Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2018-06-18

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 18
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
244 head
40 vs last sale 284 244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
3 vs last sale 59 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
0 vs last sale 28 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 were steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were slightly lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.18/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$143.18
55 head · 363 lb average
Value per head Derived
$519
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$217
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$14.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.15
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3280150.2042123
Medium and Large 2344141.5148712thin
Medium and Large 1469136.1263820
One grade step is worth $14.08/cwt here — about −$217 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 sale55 hd
143.18
FL average9 barns · 824 hd
143.04
+0.15
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
BullsAverage1,42577.431,1032thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,14057.756584thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06354.755829thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87844.943952thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 3264155.85/cwt150.00–160.004117
HeifersMedium and Large 2364136.61/cwt134.00–140.004977
HeifersMedium and Large 3313132.92/cwt130.00–140.004167
HeifersMedium and Large 3382127.72/cwt125.00–129.004883
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,035900.72/cwt825.00–975.009,3222
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1751,012.77/cwt1,000.00–1,025.0011,9002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1828774.92/cwt750.00–800.006,4162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 187082.36/cwt80.00–85.007172
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,29373.22/cwt70.00–77.009472
Bulls1,42577.43/cwt76.00–79.001,1032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10255.24/cwt52.00–57.006093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05558.73/cwt58.00–60.006204
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02046.07/cwt45.00–47.004702
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,14056.50/cwt56.00–57.006442
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,14058.99/cwt58.00–60.006722
CowsLean 85-90%87844.94/cwt42.00–48.003952
BullsMedium and Large 1210233.66/cwt230.00–237.504912
BullsMedium and Large 1385172.61/cwt168.00–175.006653
BullsMedium and Large 3223211.69/cwt210.00–217.004724
BullsMedium and Large 3433135.97/cwt135.00–138.005893
BullsMedium and Large 2208222.47/cwt220.00–225.004632
BullsMedium and Large 2433146.32/cwt142.50–150.006342
SteersMedium and Large 3338172.56/cwt170.00–175.005832
SteersMedium and Large 3425142.00/cwt139.00–142.006042
SteersMedium and Large 3367153.27/cwt150.00–160.005633
SteersMedium and Large 2367165.61/cwt162.50–172.006083
SteersMedium and Large 2468143.03/cwt141.00–147.006693
SteersMedium and Large 2433155.88/cwt152.00–160.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 1372149.42/cwt148.00–152.005563
SteersMedium and Large 1225237.17/cwt232.50–242.505342
SteersMedium and Large 1363179.15/cwt177.50–180.006503
SteersMedium and Large 1491160.48/cwt153.00–163.007884
SteersMedium and Large 1531143.08/cwt140.00–147.007607
SteersMedium and Large 2330183.43/cwt182.00–188.006054
HeifersMedium and Large 3210175.00/cwt170.00–180.003686
HeifersMedium and Large 1573122.32/cwt120.00–127.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 2316148.38/cwt142.00–150.004695
HeifersMedium and Large 1623111.68/cwt110.00–115.006963
HeifersMedium and Large 1458132.52/cwt131.00–137.006074
HeifersMedium and Large 1315162.46/cwt160.00–165.005122
BullsMedium and Large 3328162.98/cwt160.00–166.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 1442143.42/cwt141.00–147.006345

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.