Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-04-22

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Apr 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
228 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 226▼ 28 vs year ago 256 · −10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 70▼ 5 vs year ago 43 · −11.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 61▼ 24 vs year ago 37 · −64.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeders, all classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.05/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$137.05
49 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.92
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417153.116384thin
Medium and Large 3397137.1854525
Medium and Large 2480133.6664120
One grade step is worth $19.45/cwt here — about −$3 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
137.05
—
FL average10 barns · 757 hd
148.96
−11.92
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—High1,60384.521,3552thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34056.477572thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17652.9262310
CowsLean 85-90%Low76333.672572thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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—425170.03/cwt167.50–172.507232
BullsMedium and Large 1—575134.66/cwt130.00–139.007742
BullsMedium and Large 1—262213.38/cwt210.00–215.005593
BullsMedium and Large 2—458143.73/cwt140.00–147.506582
BullsMedium and Large 2—515128.75/cwt127.50–130.006632
BullsMedium and Large 3—365165.87/cwt163.50–167.006053
BullsMedium and Large 3—410148.98/cwt147.00–150.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368161.21/cwt160.00–162.505932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465145.01/cwt144.00–146.006742
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265175.05/cwt172.50–177.504642
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330166.29/cwt165.00–167.505492
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570112.57/cwt110.00–115.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480135.13/cwt129.00–138.006493
HeifersMedium and Large 2—68899.32/cwt96.00–101.006833
HeifersMedium and Large 2—409145.77/cwt145.00–148.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531119.75/cwt119.00–120.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335152.46/cwt150.00–155.005114
HeifersMedium and Large 3—543112.23/cwt107.50–117.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 3—257161.55/cwt160.00–167.504155
HeifersMedium and Large 3—357143.23/cwt140.00–148.005115
HeifersMedium and Large 3—479120.98/cwt120.00–127.005797
SteersMedium and Large 1—590142.64/cwt141.00–146.008423
SteersMedium and Large 1—542157.46/cwt151.00–160.008537
SteersMedium and Large 2—475162.42/cwt160.00–165.007712
SteersMedium and Large 2—507146.33/cwt145.00–147.007423
SteersMedium and Large 3—365170.51/cwt170.00–171.006222
SteersMedium and Large 3—523132.46/cwt130.00–135.006932
SteersMedium and Large 3—477152.47/cwt150.00–157.507273
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,10058.68/cwt57.00–60.006452
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—765599.51/cwt525.00–675.004,5862
Bulls——1,60384.52/cwt83.00–86.001,3552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15355.50/cwt55.00–56.006404
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19251.20/cwt48.00–54.006106
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34056.47/cwt55.00–58.007572
CowsLean 85-90%—76333.67/cwt31.00–36.002572
BullsMedium and Large 1—370183.41/cwt180.00–187.006792
BullsMedium and Large 1—338192.44/cwt190.00–195.006502

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.