Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-08-01

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Aug 1
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 184▼ 263 vs year ago 482 · −54.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 35▼ 38 vs year ago 68 · −55.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 47▼ 15 vs year ago 48 · −31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steer steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifer steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $162.77/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$162.77
51 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$187
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$12.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.69
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3408165.3267413thin
Medium and Large 2465164.6076529
Medium and Large 1562153.208619thin
One grade step is worth $12.12/cwt here — about −$187 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 sale51 hd
162.77
—
FL average9 barns · 332 hd
157.08
+5.69
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—Average1,21692.681,1274thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07071.327636thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3275192.45/cwt190.00–195.005292
Steers—Medium and Large 2375181.62/cwt180.00–185.006813
Steers—Medium and Large 3414162.05/cwt160.00–168.006714
Steers—Medium and Large 2422174.83/cwt170.00–176.007385
Steers—Medium and Large 2473164.46/cwt162.00–167.007784
Steers—Medium and Large 1538156.90/cwt154.00–164.008447
Steers—Medium and Large 1563151.98/cwt148.00–154.008563
Steers—Medium and Large 1663145.42/cwt140.00–149.009645
Steers—Medium and Large 2693133.99/cwt130.00–138.009292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319161.94/cwt160.00–167.505174
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370141.30/cwt140.00–144.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377151.64/cwt150.00–155.005723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426141.83/cwt140.00–147.506044
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428131.02/cwt130.00–132.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467122.74/cwt120.00–128.005733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520130.51/cwt130.00–132.006794
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520115.28/cwt110.00–118.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522125.37/cwt124.00–128.006543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568124.47/cwt122.00–127.007072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578111.97/cwt110.00–114.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693119.49/cwt118.00–121.008282
Heifers—Medium and Large 369395.01/cwt93.00–97.006582
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2271202.07/cwt200.00–205.005485
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315182.54/cwt180.00–185.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378183.24/cwt182.50–184.006932
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378171.72/cwt170.00–177.006494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418173.93/cwt170.00–178.007276
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420164.47/cwt162.00–167.006912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3464153.65/cwt150.00–159.007135
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470165.02/cwt164.00–166.007764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478175.52/cwt174.00–177.008392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518146.51/cwt146.00–147.007594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523155.25/cwt152.00–162.008123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588139.67/cwt138.00–140.008216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1634140.50/cwt140.00–142.008914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2693134.48/cwt130.00–139.009322
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,21692.68/cwt91.00–96.001,1274
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%96369.50/cwt69.00–70.006692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12372.23/cwt70.00–76.008114
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2875105.20/cwt100.00–110.009212

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.