Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-03-07

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 7
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
211 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 251▲ 7 vs year ago 204 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 169▲ 30 vs year ago 31 · +96.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 127▼ 38 vs year ago 65 · −58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.88/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$133.88
57 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.24
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368161.705953thin
Medium and Large 2447137.0861319thin
Medium and Large 3444129.7757635
One grade step is worth $31.93/cwt here — about $19 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 sale57 hd
133.88
—
FL average9 barns · 636 hd
153.13
−19.24
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—Average1,35696.201,3046thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,16090.491,0502thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13774.7185012
CowsLean 85-90%Average76056.474292thin

Every lot

38 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 3367197.45/cwt195.00–202.507253
Steers—Medium and Large 3475145.46/cwt142.00–149.006912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273162.73/cwt160.00–168.004443
Heifers—Medium and Large 3321154.71/cwt150.00–158.004975
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325162.91/cwt160.00–169.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368161.70/cwt160.00–165.005953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368151.22/cwt150.00–155.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378145.66/cwt140.00–147.505514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3412131.18/cwt130.00–138.005407
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420142.29/cwt139.00–144.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465135.28/cwt130.00–138.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473125.30/cwt120.00–128.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520122.72/cwt120.00–128.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 3521113.48/cwt110.00–118.005917
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565103.98/cwt102.00–106.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613103.34/cwt102.00–104.006333
Heifers—Medium and Large 369396.49/cwt94.00–99.006692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3223223.62/cwt220.00–227.504994
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275212.59/cwt210.00–215.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 3317205.05/cwt200.00–207.506503
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373193.78/cwt190.00–195.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425171.70/cwt167.50–176.007304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428182.98/cwt182.00–186.007834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465170.97/cwt168.00–174.007952
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465160.02/cwt158.00–162.007442
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475148.87/cwt145.00–153.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515156.53/cwt153.00–160.008062
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520136.57/cwt133.00–140.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 3588130.99/cwt130.00–132.007702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643127.34/cwt124.00–129.008193
Bulls—Medium and Large 3693116.51/cwt115.00–118.008072
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,35696.20/cwt93.00–100.001,3046
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76056.47/cwt56.00–57.004292
Cows—Boner 80-85%93061.60/cwt57.00–66.005732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10570.75/cwt67.00–74.007824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,16090.49/cwt89.00–92.001,0502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22881.71/cwt76.00–86.001,0036
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01374.53/cwt70.00–79.007552

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.