Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-10-07

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Oct 7
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
577 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 642▼ 160 vs year ago 737 · −21.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 66▼ 29 vs year ago 57 · −50.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 116▼ 43 vs year ago 73 · −58.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls slightly higher. Feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.24/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$146.24
57 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.45
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1317169.0853612thin
Medium and Large 2368148.5954622
Medium and Large 3397132.0652423
One grade step is worth $37.02/cwt here — about $12 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
146.24
—
FL average10 barns · 551 hd
127.79
+18.45
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—High1,49779.811,1944thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,24458.037224thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low98852.635206thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3330150.72/cwt149.00–152.504972
Steers—Medium and Large 3367144.71/cwt140.00–147.005313
Steers—Medium and Large 2436142.27/cwt140.00–149.006204
Steers—Medium and Large 2465131.02/cwt130.00–133.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 3465128.49/cwt128.00–129.005972
Steers—Medium and Large 3514109.30/cwt105.00–110.005627
Steers—Medium and Large 1535131.17/cwt130.00–133.007025
Steers—Medium and Large 1560127.99/cwt127.00–129.007172
Steers—Medium and Large 356694.97/cwt92.00–97.005385
Steers—Medium and Large 2585108.36/cwt105.00–110.006343
Steers—Medium and Large 1692111.20/cwt110.00–112.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 269395.74/cwt94.00–97.506632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3268146.57/cwt144.00–149.003934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315143.87/cwt140.00–147.504532
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335132.43/cwt130.00–137.504446
Heifers—Medium and Large 3362126.38/cwt121.00–129.004573
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363137.78/cwt134.00–139.005004
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408116.61/cwt110.00–120.004763
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418125.57/cwt123.00–128.005252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460112.02/cwt110.00–114.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468104.41/cwt101.00–108.004892
Heifers—Medium and Large 351090.99/cwt90.00–92.004642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517106.03/cwt105.00–108.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 257194.08/cwt90.00–97.005375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575103.01/cwt102.00–104.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 366383.99/cwt82.00–86.005572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1208192.53/cwt190.00–195.004004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2208181.27/cwt180.00–182.503772
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270153.78/cwt150.00–160.004155
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275166.05/cwt162.50–170.004574
Bulls—Medium and Large 3317149.56/cwt148.00–152.504743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2326159.83/cwt153.00–162.005214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335168.49/cwt168.00–169.005642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365156.22/cwt155.00–157.505704
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368148.01/cwt146.00–150.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370137.48/cwt136.00–139.005092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408138.64/cwt136.00–140.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 3412131.64/cwt130.00–135.005426
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420148.49/cwt148.00–149.006242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2459132.80/cwt132.00–133.006105
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465122.72/cwt120.00–128.005713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2508113.52/cwt110.00–117.005772
Bulls—Medium and Large 352398.48/cwt95.00–102.005152
Bulls—Medium and Large 358594.96/cwt90.00–100.005562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08072.49/cwt72.00–73.007832
Bulls——1,91387.13/cwt84.00–90.001,6672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%96046.36/cwt44.00–49.004452
Cows—Boner 80-85%97552.99/cwt51.00–55.005172
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02858.53/cwt57.00–60.006022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,14559.55/cwt58.00–61.006822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34356.50/cwt56.00–57.007592
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 162572.98/cwt70.00–76.004562
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 184080.08/cwt78.00–82.006732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,16863.34/cwt60.00–68.007402

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.