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
Bulls—High1,61483.011,3404thin
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 3—507127.33/cwt126.00–128.006463
BullsMedium and Large 3—425145.40/cwt140.00–148.006183
BullsMedium and Large 3—273179.93/cwt177.50–182.504912
BullsMedium and Large 2—458145.34/cwt144.00–146.006663
BullsMedium and Large 2—420153.42/cwt150.00–157.006442
BullsMedium and Large 2—268188.79/cwt187.50–190.005062
BullsMedium and Large 1—308192.52/cwt190.00–195.005932
BullsMedium and Large 3—338170.61/cwt170.00–172.505774
BullsMedium and Large 3—463136.41/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
Bulls——1,67588.52/cwt87.00–90.001,4832
Bulls——1,55377.49/cwt77.00–78.001,2032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—93583.28/cwt79.00–88.007792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—83868.39/cwt65.00–72.005732
SteersMedium and Large 3—517125.66/cwt125.00–126.006503
SteersMedium and Large 3—408156.67/cwt155.00–157.506393
SteersMedium and Large 2—515143.47/cwt142.00–145.007392
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383137.51/cwt137.00–139.005278
HeifersMedium and Large 3—464126.78/cwt125.00–128.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423132.30/cwt130.00–136.005605
HeifersMedium and Large 3—512115.37/cwt110.00–118.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 3—308141.70/cwt140.00–145.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 3—270149.20/cwt147.50–150.004033
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570116.02/cwt114.00–117.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 2—458135.01/cwt134.00–136.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370140.49/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.