Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-01-04

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jan 4
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 525▲ 120 vs year ago 227 · +52.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 36▲ 36 vs year ago 20 · +180.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 67▲ 31 vs year ago 38 · +81.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trends, market closed for holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.69/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$136.69
70 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413159.2065819thin
Medium and Large 2461137.3763420
Medium and Large 3476122.4558331
One grade step is worth $36.75/cwt here — about $74 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 sale70 hd
136.69
—
FL average4 barns · 241 hd
133.69
+3.00
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—Low1,47476.171,1238thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05752.655568thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2260182.45/cwt180.00–185.004742
Steers—Medium and Large 3362152.35/cwt151.00–155.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 3418135.49/cwt135.00–137.005664
Steers—Medium and Large 2421144.86/cwt142.00–149.006105
Steers—Medium and Large 1465141.98/cwt140.00–144.006602
Steers—Medium and Large 1523131.61/cwt130.00–132.006885
Steers—Medium and Large 3577106.71/cwt100.00–110.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1693115.01/cwt112.00–118.007972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3230161.74/cwt160.00–165.003723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275158.98/cwt158.00–160.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308140.34/cwt140.00–141.004323
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315134.06/cwt130.00–138.004226
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360123.45/cwt120.00–127.004446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361133.54/cwt130.00–139.004825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425135.55/cwt131.00–137.005764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428125.02/cwt121.00–127.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463110.99/cwt110.00–112.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470126.94/cwt121.00–130.005973
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525104.99/cwt104.00–106.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527111.03/cwt110.00–113.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534119.52/cwt118.00–120.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568111.48/cwt110.00–116.006334
Heifers—Medium and Large 369381.66/cwt80.00–85.005663
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1243201.64/cwt200.00–205.004906
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270162.59/cwt160.00–165.004392
Bulls—Medium and Large 3324149.70/cwt147.00–152.004854
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330163.36/cwt162.50–165.005393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333174.89/cwt170.00–180.005822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365151.01/cwt150.00–152.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3416134.47/cwt130.00–140.005597
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422146.59/cwt142.00–149.006196
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463120.37/cwt118.00–125.005573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468142.49/cwt140.00–145.006674
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477132.30/cwt130.00–137.006313
Bulls—Medium and Large 3514112.83/cwt110.00–115.005807
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525124.46/cwt120.00–129.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527133.94/cwt132.00–138.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565103.72/cwt100.00–105.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568123.34/cwt121.00–130.007014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573112.47/cwt110.00–115.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673102.51/cwt100.00–105.006902
Bulls—Medium and Large 369491.24/cwt90.00–95.006334
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30373.98/cwt60.00–88.009643
Bulls——1,53071.50/cwt71.00–72.001,0942
Bulls——1,60881.48/cwt79.00–84.001,3103
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%91544.52/cwt40.00–49.004072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07353.06/cwt50.00–56.005694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16559.94/cwt57.00–63.006982
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,11857.56/cwt54.00–60.006442

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.