Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls were untested. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $148.57/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$148.57

45 head · 415 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$24.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.73

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	418	160.61	671	8thin
Medium and Large 2	387	159.91	619	15thin
Medium and Large 3	433	136.46	591	22

One grade step is worth $24.14/cwt here — about $80 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 sale45 hd

148.57

—

FL average9 barns · 418 hd

138.84

+9.73

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,043	56.04	584	6thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	173.31/cwt	172.50–175.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	516	120.49/cwt	120.00–122.00	622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	110.12/cwt	105.00–115.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	169.76/cwt	167.50–172.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	593	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	120.92/cwt	118.00–124.00	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	111.70/cwt	110.00–115.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	258	155.28/cwt	152.50–158.00	401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	142.97/cwt	140.00–145.00	520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	142.98/cwt	140.00–146.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	181.11/cwt	177.50–185.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	457	128.66/cwt	126.00–130.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	130.98/cwt	130.00–134.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	120.25/cwt	120.00–121.00	551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	154.97/cwt	152.50–157.50	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	309	178.73/cwt	177.50–182.50	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	223	174.61/cwt	170.00–180.00	389	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	54.34/cwt	50.00–57.00	573	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,018	59.44/cwt	58.00–61.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	131.82/cwt	130.00–137.50	548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	116.39/cwt	110.00–118.00	769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	121.01/cwt	119.00–123.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	154.94/cwt	152.50–157.50	651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	412	138.98/cwt	135.00–140.00	573	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	148.35/cwt	147.50–150.00	457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	133.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	132.59/cwt	125.00–135.00	695	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	163.95/cwt	160.00–168.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	163.72/cwt	160.00–165.00	594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	366	151.01/cwt	150.00–155.00	553	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	593	93.01/cwt	90.00–96.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	160.48/cwt	159.00–162.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	166.26/cwt	165.00–167.50	604	4

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ocala Livestock Auction - Ocala, FL

Mon Jul 22, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 232Year ago 293

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 30Year ago 35

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls were untested. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	172.50–175.00	173.31
2	—	580	118.00–124.00	120.92
2	—	270	177.50–185.00	181.11
4	—	420	152.50–157.50	154.94
4	—	363	160.00–165.00	163.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	120.00–122.00	120.49
3	—	585	110.00–115.00	111.70
3	—	457	126.00–130.00	128.66
2	—	223	170.00–180.00	174.61
5	—	412	135.00–140.00	138.98
5	—	366	150.00–155.00	151.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	309	177.50–182.50	178.73
2	—	628	119.00–123.00	121.01
2	—	425	160.00–168.00	163.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	105.00–115.00	110.12
2	—	258	152.50–158.00	155.28
5	—	364	140.00–145.00	142.97
4	—	458	120.00–121.00	120.25
4	—	416	130.00–137.50	131.82
3	—	308	147.50–150.00	148.35
2	—	593	90.00–96.00	93.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	130.00–134.00	130.98
2	—	538	120.00–121.00	120.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	167.50–172.00	169.76
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	120.00–124.00	121.99
2	—	458	140.00–146.00	142.98
2	—	425	152.50–157.50	154.97
4	—	524	125.00–135.00	132.59
4	—	363	165.00–167.50	166.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	110.00–118.00	116.39
2	—	570	130.00–136.00	133.05
2	—	425	159.00–162.00	160.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,055	50.00–57.00	54.34
2	—	1,018	58.00–61.00	59.44

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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