Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-06-17

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 17
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
207 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 139▼ 37 vs year ago 244 · −15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 98▼ 5 vs year ago 56 · −8.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 58▼ 4 vs year ago 28 · −14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $152.68/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$152.68
31 head · 386 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.76
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2407157.2664110thin
Medium and Large 3376150.4956621
One grade step is worth $6.76/cwt here — about $75 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 sale31 hd
152.68
—
FL average9 barns · 386 hd
136.92
+15.76
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—Average1,26085.791,0812thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33869.219264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05759.8263210

Every lot

35 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3318173.60/cwt170.00–177.505522
Steers—Medium and Large 3465144.55/cwt140.00–149.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 2520139.06/cwt137.00–141.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 2570122.29/cwt120.00–127.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 1573140.52/cwt139.00–142.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 3575112.03/cwt110.00–114.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 2638116.00/cwt115.00–117.007402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3178194.93/cwt190.00–200.003472
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375138.52/cwt137.00–140.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428137.25/cwt137.00–137.505872
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428130.82/cwt130.00–135.005606
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458132.51/cwt130.00–135.006072
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463119.29/cwt117.00–126.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518113.40/cwt108.00–116.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 3583101.80/cwt95.00–105.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 363086.01/cwt85.00–87.005422
Heifers—Medium and Large 265394.52/cwt90.00–99.006174
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2238196.21/cwt195.00–197.504672
Bulls—Medium and Large 3265175.96/cwt175.00–178.004663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275182.55/cwt180.00–185.005022
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318167.60/cwt165.00–170.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 3359156.55/cwt155.00–161.005624
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428130.82/cwt130.00–135.005606
Bulls—Medium and Large 3456137.74/cwt134.00–139.006284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478144.03/cwt142.00–146.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523131.75/cwt131.00–132.006894
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,26085.79/cwt83.00–88.001,0812
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95551.54/cwt49.00–54.004922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08165.28/cwt62.00–69.007064
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08458.49/cwt57.00–60.006344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33869.21/cwt64.00–73.009264
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 196072.84/cwt70.00–76.006992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 197588.19/cwt85.00–92.008602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,04364.38/cwt60.00–69.006712
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,050661.43/cwt650.00–675.006,9452

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.