Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-08-12

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Aug 12
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
541 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 371▲ 37 vs year ago 504 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 49▲ 25 vs year ago 28 · +89.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 55▲ 19 vs year ago 42 · +45.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.03/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$128.03
58 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.69
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1408142.995832thin
Medium and Large 2407133.8654522
Medium and Large 3435123.3853734
One grade step is worth $19.61/cwt here — about $46 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 sale58 hd
128.03
—
FL average9 barns · 446 hd
129.72
−1.69
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—High1,55689.511,3934thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10554.7060510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39552.627342thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low76036.072742thin

Every lot

47 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 2308165.50/cwt165.00–166.005102
Steers—Medium and Large 2367146.31/cwt145.00–147.005373
Steers—Medium and Large 3375142.96/cwt140.00–146.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 3413126.35/cwt125.00–129.005223
Steers—Medium and Large 2417135.38/cwt130.00–138.005653
Steers—Medium and Large 2460123.54/cwt120.00–127.005682
Steers—Medium and Large 1508125.50/cwt125.00–126.006382
Steers—Medium and Large 3528114.61/cwt110.00–119.006052
Steers—Medium and Large 2533122.99/cwt120.00–124.006564
Steers—Medium and Large 2568116.51/cwt116.00–117.006622
Steers—Medium and Large 1575121.54/cwt119.00–124.006992
Steers—Medium and Large 2679110.50/cwt110.00–112.007504
Steers—Medium and Large 1688119.51/cwt117.00–122.008222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312134.88/cwt132.00–136.004217
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365123.04/cwt120.00–126.004494
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367131.31/cwt130.00–134.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3407117.32/cwt114.00–119.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413122.04/cwt120.00–124.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458109.65/cwt108.00–113.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 350593.33/cwt90.00–100.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518112.32/cwt111.00–113.005823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525108.97/cwt108.00–110.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 357387.76/cwt87.50–88.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 269386.66/cwt85.00–90.006013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3213160.86/cwt160.00–162.503433
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315143.35/cwt140.00–148.004525
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328150.80/cwt150.00–155.004956
Bulls—Medium and Large 3366134.50/cwt130.00–138.004929
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373143.71/cwt141.00–145.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408142.99/cwt141.00–145.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413131.77/cwt130.00–139.005445
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415124.55/cwt120.00–129.005174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2456121.82/cwt120.00–129.005555
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460115.70/cwt114.00–119.005323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2507113.68/cwt112.00–117.005763
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520108.06/cwt105.00–111.005622
Bulls—Medium and Large 358293.24/cwt90.00–100.005433
Bulls—Medium and Large 369388.80/cwt88.00–90.006155
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55689.51/cwt86.00–92.001,3934
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76036.07/cwt35.00–37.002742
Cows—Boner 80-85%98343.78/cwt40.00–47.004302
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12153.05/cwt50.00–57.005954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15161.82/cwt58.00–66.007124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39552.62/cwt50.00–55.007342
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 196381.95/cwt80.00–84.007892
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 199573.45/cwt68.00–78.007312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,17061.36/cwt57.00–67.007182

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.