Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-11-11

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Nov 11
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 358▼ 73 vs year ago 398 · −18.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 52▲ 21 vs year ago 26 · +80.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 79▼ 10 vs year ago 63 · −15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.09/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$132.09
60 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.78
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427140.3059918thin
Medium and Large 2435132.2157524
Medium and Large 3404123.7250018thin
One grade step is worth $16.59/cwt here — about $99 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 sale60 hd
132.09
—
FL average10 barns · 623 hd
132.87
−0.78
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—Average1,45972.161,0534thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,11554.486072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,04047.0448910
CowsLean 85-90%Average80031.632532thin

Every lot

41 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 2415142.96/cwt140.00–146.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 1468142.54/cwt140.00–145.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 2470132.04/cwt130.00–134.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 2520125.53/cwt122.00–129.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 1533132.03/cwt130.00–134.007042
Steers—Medium and Large 1570127.49/cwt126.00–129.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 1623107.99/cwt106.00–110.006732
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358126.65/cwt125.00–130.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415117.44/cwt115.00–120.004876
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465116.74/cwt116.00–117.505432
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468111.99/cwt110.00–114.005248
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508105.34/cwt104.00–106.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529113.81/cwt109.00–115.006025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565113.53/cwt110.00–117.006416
Heifers—Medium and Large 357388.71/cwt87.50–90.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575105.43/cwt103.00–108.006062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693106.99/cwt105.00–109.007412
Heifers—Medium and Large 269395.51/cwt92.00–99.006622
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3312139.14/cwt135.00–140.004346
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318163.27/cwt162.50–164.005192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324153.43/cwt147.50–157.504975
Bulls—Medium and Large 1357150.61/cwt150.00–153.005385
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368131.22/cwt130.00–132.504832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371146.25/cwt142.00–149.005435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418142.04/cwt140.00–148.005944
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423126.54/cwt125.00–127.505355
Bulls—Medium and Large 2436133.55/cwt130.00–139.005825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473133.44/cwt130.00–137.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478124.43/cwt120.00–129.005954
Bulls—Medium and Large 351099.38/cwt97.00–100.005075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567114.64/cwt112.00–116.006503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573101.84/cwt100.00–109.005845
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,45972.16/cwt69.00–77.001,0534
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80031.63/cwt30.00–33.002532
Cows—Boner 80-85%94541.44/cwt40.00–43.003922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03346.23/cwt45.00–47.004784
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09550.65/cwt48.00–55.005554
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,11554.48/cwt52.00–57.006072
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 192079.15/cwt75.00–83.007282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,16867.02/cwt64.00–70.007832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,30857.90/cwt56.00–60.007572

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.