Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2019-09-30

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Sep 30
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
642 head
205 vs last sale 437 166 vs year ago 808 · 20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
19 vs last sale 47 30 vs year ago 96 · 31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
116 head
68 vs last sale 48 24 vs year ago 92 · +26.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.97/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$122.97
43 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$512
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.44
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1471126.945985thin
Medium and Large 2439123.6854312thin
Medium and Large 3395121.8748126
One grade step is worth $5.06/cwt here — about $117 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 sale43 hd
122.97
FL average10 barns · 1,069 hd
115.52
+7.44
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
BullsAverage1,43078.021,1166thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32952.997044thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07552.7956810
CowsLean 85-90%Low83036.012992thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2507109.33/cwt108.00–110.005543
HeifersMedium and Large 355888.31/cwt85.00–90.004933
SteersMedium and Large 1573122.52/cwt121.00–124.007022
SteersMedium and Large 3515114.71/cwt110.00–117.005913
BullsMedium and Large 2420142.90/cwt139.00–145.006003
BullsMedium and Large 3365143.45/cwt140.00–147.005246
BullsMedium and Large 2508123.01/cwt121.00–125.006252
BullsMedium and Large 356594.58/cwt90.00–97.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 2425123.96/cwt123.00–125.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 3507105.99/cwt102.00–108.005373
SteersMedium and Large 1468141.02/cwt137.00–145.006602
SteersMedium and Large 3473123.97/cwt120.00–126.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 2320146.42/cwt144.00–149.004692
HeifersMedium and Large 3465109.65/cwt109.00–110.005103
SteersMedium and Large 1428149.49/cwt149.00–150.006402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 192579.96/cwt78.00–82.007402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,02886.98/cwt84.00–90.008942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 182573.24/cwt70.00–76.006042
SteersMedium and Large 3423132.92/cwt131.00–135.005622
BullsMedium and Large 2375150.28/cwt148.00–152.505642
BullsMedium and Large 3422132.35/cwt130.00–137.005593
HeifersMedium and Large 2260161.23/cwt160.00–162.504192
HeifersMedium and Large 3280145.09/cwt140.00–147.504063
BullsMedium and Large 2315162.10/cwt160.00–168.005114
BullsMedium and Large 1360165.04/cwt162.00–168.005942
SteersMedium and Large 3373146.03/cwt145.00–147.005456
SteersMedium and Large 2468130.97/cwt130.00–132.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 3324133.41/cwt132.00–138.004324
HeifersMedium and Large 258097.66/cwt97.00–99.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 1308160.49/cwt159.00–162.004942
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00843.25/cwt40.00–47.004362
CowsBoner 80-85%98061.03/cwt60.00–62.005982
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12953.23/cwt50.00–56.006016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32952.99/cwt50.00–56.007044
CowsLean 85-90%83036.01/cwt35.00–37.002992
Bulls1,29873.86/cwt72.00–76.009592
Bulls1,49680.10/cwt78.00–84.001,1984
BullsMedium and Large 3458119.98/cwt116.00–124.005502
BullsMedium and Large 2208182.47/cwt180.00–185.003802
SteersMedium and Large 2565114.54/cwt112.00–117.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 3363126.98/cwt126.00–128.004614
HeifersMedium and Large 3225154.00/cwt150.00–157.503472
HeifersMedium and Large 1580104.57/cwt102.00–110.006073
BullsMedium and Large 3317154.03/cwt147.50–157.504883
BullsMedium and Large 2268172.62/cwt170.00–175.004632
SteersMedium and Large 3280147.12/cwt130.00–162.504122
HeifersMedium and Large 3410118.01/cwt117.00–119.004844

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.