Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-03-14

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 14
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 211▼ 95 vs year ago 258 · −36.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 61▲ 1 vs year ago 56 · +1.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 27▼ 37 vs year ago 57 · −64.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, heifer steady. Replacement cows slightly higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $176.70/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$176.70
23 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.97
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1388193.397508thin
Medium and Large 2428184.477902thin
Medium and Large 3458165.2475713thin
One grade step is worth $28.14/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale23 hd
176.70
—
FL average9 barns · 339 hd
163.73
+12.97
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—Average1,555105.781,6456thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11778.3487512

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273171.28/cwt170.00–172.504682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3276164.40/cwt160.00–167.504545
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325152.42/cwt150.00–155.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375143.08/cwt140.00–146.005374
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423133.29/cwt130.00–138.005645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468132.95/cwt130.00–136.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 366391.50/cwt91.00–92.006072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327200.58/cwt200.00–203.006565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1364194.41/cwt194.00–195.007085
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420176.98/cwt176.00–178.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427191.68/cwt190.00–192.508183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428184.47/cwt180.00–189.007902
Bulls—Medium and Large 3467153.09/cwt150.00–159.007153
Bulls—Medium and Large 3692110.67/cwt110.00–112.007663
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34097.44/cwt96.00–99.001,3062
Bulls——1,558105.43/cwt101.00–110.001,6432
Bulls——1,768114.48/cwt114.00–115.002,0242
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%91566.99/cwt65.00–69.006132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08875.19/cwt70.00–79.008184
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20384.23/cwt80.00–88.001,0136
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05078.17/cwt75.00–80.008212

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.