Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2018-06-11

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 11
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 378▲ 284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 99▲ 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 29▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier: Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder steers under 600 lbs were slightly higher. All other feeder classes were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.46/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$147.46
56 head · 375 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.56
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1375152.0457132
Medium and Large 2334147.4049313thin
Medium and Large 3422134.2156611thin
One grade step is worth $17.83/cwt here — about $4 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 sale56 hd
147.46
—
FL average10 barns · 950 hd
145.90
+1.56
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—High1,63487.751,4345thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29456.227274thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01352.725347thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low82047.423895thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325153.88/cwt150.00–158.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328160.49/cwt160.00–163.005266
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485135.54/cwt132.00–139.006572
SteersMedium and Large 2—465148.76/cwt147.50–150.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 2—272162.13/cwt160.00–165.004415
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428128.77/cwt127.50–130.005512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426142.07/cwt140.00–147.006057
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370135.07/cwt130.00–140.005004
SteersMedium and Large 2—263213.76/cwt212.50–215.005622
SteersMedium and Large 3—260204.08/cwt200.00–208.005312
BullsMedium and Large 1—430164.05/cwt160.00–168.007052
BullsMedium and Large 1—337189.95/cwt189.00–192.006403
BullsMedium and Large 1—373174.32/cwt171.00–177.506504
BullsMedium and Large 1—222231.77/cwt225.00–235.005153
BullsMedium and Large 1—518139.50/cwt139.00–140.007232
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04552.12/cwt51.00–53.005452
CowsLean 85-90%—84444.68/cwt44.00–46.003773
CowsLean 85-90%—78351.52/cwt51.00–52.004032
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,23353.94/cwt52.00–56.006652
CowsBoner 80-85%—97543.39/cwt40.00–47.004232
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01759.34/cwt58.00–62.006033
Bulls——1,75891.33/cwt88.00–95.001,6063
SteersMedium and Large 1—468157.43/cwt153.00–162.007372
SteersMedium and Large 1—208270.06/cwt265.00–275.005622
SteersMedium and Large 1—638120.25/cwt120.00–121.007674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538128.99/cwt127.00–130.006943
SteersMedium and Large 1—568131.56/cwt130.00–136.007474
SteersMedium and Large 1—515142.04/cwt140.00–146.007323
SteersMedium and Large 2—425153.52/cwt152.00–155.006522
SteersMedium and Large 1—331191.93/cwt190.00–195.006358
SteersMedium and Large 2—316182.94/cwt180.00–187.505785
SteersMedium and Large 2—368174.41/cwt170.00–179.006422
SteersMedium and Large 3—65885.00/cwt84.00–86.005592
SteersMedium and Large 1—363181.91/cwt180.00–187.506604
BullsMedium and Large 2—332180.65/cwt180.00–182.006003
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35558.49/cwt57.00–60.007932
Bulls——1,44882.38/cwt81.00–84.001,1932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,17372.55/cwt68.00–77.008512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—88584.74/cwt81.00–90.007502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,03554.08/cwt52.00–56.005602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—9251,024.32/cwt1,000.00–1,050.009,4752
BullsMedium and Large 3—520119.49/cwt119.00–120.006212
BullsMedium and Large 3—318173.66/cwt170.00–177.505522
BullsMedium and Large 3—363148.70/cwt142.00–152.005403
BullsMedium and Large 3—272183.37/cwt180.00–185.004993
BullsMedium and Large 3—425142.05/cwt140.00–146.006043
BullsMedium and Large 2—408152.98/cwt150.00–159.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—65897.47/cwt90.00–100.006414
HeifersMedium and Large 3—316143.04/cwt140.00–145.004525
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374149.15/cwt147.00–150.005587
BullsMedium and Large 2—365164.56/cwt160.00–169.006012
BullsMedium and Large 2—265196.27/cwt195.00–197.505202
BullsMedium and Large 1—467152.69/cwt150.00–154.007133
SteersMedium and Large 1—413169.32/cwt168.00–170.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 1—266172.26/cwt170.00–177.504587
HeifersMedium and Large 3—215185.60/cwt181.00–190.003992

How this sale compares

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.