Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2023-07-31

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jul 31
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
▼ 121 vs last sale 511▲ 171 vs year ago 219 · +78.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 125▲ 33 vs year ago 30 · +110.0%
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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 no trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.70/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$230.70
100 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.22
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412247.171,01832
Medium and Large 2488223.851,09241
Medium and Large 3451221.5899927
One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about $19 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 sale100 hd
230.70
—
FL average8 barns · 675 hd
226.48
+4.22
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—Average1,370115.331,5804thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,126107.981,21610
CowsLean 85-90%Average85788.587594thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3470243.83/cwt240.00–247.501,1462
Steers—Medium and Large 2478251.04/cwt250.00–257.501,2007
Steers—Medium and Large 3526227.55/cwt220.00–230.001,1978
Steers—Medium and Large 1527252.78/cwt248.50–255.001,3326
Steers—Medium and Large 1574242.93/cwt240.00–245.001,3945
Steers—Medium and Large 2578222.42/cwt220.00–225.001,2862
Steers—Medium and Large 3623213.77/cwt210.00–217.501,3322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277281.57/cwt280.00–285.007803
Heifers—Medium and Large 3278261.59/cwt260.00–265.007273
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320248.39/cwt245.00–250.007953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330257.46/cwt255.00–260.008506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336266.21/cwt265.00–270.008948
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364240.74/cwt240.00–242.508767
Heifers—Medium and Large 3366231.97/cwt230.00–235.008495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373253.16/cwt247.50–255.009444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421241.94/cwt237.50–245.001,0195
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428231.47/cwt230.00–232.509915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428222.89/cwt220.00–227.509548
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479224.56/cwt220.00–227.501,0765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481230.64/cwt230.00–235.001,1098
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524216.45/cwt210.00–217.501,1347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528221.28/cwt220.00–222.501,1682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577203.35/cwt200.00–205.001,1733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580212.44/cwt210.00–215.001,2322
Heifers—Medium and Large 3589191.86/cwt190.00–197.501,1304
Heifers—Medium and Large 3691185.61/cwt180.00–187.501,2834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2693192.80/cwt190.00–197.501,3368
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3223331.21/cwt330.00–335.007394
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320331.27/cwt330.00–332.501,0602
Bulls—Medium and Large 3333319.36/cwt317.50–320.001,0634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374312.03/cwt310.00–315.001,1675
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463244.96/cwt240.00–247.501,1343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468263.69/cwt260.00–267.501,2344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468254.91/cwt250.00–257.501,1933
Bulls—Medium and Large 3514223.97/cwt220.00–225.001,1515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2534232.98/cwt230.00–235.001,2445
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,370115.33/cwt112.00–119.001,5804
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84093.59/cwt92.00–95.007862
Cows—Lean 85-90%87383.57/cwt80.00–87.007302
Cows—Boner 80-85%953103.80/cwt99.00–109.009892
Cows—Boner 80-85%98393.31/cwt90.00–97.009172
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232114.27/cwt110.00–118.001,4086

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.