Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-09-13

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Sep 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
947 head
▲ 592 vs last sale 355▲ 496 vs year ago 451 · +110.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
156 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 226▲ 77 vs year ago 79 · +97.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 100▼ 20 vs year ago 75 · −26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Market closed last week to observe holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $159.03/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$159.03
49 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.41
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1380185.8770612thin
Medium and Large 2389168.4565510thin
Medium and Large 3438143.6162927
One grade step is worth $42.26/cwt here — about $77 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 sale49 hd
159.03
—
FL average8 barns · 488 hd
146.62
+12.41
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—Average1,43282.811,1854thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10469.1276319
CowsLean 85-90%Low91052.624793thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368190.20/cwt188.00–192.507002
Steers—Medium and Large 1522155.71/cwt149.00–159.008133
Steers—Medium and Large 1568142.65/cwt140.00–144.008103
Steers—Medium and Large 3643112.51/cwt110.00–115.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 1693138.49/cwt137.00–140.009602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3272150.86/cwt150.00–155.004106
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318152.55/cwt150.00–157.504853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377141.59/cwt140.00–145.005343
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378130.98/cwt130.00–135.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420133.07/cwt130.00–139.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426140.77/cwt140.00–147.5060010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470113.30/cwt110.00–115.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473135.03/cwt133.00–139.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475125.52/cwt124.00–127.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519129.25/cwt125.00–132.006715
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526106.64/cwt104.00–107.505614
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3265191.32/cwt190.00–195.005074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318211.22/cwt210.00–212.506722
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323178.47/cwt177.00–180.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330192.46/cwt190.00–195.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370188.78/cwt187.50–190.006986
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375156.20/cwt152.50–160.005862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377173.27/cwt170.00–180.006533
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419155.95/cwt152.50–161.006535
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425168.84/cwt165.00–172.507184
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426147.89/cwt145.00–150.006307
Bulls—Medium and Large 3517120.32/cwt120.00–122.506228
Bulls—Medium and Large 3563111.27/cwt110.00–115.006264
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34577.62/cwt75.00–80.001,0442
Bulls——1,51888.00/cwt85.00–91.001,3362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91052.62/cwt50.00–57.004793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00860.47/cwt57.00–63.006105
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07967.43/cwt58.00–74.007288
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21878.59/cwt75.00–85.009576
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01386.83/cwt86.00–88.008802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,16365.96/cwt62.00–70.007672

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.