Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2024-09-16

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Sep 16
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 251▼ 263 vs year ago 663 · −39.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 50▼ 48 vs year ago 128 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not reported previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.89/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$224.89
22 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.00
vs FL average
−12.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534228.491,22116thin
Medium and Large 2516215.311,1116thin
One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
224.89
—
FL average6 barns · 134 hd
222.89
+2.00
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−12.12
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—Average1,450139.102,01810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,274117.711,50012
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,130113.791,28613
CowsLean 85-90%Low968110.811,07324

Every lot

26 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1269336.06/cwt325.00–350.009045
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317349.61/cwt320.00–375.001,1086
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323229.53/cwt210.00–250.007412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368372.17/cwt330.00–395.001,37011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417295.08/cwt270.00–315.001,2303
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424335.54/cwt290.00–360.001,4238
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476253.30/cwt240.00–270.001,2069
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476224.86/cwt220.00–230.001,0705
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510210.20/cwt200.00–220.001,0722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519246.63/cwt230.00–270.001,2804
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561224.96/cwt220.00–240.001,2628
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603222.49/cwt220.00–225.001,3422
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278284.60/cwt260.00–310.007915
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327302.36/cwt265.00–330.009898
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379281.26/cwt255.00–320.001,0669
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421260.56/cwt235.00–270.001,09713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474242.45/cwt230.00–260.001,1499
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516215.31/cwt210.00–222.001,1116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517232.88/cwt220.00–240.001,20410
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563221.17/cwt215.00–225.001,2456
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,379130.11/cwt128.00–132.001,7944
Bulls——1,498145.10/cwt140.00–148.002,1746
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%956105.04/cwt102.00–107.001,0048
Cows—Lean 85-90%974113.69/cwt110.00–119.001,10716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130113.79/cwt110.00–121.001,28613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,274117.71/cwt110.00–122.001,50012

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.