Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-04-26

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Apr 26
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 141▲ 18 vs year ago 184 · +9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 32▼ 5 vs year ago 38 · −13.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 26▲ 1 vs year ago 53 · +1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, bulls steady. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.97/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$136.97
48 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.28
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504141.0671112thin
Medium and Large 2474140.1966515thin
Medium and Large 3456132.3260321
One grade step is worth $8.74/cwt here — about $107 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 sale48 hd
136.97
—
FL average10 barns · 351 hd
137.25
−0.28
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—Average1,82382.241,49913
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03856.4158610

Every lot

34 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3335164.51/cwt164.00–165.005512
Steers—Medium and Large 1468153.99/cwt152.00–156.007212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265151.23/cwt150.00–152.504012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365141.03/cwt139.00–143.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368136.69/cwt132.00–139.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420124.10/cwt120.00–128.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427140.67/cwt140.00–141.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427137.97/cwt136.00–139.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465134.45/cwt130.00–139.006252
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465112.94/cwt110.00–119.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530104.52/cwt102.00–107.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538112.51/cwt111.00–114.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565108.50/cwt107.00–110.006132
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3313152.06/cwt151.00–159.004768
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318167.95/cwt166.00–170.005344
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417145.34/cwt145.00–146.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420157.99/cwt157.00–159.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425162.64/cwt160.00–164.006913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463154.94/cwt151.00–159.007172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475145.62/cwt141.00–148.006923
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475133.79/cwt130.00–135.006364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523124.06/cwt120.00–128.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528139.66/cwt139.00–141.007373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565118.99/cwt118.00–120.006724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573113.07/cwt110.00–116.006482
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575105.51/cwt104.00–107.006072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2693101.99/cwt100.00–104.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 369395.01/cwt93.00–97.006584
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,82382.24/cwt82.00–85.001,49913
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%91344.98/cwt42.00–48.004112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05555.45/cwt50.00–59.005854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08463.08/cwt60.00–66.006844
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01082.43/cwt78.00–87.008332
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,01563.16/cwt60.00–66.006412

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.