Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-03-21

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 21
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 163▲ 27 vs year ago 236 · +11.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 57▲ 85 vs year ago 17 · +500.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 20▲ 24 vs year ago 50 · +48.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers slightly higher. 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 $155.87/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$155.87
64 head · 368 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.31
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1359167.6760328
Medium and Large 2363157.0157015thin
Medium and Large 3382139.3453321
One grade step is worth $28.33/cwt here — about $70 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 sale64 hd
155.87
—
FL average9 barns · 680 hd
155.57
+0.31
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—Average1,61299.591,6054thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,24094.701,1744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11378.7687612
CowsLean 85-90%Low86052.934552thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2338218.49/cwt218.00–219.007382
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3228171.21/cwt170.00–172.503902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2237183.78/cwt182.00–187.504363
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265161.32/cwt160.00–165.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278175.14/cwt170.00–180.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1286185.95/cwt182.00–189.005329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320174.92/cwt170.00–180.005606
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329163.82/cwt160.00–165.005394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365163.95/cwt160.00–168.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368154.08/cwt150.00–158.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373142.04/cwt140.00–148.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414131.24/cwt130.00–137.505436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417151.12/cwt150.00–154.006307
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428144.07/cwt140.00–148.006172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463125.96/cwt120.00–129.005833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480146.48/cwt145.00–148.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575102.43/cwt100.00–105.005892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633101.00/cwt100.00–102.006392
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2267234.25/cwt227.50–237.506253
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268220.35/cwt217.50–222.505919
Bulls—Medium and Large 3319210.70/cwt210.00–215.006727
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325219.79/cwt217.00–222.507144
Bulls—Medium and Large 2362191.02/cwt190.00–195.006915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373199.15/cwt197.50–200.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 3382182.46/cwt180.00–187.506973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417190.82/cwt190.00–192.507963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425184.09/cwt180.00–188.007822
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428172.48/cwt170.00–177.507383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465170.51/cwt170.00–171.007932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468161.69/cwt160.00–165.007573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530157.02/cwt156.00–158.008322
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33095.91/cwt94.00–98.001,2762
Bulls——1,893103.26/cwt100.00–106.001,9552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86052.93/cwt50.00–56.004552
Cows—Boner 80-85%98066.09/cwt64.00–68.006482
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07175.89/cwt72.00–79.008134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18584.89/cwt80.00–90.001,0066
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24094.70/cwt91.00–100.001,1744
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-390864.99/cwt60.00–70.005902

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.