Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2023-05-01

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, May 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 235▼ 119 vs year ago 289 · −41.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 114▼ 22 vs year ago 79 · −27.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 56▼ 59 vs year ago 97 · −60.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, 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 $190.58/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$190.58
25 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.16
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2457198.109044thin
Medium and Large 3441189.1583521
One grade step is worth $8.94/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 sale25 hd
190.58
—
FL average8 barns · 454 hd
204.75
−14.16
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—Low1,24897.731,2204thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,425108.071,5402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14392.501,05714
CowsLean 85-90%Average90369.586286thin

Every lot

24 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 1368271.28/cwt270.00–272.509982
Steers—Medium and Large 3370252.47/cwt250.00–257.509344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3163252.54/cwt250.00–255.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325222.42/cwt220.00–225.007232
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421192.96/cwt190.00–195.0081210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465180.85/cwt180.00–182.508413
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518175.04/cwt172.50–177.509072
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575161.22/cwt160.00–165.009274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588173.77/cwt172.50–175.001,0222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3215282.50/cwt280.00–285.006072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2228293.43/cwt290.00–295.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278283.29/cwt280.00–285.007883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323287.44/cwt285.00–290.009282
Bulls—Medium and Large 3324263.71/cwt260.00–265.008544
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330272.54/cwt270.00–275.008992
Bulls—Medium and Large 3662161.68/cwt160.00–165.001,0703
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,24897.73/cwt92.00–102.001,2204
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89566.38/cwt64.00–70.005944
Cows—Lean 85-90%91875.97/cwt72.00–80.006972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10382.34/cwt77.00–86.009084
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10890.97/cwt89.00–93.001,0084
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192100.30/cwt96.00–106.001,1966
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425108.07/cwt107.00–109.001,5402
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291898.47/cwt94.00–102.009042

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.