523138.30/cwt137.00–141.007233
Steers—Medium and Large 1538157.52/cwt156.00–159.008472
Steers—Medium and Large 369399.50/cwt99.00–100.006902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268171.21/cwt170.00–177.504596
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285165.21/cwt163.00–167.504712
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318153.58/cwt150.00–157.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326164.82/cwt163.00–166.005375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358159.01/cwt158.00–160.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365142.08/cwt140.00–145.005195
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408140.98/cwt138.00–144.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408134.36/cwt129.00–137.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467131.97/cwt130.00–136.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467121.03/cwt117.00–123.005653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471141.02/cwt138.00–142.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524118.43/cwt116.00–122.006215
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538111.06/cwt107.00–115.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 356095.04/cwt90.00–100.005322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563122.93/cwt118.00–128.006922
Heifers—Medium and Large 269091.99/cwt90.00–94.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 369282.68/cwt80.00–88.005723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2259197.54/cwt190.00–200.005124
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268182.62/cwt180.00–185.004892
Bulls—Medium and Large 3312172.45/cwt170.00–177.505383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320203.69/cwt200.00–207.506522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338192.76/cwt188.00–195.006523
Bulls—Medium and Large 3367156.64/cwt155.00–160.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410154.55/cwt150.00–159.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 3412143.32/cwt142.50–145.005903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475164.46/cwt161.00–168.007812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578119.96/cwt117.00–123.006932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627118.65/cwt117.00–122.007443
Bulls—Medium and Large 369390.99/cwt88.00–94.006312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,00853.51/cwt50.00–57.005392
Bulls——1,29075.52/cwt74.00–77.009742
Bulls——1,79978.97/cwt78.00–80.001,4214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91625.79/cwt20.00–30.002364
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00039.53/cwt38.00–41.003952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03843.59/cwt42.00–46.004523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13548.94/cwt47.00–52.005554
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25845.31/cwt44.00–47.005703
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 193566.43/cwt65.00–68.006212

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.