Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers untested, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cattle steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.26/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$134.26

36 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$7.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.99

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	139.37	656	13thin
Medium and Large 3	461	131.38	606	23

One grade step is worth $7.99/cwt here — about $50 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 sale36 hd

134.26

—

FL average10 barns · 465 hd

132.28

+1.99

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,538	87.03	1,338	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,427	59.46	848	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	59.35	676	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	785	32.26	253	2thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	565	119.96/cwt	118.00–124.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	119.65/cwt	118.00–122.00	616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	512	112.30/cwt	110.00–117.00	575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	106.99/cwt	105.00–109.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	412	140.62/cwt	138.00–146.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	138.30/cwt	135.00–140.00	502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	694	111.49/cwt	110.00–116.00	774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	130.01/cwt	129.00–131.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	149.40/cwt	147.00–154.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	265	148.73/cwt	147.50–150.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	130.24/cwt	128.00–132.50	531	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	150.05/cwt	148.00–152.00	623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	643	93.01/cwt	90.00–96.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	122.55/cwt	118.00–124.00	648	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	938	80.10/cwt	78.00–82.00	751	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	878	64.41/cwt	61.00–70.00	566	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	846.65/cwt	800.00–900.00	9,804	2
Bulls	—	—	1,300	82.13/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,068	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	63.48/cwt	61.00–66.00	844	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	55.43/cwt	55.00–56.00	844	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	63.96/cwt	58.00–67.00	746	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	56.50/cwt	56.00–57.00	680	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	993	48.35/cwt	44.00–52.00	480	2
Bulls	—	—	1,775	91.92/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,632	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	32.26/cwt	30.00–35.00	253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	686	93.49/cwt	89.00–95.00	641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	158.77/cwt	157.50–160.00	580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	558	112.52/cwt	109.00–116.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	121.52/cwt	120.00–126.00	563	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	124.96/cwt	121.00–127.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	180.13/cwt	177.50–182.50	504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	238	182.47/cwt	180.00–185.00	434	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	472	129.57/cwt	127.00–135.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	105.33/cwt	105.00–106.00	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	137.01/cwt	136.00–139.00	634	3

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 371Last week 256Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 34Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 50Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers untested, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cattle steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	118.00–124.00	119.96
2	—	628	105.00–109.00	106.99
2	—	523	129.00–131.00	130.01
2	—	415	148.00–152.00	150.05
2	—	365	157.50–160.00	158.77
2	—	280	177.50–182.50	180.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	118.00–122.00	119.65
3	—	412	138.00–146.00	140.62
3	—	360	147.00–154.00	149.40
2	—	643	90.00–96.00	93.01
2	—	558	109.00–116.00	112.52
2	—	238	180.00–185.00	182.47
6	—	472	127.00–135.00	129.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	110.00–117.00	112.30
3	—	363	135.00–140.00	138.30
2	—	265	147.50–150.00	148.73
6	—	408	128.00–132.50	130.24
4	—	686	89.00–95.00	93.49
4	—	463	120.00–126.00	121.52
3	—	562	105.00–106.00	105.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	118.00–124.00	122.55
2	—	418	137.00–140.00	138.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	130.00–134.00	132.01
3	—	560	121.00–127.00	124.96
3	—	463	136.00–139.00	137.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	694	110.00–116.00	111.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	938	78.00–82.00	80.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	878	61.00–70.00	64.41
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	800.00–900.00	846.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	80.00–84.00	82.13
2	—	1,775	89.00–95.00	91.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	61.00–66.00	63.48
2	—	1,523	55.00–56.00	55.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,167	58.00–67.00	63.96
2	—	1,203	56.00–57.00	56.50
2	—	993	44.00–52.00	48.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	30.00–35.00	32.26

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle