Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-06-10

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
176 vs last sale 315 145 vs year ago 284 · 51.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
58 vs last sale 40 39 vs year ago 59 · +66.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
16 vs last sale 42 30 vs year ago 28 · +107.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers not well tested, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.75/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$132.75
34 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$84
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$5.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3399133.8653427
Medium and Large 2481128.446187thin
One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale34 hd
132.75
FL average10 barns · 866 hd
132.19
+0.56
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
BullsHigh1,61483.011,3404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09256.7462010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40650.157054thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average83040.233342thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 3507127.33/cwt126.00–128.006463
BullsMedium and Large 3425145.40/cwt140.00–148.006183
BullsMedium and Large 3273179.93/cwt177.50–182.504912
BullsMedium and Large 2458145.34/cwt144.00–146.006663
BullsMedium and Large 2420153.42/cwt150.00–157.006442
BullsMedium and Large 2268188.79/cwt187.50–190.005062
BullsMedium and Large 1308192.52/cwt190.00–195.005932
BullsMedium and Large 3338170.61/cwt170.00–172.505774
BullsMedium and Large 3463136.41/cwt134.00–138.006325
CowsLean 85-90%83040.23/cwt37.00–44.003342
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40650.15/cwt47.00–56.007054
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09556.05/cwt54.00–57.006144
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11661.73/cwt58.00–65.006894
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04048.16/cwt45.00–51.005012
Bulls1,67588.52/cwt87.00–90.001,4832
Bulls1,55377.49/cwt77.00–78.001,2032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 193583.28/cwt79.00–88.007792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 183868.39/cwt65.00–72.005732
SteersMedium and Large 3517125.66/cwt125.00–126.006503
SteersMedium and Large 3408156.67/cwt155.00–157.506393
SteersMedium and Large 2515143.47/cwt142.00–145.007392
HeifersMedium and Large 3383137.51/cwt137.00–139.005278
HeifersMedium and Large 3464126.78/cwt125.00–128.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 3423132.30/cwt130.00–136.005605
HeifersMedium and Large 3512115.37/cwt110.00–118.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 3308141.70/cwt140.00–145.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 3270149.20/cwt147.50–150.004033
HeifersMedium and Large 2570116.02/cwt114.00–117.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 2458135.01/cwt134.00–136.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 2370140.49/cwt140.00–141.005202

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.