Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-03-30

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 30
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 89▼ 158 vs year ago 257 · −61.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 33▲ 14 vs year ago 58 · +24.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 54▼ 20 vs year ago 42 · −47.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 15.00 to 20.00 lower, slaughter bulls 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 20.00 to 25.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.81/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$118.81
35 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.85
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484122.3959211thin
Medium and Large 2424120.6151115thin
Medium and Large 3425111.434739thin
One grade step is worth $10.96/cwt here — about $119 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 sale35 hd
118.81
—
FL average10 barns · 375 hd
128.66
−9.85
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—Average1,32476.481,0134thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38857.497982thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16152.6261114

Every lot

25 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365157.03/cwt155.00–159.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 3415129.51/cwt129.00–130.005372
Steers—Medium and Large 1643113.01/cwt110.00–116.007272
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318153.60/cwt150.00–157.504882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2356134.49/cwt133.00–135.004794
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370121.54/cwt120.00–123.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413119.98/cwt119.00–123.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 3416111.70/cwt110.00–117.004654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468122.52/cwt121.00–124.005732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469113.04/cwt110.00–117.005307
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473104.32/cwt103.00–105.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518115.49/cwt115.00–116.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560110.68/cwt110.00–112.006203
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3358133.78/cwt130.00–137.504792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415147.49/cwt147.00–148.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468126.01/cwt125.00–127.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523123.03/cwt121.00–125.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578113.48/cwt112.00–115.006562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,27078.95/cwt78.00–80.001,0032
Bulls——1,37874.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05546.70/cwt42.00–49.004934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20158.00/cwt57.00–59.006974
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20652.98/cwt50.00–56.006396
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38857.49/cwt56.00–59.007982
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,14357.02/cwt55.00–60.006522

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.