Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2024-02-12

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Feb 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
413 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 275▲ 214 vs year ago 199 · +107.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 44▲ 35 vs year ago 48 · +72.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 31▲ 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls slightly lower. 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 $324.25/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$324.25
66 head · 367 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+38.46
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1363341.421,23828
Medium and Large 3360312.331,12417thin
Medium and Large 2379311.031,17921
One grade step is worth $30.39/cwt here — about $59 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 sale66 hd
324.25
—
FL average7 barns · 545 hd
285.79
+38.46
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—High1,689122.272,0666thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,146107.021,22712
CowsLean 85-90%Low88183.497364thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,038$1,2472thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3278436.59/cwt430.00–440.001,2143
Steers—Medium and Large 1519323.72/cwt320.00–325.001,6804
Steers—Medium and Large 1575296.70/cwt295.00–300.001,7063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1222403.46/cwt400.00–405.008963
Heifers—Medium and Large 3222363.23/cwt360.00–370.008063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1269381.06/cwt380.00–385.001,0255
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273360.14/cwt355.00–365.009834
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273343.17/cwt340.00–350.009373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321352.90/cwt350.00–355.001,1337
Heifers—Medium and Large 3331336.07/cwt330.00–340.001,1125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335361.91/cwt360.00–365.001,21210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374338.71/cwt335.00–340.001,2674
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413271.32/cwt270.00–275.001,1214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467273.43/cwt270.00–280.001,2773
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478263.73/cwt260.00–265.001,2614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523238.38/cwt235.00–240.001,2473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530251.70/cwt250.00–255.001,3343
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533227.54/cwt225.00–230.001,2132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568238.31/cwt235.00–240.001,3543
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2216451.36/cwt450.00–455.009754
Bulls—Medium and Large 3223442.36/cwt440.00–445.009862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1228472.36/cwt470.00–475.001,0772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1277451.57/cwt450.00–455.001,2513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330421.62/cwt420.00–425.001,3913
Bulls—Medium and Large 3376392.08/cwt390.00–395.001,4747
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418380.86/cwt380.00–385.001,5926
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424401.28/cwt400.00–405.001,7014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426391.22/cwt390.00–395.001,6674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473362.46/cwt360.00–365.001,7142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473344.92/cwt340.00–350.001,6312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530297.52/cwt295.00–300.001,5772
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,554119.07/cwt115.00–122.001,8504
Bulls——1,960128.68/cwt127.00–130.002,5222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88183.49/cwt80.00–88.007364
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03393.83/cwt91.00–97.009692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,073104.69/cwt99.00–109.001,1234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233112.98/cwt110.00–120.001,3936
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2920118.24/cwt117.00–119.001,0882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2945124.50/cwt120.00–130.001,1772
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0381,247.23/head1,200.00–1,300.001,2472

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.