Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-09-14

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Sep 14
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
451 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 362▼ 56 vs year ago 507 · −11.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 26▲ 49 vs year ago 30 · +163.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 60▼ 19 vs year ago 94 · −20.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Market closed for holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.84/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$121.84
56 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.30
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505125.496348thin
Medium and Large 3434121.6352832
Medium and Large 2483120.4258116thin
One grade step is worth $5.07/cwt here — about $52 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
121.84
—
FL average10 barns · 848 hd
118.53
+3.30
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—High1,70786.041,4684thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45858.798574thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08155.2359710

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3315164.57/cwt160.00–169.005182
Steers—Medium and Large 2366156.57/cwt155.00–159.005735
Steers—Medium and Large 3368141.98/cwt140.00–145.005225
Steers—Medium and Large 1415152.96/cwt150.00–156.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 3423130.86/cwt130.00–135.005546
Steers—Medium and Large 2428142.01/cwt141.00–143.006082
Steers—Medium and Large 2456131.01/cwt130.00–134.005974
Steers—Medium and Large 3467121.71/cwt120.00–125.005683
Steers—Medium and Large 1560126.50/cwt126.00–127.007082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3260153.68/cwt150.00–157.504002
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313140.34/cwt140.00–141.004393
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365133.95/cwt130.00–138.004898
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415126.65/cwt125.00–127.505263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420141.02/cwt140.00–143.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427130.97/cwt130.00–135.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475123.54/cwt120.00–127.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476113.95/cwt110.00–119.005429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515122.50/cwt122.00–123.006312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519104.55/cwt100.00–107.505435
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527111.11/cwt110.00–118.005867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583111.95/cwt110.00–116.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 369382.01/cwt80.00–84.005682
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3266173.10/cwt170.00–177.504605
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315163.69/cwt160.00–167.505162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320175.65/cwt172.50–179.005622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363169.48/cwt167.00–172.006152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2364153.66/cwt150.00–159.005595
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377143.02/cwt140.00–147.505395
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413133.77/cwt130.00–137.505522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428152.96/cwt151.00–155.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428143.44/cwt140.00–147.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465132.02/cwt130.00–134.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473138.48/cwt137.00–140.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475122.53/cwt120.00–125.005822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515125.50/cwt125.00–126.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523116.08/cwt110.00–119.006073
Bulls—Medium and Large 2693101.66/cwt100.00–105.007053
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58080.94/cwt79.00–83.001,2792
Bulls——1,83391.13/cwt89.00–93.001,6702
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05354.98/cwt52.00–58.005792
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08061.98/cwt59.00–64.006694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09648.60/cwt45.00–51.005334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41563.02/cwt60.00–66.008922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50054.55/cwt54.00–55.008182
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-274390.43/cwt89.00–92.006722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05376.89/cwt74.00–80.008102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,08563.28/cwt60.00–66.006872

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.