Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-02-18

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Feb 18
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 312▲ 187 vs year ago 113 · +165.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 88▲ 11 vs year ago 25 · +44.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 60▲ 37 vs year ago 12 · +308.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder classes were unevenly steady. Replacement bred cows were slightly lower and in high demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.21/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$135.21
49 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$120
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$19.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.03
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3403139.2056226
Medium and Large 2467133.1062219thin
Medium and Large 1572119.266824thin
One grade step is worth $19.94/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale49 hd
135.21
—
FL average6 barns · 575 hd
141.24
−6.03
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—High1,41570.651,0006thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,15845.975322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04143.294518thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low77332.032482thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1—522141.94/cwt140.00–146.007413
BullsMedium and Large 1—328187.96/cwt184.00–190.006173
BullsMedium and Large 1—262198.38/cwt195.00–200.005203
BullsMedium and Large 1—368175.55/cwt173.00–178.006462
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04054.45/cwt50.00–60.005662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—97081.11/cwt78.00–84.007872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—80370.72/cwt69.00–72.005682
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,040840.20/cwt825.00–850.008,7382
CowsLean 85-90%—77332.03/cwt30.00–34.002482
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,15845.97/cwt45.00–47.005322
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04443.33/cwt40.00–46.004524
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05537.52/cwt37.00–38.003962
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02048.99/cwt47.00–51.005002
Bulls——1,84382.03/cwt79.00–85.001,5122
Bulls——1,39376.43/cwt75.00–78.001,0652
Bulls——1,01053.49/cwt52.00–55.005402
SteersMedium and Large 3—533118.01/cwt117.00–120.006293
SteersMedium and Large 3—437148.66/cwt148.00–150.006503
SteersMedium and Large 3—368160.71/cwt160.00–162.005913
SteersMedium and Large 3—310183.28/cwt180.00–185.005683
SteersMedium and Large 3—590114.53/cwt111.00–118.006762
SteersMedium and Large 2—378171.23/cwt170.00–175.006474
SteersMedium and Large 2—468143.99/cwt142.00–148.006743
SteersMedium and Large 2—323192.24/cwt190.00–197.006213
SteersMedium and Large 2—413165.05/cwt162.00–168.006822
SteersMedium and Large 2—220223.58/cwt220.00–227.504922
SteersMedium and Large 1—580134.03/cwt130.00–138.007772
SteersMedium and Large 1—543141.50/cwt141.00–142.007682
BullsMedium and Large 2—265186.23/cwt185.00–187.504942
BullsMedium and Large 2—365164.47/cwt162.00–167.006002
BullsMedium and Large 2—328179.01/cwt177.00–180.005873
BullsMedium and Large 2—467144.55/cwt140.00–147.006753
BullsMedium and Large 2—528135.70/cwt130.00–137.507164
BullsMedium and Large 2—411149.58/cwt148.00–150.006155
BullsMedium and Large 3—468138.01/cwt137.00–139.006462
BullsMedium and Large 3—308163.35/cwt160.00–165.005033
BullsMedium and Large 3—363150.47/cwt147.50–152.005463
BullsMedium and Large 3—423143.97/cwt140.00–146.006093
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513126.00/cwt125.00–127.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630112.52/cwt110.00–115.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318166.46/cwt165.00–168.005292
HeifersMedium and Large 2—593111.00/cwt110.00–112.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625103.47/cwt100.00–107.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375147.97/cwt147.00–150.005553
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413142.68/cwt142.00–144.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463134.32/cwt133.00–135.006223
HeifersMedium and Large 2—514123.01/cwt120.00–124.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 3—210182.56/cwt180.00–185.003832
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321161.66/cwt159.00–162.505194
HeifersMedium and Large 3—466125.49/cwt121.00–127.005854
HeifersMedium and Large 3—406137.18/cwt130.00–139.005575
HeifersMedium and Large 3—526114.97/cwt112.00–117.006055
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377140.80/cwt140.00–145.005316
SteersMedium and Large 1—310198.73/cwt197.50–200.006162
SteersMedium and Large 1—370187.25/cwt187.00–187.506932
SteersMedium and Large 1—425173.04/cwt170.00–176.007352

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.