Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-05-17

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, May 17
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
294 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 146▲ 87 vs year ago 207 · +42.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 65▲ 13 vs year ago 29 · +44.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 38▲ 12 vs year ago 38 · +31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 1.00 to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.54/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$137.54
55 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.70
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506141.9371813thin
Medium and Large 3387139.8554218thin
Medium and Large 2475133.4463424
One grade step is worth $8.49/cwt here — about $84 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 sale55 hd
137.54
—
FL average10 barns · 437 hd
134.84
+2.70
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—Low1,43978.811,1348thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12958.2365710

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3368147.50/cwt147.00–148.005432
Steers—Medium and Large 3415133.07/cwt130.00–139.005526
Steers—Medium and Large 2417145.98/cwt145.00–148.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 2473133.95/cwt131.00–137.006342
Steers—Medium and Large 3477125.98/cwt120.00–129.006013
Steers—Medium and Large 1480141.53/cwt140.00–143.006794
Steers—Medium and Large 2518120.49/cwt120.00–121.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1533136.04/cwt133.00–142.007253
Steers—Medium and Large 2582117.35/cwt116.00–118.006833
Steers—Medium and Large 3583105.55/cwt102.00–109.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1585127.42/cwt123.00–132.007452
Steers—Medium and Large 1693114.01/cwt110.00–118.007902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368134.96/cwt129.00–137.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373141.28/cwt140.00–145.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413132.65/cwt131.00–139.005485
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421124.93/cwt120.00–127.005267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423140.51/cwt140.00–142.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460134.47/cwt132.00–137.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468112.70/cwt110.00–118.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473124.03/cwt122.00–125.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 3513104.51/cwt102.00–107.005362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520122.99/cwt122.00–124.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530112.48/cwt110.00–115.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585111.29/cwt110.00–114.006513
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278162.19/cwt160.00–169.004514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324161.63/cwt160.00–164.005245
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330153.73/cwt152.50–155.005072
Bulls—Medium and Large 3367142.76/cwt140.00–148.005243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372162.69/cwt160.00–164.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375150.99/cwt150.00–152.005662
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418133.93/cwt130.00–138.005604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421144.85/cwt140.00–148.006105
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433154.69/cwt153.00–158.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463147.33/cwt147.00–148.006823
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463124.03/cwt122.00–128.005743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512121.36/cwt120.00–128.006216
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518112.46/cwt110.00–115.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580115.54/cwt113.00–118.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2674102.24/cwt100.00–109.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1694112.75/cwt112.00–115.007824
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08068.07/cwt65.00–71.007352
Bulls——1,55982.39/cwt78.00–86.001,2846
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%91545.51/cwt44.00–47.004162
Cows—Boner 80-85%98552.13/cwt50.00–54.005132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24864.50/cwt60.00–70.008056
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-283384.11/cwt80.00–88.007012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-392571.85/cwt68.00–76.006652

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.