Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-02-17

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Feb 17
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
316 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 296▲ 16 vs year ago 300 · +5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 45▼ 12 vs year ago 36 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 57▲ 88 vs year ago 49 · +179.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.25/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$144.25
56 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$135
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$22.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.09
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2357153.6054819thin
Medium and Large 3336146.6149220
Medium and Large 1521131.0168317thin
One grade step is worth $22.59/cwt here — about −$135 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 sale56 hd
144.25
—
FL average10 barns · 708 hd
142.16
+2.09
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—Average1,42384.991,2092thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34864.988762thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low96348.524674thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2423165.60/cwt162.00–169.007002
Steers—Medium and Large 3458143.73/cwt140.00–147.506582
Steers—Medium and Large 1540143.97/cwt141.00–147.007772
Steers—Medium and Large 1588132.96/cwt130.00–136.007822
Steers—Medium and Large 3593113.51/cwt110.00–117.006732
Steers—Medium and Large 1691123.76/cwt122.00–129.008554
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3216172.04/cwt170.00–177.503724
Heifers—Medium and Large 3257163.64/cwt160.00–169.004215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2259173.07/cwt170.00–177.504485
Heifers—Medium and Large 3308154.62/cwt150.00–157.004763
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315162.06/cwt160.00–166.005103
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368134.97/cwt130.00–140.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380155.07/cwt150.00–157.505896
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420134.10/cwt130.00–138.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423143.78/cwt142.00–147.506083
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435124.05/cwt120.00–128.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467138.29/cwt135.00–140.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473122.76/cwt120.00–128.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508111.00/cwt110.00–112.005644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509131.62/cwt130.00–134.006705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582125.64/cwt125.00–127.007313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632115.34/cwt115.00–116.007293
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235218.78/cwt217.50–220.005142
Bulls—Medium and Large 3237202.43/cwt200.00–207.504803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2267200.69/cwt200.00–204.005366
Bulls—Medium and Large 3283192.38/cwt190.00–197.505443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320194.84/cwt190.00–197.506233
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320171.29/cwt170.00–172.505482
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365163.80/cwt160.00–167.505982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370173.77/cwt172.50–175.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377185.04/cwt180.00–187.506983
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470143.47/cwt142.00–145.006742
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475133.45/cwt132.00–135.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2653105.02/cwt100.00–110.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1693122.01/cwt120.00–124.008462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,42384.99/cwt84.00–86.001,2092
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%94545.11/cwt42.00–48.004262
Cows—Boner 80-85%98051.92/cwt50.00–54.005092
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34864.98/cwt62.00–68.008762
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1645105.04/cwt100.00–110.006782
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 177583.72/cwt80.00–88.006492
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 178394.60/cwt90.00–98.007412

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.