Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2023-05-08

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, May 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
▲ 178 vs last sale 170▲ 65 vs year ago 283 · +23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 57▲ 57 vs year ago 35 · +162.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 38▲ 21 vs year ago 29 · +72.4%
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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 $212.97/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$212.97
54 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.40
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1383228.1187412thin
Medium and Large 2366215.5078810thin
Medium and Large 3365206.5175332
One grade step is worth $21.60/cwt here — about $122 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 sale54 hd
212.97
—
FL average8 barns · 438 hd
213.38
−0.40
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—Average1,528108.691,6618thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15191.651,05516
CowsLean 85-90%Low80862.195022thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3270273.21/cwt270.00–275.007383
Steers—Medium and Large 3318263.35/cwt260.00–265.008373
Steers—Medium and Large 3428241.27/cwt240.00–245.001,0334
Steers—Medium and Large 3478232.43/cwt230.00–235.001,1114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1193284.94/cwt280.00–290.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 3228242.36/cwt240.00–245.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 3263231.71/cwt230.00–235.006099
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270241.73/cwt240.00–245.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323213.11/cwt210.00–217.506885
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325221.62/cwt220.00–225.007203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328234.81/cwt230.00–240.007702
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368203.83/cwt200.00–207.507502
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418190.86/cwt190.00–195.007986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437215.04/cwt210.00–217.509406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468203.77/cwt202.50–205.009542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468191.23/cwt190.00–195.008954
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470183.71/cwt180.00–185.008634
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526171.22/cwt170.00–175.009014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2173315.07/cwt310.00–320.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 3183294.93/cwt290.00–300.005406
Bulls—Medium and Large 3280272.46/cwt270.00–275.007634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325262.42/cwt260.00–265.008532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370270.88/cwt270.00–272.501,0023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523230.04/cwt227.50–232.501,2032
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525221.27/cwt220.00–222.501,1622
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11591.86/cwt90.00–94.001,0242
Bulls——1,580108.08/cwt106.00–110.001,7082
Bulls——1,708117.41/cwt114.00–120.002,0054
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80862.19/cwt60.00–64.005022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07181.01/cwt78.00–84.008684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15090.76/cwt85.00–94.001,0446
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20699.64/cwt96.00–106.001,2026
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2830111.06/cwt108.00–116.009222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289592.49/cwt90.00–94.008282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,123101.11/cwt98.00–104.001,1352

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.