Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-06-24

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 24
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 207▲ 24 vs year ago 217 · +11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 51▼ 7 vs year ago 55 · −12.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 24▼ 26 vs year ago 66 · −39.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.32/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$145.32
39 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.68
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1390167.016514thin
Medium and Large 2432148.6664214thin
Medium and Large 3426138.9759221
One grade step is worth $28.04/cwt here — about $59 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 sale39 hd
145.32
—
FL average9 barns · 572 hd
140.64
+4.68
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—Average1,74887.291,5266thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12960.986888thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,14058.496672thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average83543.633642thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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—360172.47/cwt170.00–175.006212
BullsMedium and Large 1—420161.55/cwt160.00–163.006792
BullsMedium and Large 2—370162.43/cwt160.00–165.006012
BullsMedium and Large 2—468145.57/cwt143.00–148.006812
BullsMedium and Large 2—425154.93/cwt149.00–158.006583
BullsMedium and Large 2—613103.37/cwt100.00–110.006343
BullsMedium and Large 2—315172.58/cwt167.50–177.505444
BullsMedium and Large 3—273183.78/cwt182.50–185.005022
BullsMedium and Large 3—464128.94/cwt126.00–130.005984
BullsMedium and Large 3—366148.03/cwt145.00–150.005425
BullsMedium and Large 3—436138.16/cwt137.00–143.006025
BullsMedium and Large 3—508120.80/cwt120.00–122.006145
HeifersMedium and Large 2—458131.48/cwt128.00–135.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 3—458119.68/cwt117.00–121.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374136.19/cwt135.00–140.005094
HeifersMedium and Large 3—409128.80/cwt127.00–134.005274
HeifersMedium and Large 3—508111.00/cwt110.00–112.005644
SteersMedium and Large 2—563130.48/cwt129.00–132.007352
SteersMedium and Large 2—638112.49/cwt110.00–115.007182
SteersMedium and Large 3—313172.05/cwt170.00–174.005392
SteersMedium and Large 3—628104.51/cwt102.00–107.006562
SteersMedium and Large 3—515127.98/cwt126.00–130.006594
SteersMedium and Large 3—573122.61/cwt119.00–126.007034
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,11062.32/cwt60.00–65.006922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—77075.26/cwt70.00–80.005802
Bulls——1,57582.09/cwt80.00–84.001,2932
Bulls——1,83589.89/cwt86.00–94.001,6494
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07858.99/cwt58.00–60.006362
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08852.00/cwt50.00–54.005662
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17566.46/cwt65.00–69.007814
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,14058.49/cwt58.00–59.006672
CowsLean 85-90%—83543.63/cwt41.00–46.003642

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.