Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-07-08

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jul 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 241▼ 208 vs year ago 551 · −37.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 48▼ 3 vs year ago 51 · −5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 40▼ 14 vs year ago 72 · −19.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to holiday, markets closed last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.68/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$138.68
42 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.42
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1342170.165827thin
Medium and Large 2438141.4162012thin
Medium and Large 3431127.6755123
One grade step is worth $42.49/cwt here — about $32 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 sale42 hd
138.68
—
FL average4 barns · 166 hd
130.26
+8.42
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—High1,46183.601,2218thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37559.028122thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13054.616178thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average75535.992724thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3510124.04/cwt120.00–128.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 2513135.06/cwt133.00–139.006933
Steers—Medium and Large 1525150.53/cwt147.00–154.007902
Steers—Medium and Large 1575130.97/cwt127.00–135.007532
Steers—Medium and Large 2653106.00/cwt105.00–107.006922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3223153.46/cwt150.00–157.503422
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265141.23/cwt140.00–142.503742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285147.93/cwt147.00–150.004223
Heifers—Medium and Large 3310133.54/cwt131.00–136.004142
Heifers—Medium and Large 3356129.24/cwt127.00–130.004604
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413123.97/cwt120.00–126.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418129.68/cwt129.00–131.005423
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458115.51/cwt114.00–117.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 3509106.79/cwt105.00–112.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528116.48/cwt116.00–117.006152
Heifers—Medium and Large 265492.49/cwt90.00–100.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 368384.48/cwt80.00–89.005772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3263161.21/cwt160.00–162.504242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1312173.03/cwt170.00–179.005403
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318153.60/cwt147.00–157.004883
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325161.42/cwt157.50–165.005252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365168.01/cwt167.00–169.006134
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365155.70/cwt153.00–157.005683
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365142.03/cwt140.00–143.005183
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415133.54/cwt130.00–137.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420145.93/cwt144.00–148.006132
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472122.57/cwt120.00–128.005796
Bulls—Medium and Large 3506111.01/cwt110.00–115.005625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515130.02/cwt129.00–132.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565112.52/cwt110.00–115.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 357584.83/cwt80.00–90.004882
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19373.49/cwt70.00–77.008772
Bulls——1,55086.97/cwt82.00–89.001,3486
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74531.05/cwt30.00–32.002312
Cows—Lean 85-90%76540.93/cwt40.00–42.003132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04062.11/cwt60.00–64.006462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07853.91/cwt51.00–57.005814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32548.52/cwt47.00–50.006432
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37559.02/cwt58.00–60.008122
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 193861.85/cwt59.00–65.005802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 196586.10/cwt82.00–91.008312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,05874.70/cwt70.00–80.007902

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.