Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-05-13

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, May 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
28 vs last sale 201 165 vs year ago 338 · 48.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
13 vs last sale 32 18 vs year ago 37 · 48.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
12 vs last sale 45 15 vs year ago 18 · +83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls were steady. Feeders limited to test. No trends established. Replacement cows were 1-3 higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.68/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$130.68
35 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.83
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446141.996335thin
Medium and Large 2467129.2760414thin
Medium and Large 3415128.3753316thin
One grade step is worth $13.62/cwt here — about $100 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 sale35 hd
130.68
FL average10 barns · 722 hd
142.51
−11.83
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
BullsHigh1,52383.521,2722thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,03154.385618thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08657.95/cwt57.00–60.006294
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00853.06/cwt51.00–55.005352
CowsBoner 80-85%94348.56/cwt47.00–50.004582
Bulls1,52383.52/cwt82.00–85.001,2722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 183589.76/cwt85.00–95.007492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1795101.09/cwt96.00–106.008042
Bred CowsMedium and Large 186875.69/cwt71.00–80.006572
SteersMedium and Large 3570123.41/cwt120.00–127.007032
SteersMedium and Large 3509132.50/cwt130.00–135.006742
SteersMedium and Large 2520143.49/cwt142.00–145.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 3359137.81/cwt137.00–139.004955
HeifersMedium and Large 3418130.15/cwt125.00–135.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 3322143.42/cwt140.00–145.004623
HeifersMedium and Large 356599.50/cwt99.00–100.005622
HeifersMedium and Large 3540107.52/cwt105.00–110.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 2417138.31/cwt137.00–141.005776
HeifersMedium and Large 267392.32/cwt90.00–97.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 2363145.32/cwt144.00–146.005283
HeifersMedium and Large 2465133.47/cwt131.00–136.006212
BullsMedium and Large 1457151.33/cwt150.00–152.006923
BullsMedium and Large 3518122.58/cwt119.00–126.006352
BullsMedium and Large 366583.97/cwt80.00–88.005582
BullsMedium and Large 3272181.56/cwt180.00–185.004943
BullsMedium and Large 3588108.70/cwt106.00–110.006393
BullsMedium and Large 3328169.16/cwt167.50–171.005554
BullsMedium and Large 3371155.57/cwt152.50–160.005775
BullsMedium and Large 3424147.32/cwt145.00–149.006257
HeifersMedium and Large 1428146.50/cwt146.00–147.006272
HeifersMedium and Large 1458138.99/cwt138.00–141.006373

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.