Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-11-08

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Nov 8
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
422 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 537▲ 63 vs year ago 359 · +17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 80▲ 43 vs year ago 34 · +126.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 75▲ 7 vs year ago 56 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.75/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$134.75
63 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$118
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$6.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.16
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3404136.4955128
Medium and Large 2450135.9161221
Medium and Large 1517129.5266914thin
One grade step is worth $6.97/cwt here — about −$118 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 sale63 hd
134.75
—
FL average9 barns · 965 hd
134.59
+0.16
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—Low1,82380.561,4692thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20453.566458thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325186.56/cwt180.00–190.006063
Steers—Medium and Large 2375160.99/cwt160.00–162.006042
Steers—Medium and Large 1377172.69/cwt170.00–174.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 1423162.98/cwt160.00–164.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 3423141.23/cwt140.00–142.505972
Steers—Medium and Large 3466134.74/cwt130.00–138.006285
Steers—Medium and Large 1472152.37/cwt151.00–155.007193
Steers—Medium and Large 2472142.63/cwt140.00–148.006733
Steers—Medium and Large 2525131.94/cwt130.00–138.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 1575133.39/cwt130.00–140.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 2692118.15/cwt112.50–121.008183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275162.55/cwt160.00–165.004472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313163.76/cwt162.50–165.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315152.54/cwt150.00–155.004814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367145.05/cwt140.00–147.505329
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373152.10/cwt149.00–155.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414142.66/cwt140.00–147.005918
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418134.47/cwt130.00–139.005624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465137.03/cwt134.00–140.006376
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474131.23/cwt129.00–132.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475126.37/cwt123.00–128.006003
Heifers—Medium and Large 3516110.67/cwt110.00–114.005716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520129.03/cwt126.00–132.006716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576111.22/cwt110.00–113.006415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663108.49/cwt107.00–110.007192
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2218197.42/cwt192.50–200.004303
Bulls—Medium and Large 3221181.19/cwt180.00–185.004004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275182.55/cwt180.00–185.005022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285196.23/cwt195.00–197.505592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317185.87/cwt182.50–187.505893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365164.44/cwt160.00–169.006008
Bulls—Medium and Large 3367152.69/cwt150.00–154.005603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378172.04/cwt170.00–176.006506
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417141.72/cwt140.00–145.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418153.44/cwt150.00–157.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420166.96/cwt164.00–170.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473152.95/cwt150.00–156.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473132.70/cwt130.00–138.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528135.97/cwt130.00–138.007184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578131.96/cwt130.00–134.007632
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,82380.56/cwt77.00–84.001,4692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14451.76/cwt47.00–57.005926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38558.95/cwt58.00–60.008162
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-285082.44/cwt80.00–85.007012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,06566.55/cwt63.00–70.007092

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.