Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.57/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$132.57

86 head · 411 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$16.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.96

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	442	139.96	618	22
Medium and Large 3	342	135.90	465	33
Medium and Large 2	462	123.79	572	31

One grade step is worth $16.18/cwt here — about $46 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 sale86 hd

132.57

—

FL average10 barns · 529 hd

129.62

+2.96

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	—	Low	1,315	71.61	942	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,203	58.76	707	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,075	52.27	562	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	32.47	335	2thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1	—	470	136.09/cwt	132.00–140.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	121.32/cwt	120.00–124.00	622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	692	102.34/cwt	100.00–107.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	144.44/cwt	142.50–150.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	329	160.49/cwt	160.00–162.50	528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	151.16/cwt	150.00–156.00	562	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,260	750.10/cwt	725.00–775.00	9,451	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	64.34/cwt	60.00–70.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	162.57/cwt	160.00–167.50	593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	156.18/cwt	152.50–158.00	559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	145.02/cwt	140.00–147.50	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	136.08/cwt	130.00–139.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	103.34/cwt	102.00–104.00	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	154.45/cwt	150.00–159.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	100.66/cwt	100.00–102.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	105.57/cwt	102.00–109.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	130.88/cwt	130.00–132.50	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	124.61/cwt	120.00–129.00	523	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	141.01/cwt	140.00–142.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	136.45/cwt	134.00–139.00	723	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	42.51/cwt	40.00–45.00	429	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	59.00/cwt	55.00–62.00	628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	98.47/cwt	97.00–100.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	124.09/cwt	120.00–128.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	123.48/cwt	120.00–127.00	584	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	317	152.61/cwt	150.00–157.50	484	6
Bulls	—	—	1,315	71.61/cwt	70.00–73.00	942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	309	142.26/cwt	140.00–145.00	440	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	262	152.44/cwt	150.00–158.00	399	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	459	110.99/cwt	110.00–115.00	509	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	101.49/cwt	100.00–102.00	573	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	111.31/cwt	110.00–118.00	571	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	130.49/cwt	130.00–132.50	480	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	208	161.64/cwt	160.00–165.00	336	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	32.47/cwt	30.00–35.00	335	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	57.06/cwt	56.00–58.00	688	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	60.46/cwt	60.00–61.00	726	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	50.42/cwt	47.00–54.00	564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	144.72/cwt	139.00–147.50	546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	133.44/cwt	130.00–137.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	123.46/cwt	120.00–127.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	121.64/cwt	121.00–123.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	116.70/cwt	110.00–119.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	130.51/cwt	130.00–132.00	532	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 Dec 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 498Last week 408Year ago 368

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 50Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 103Year ago 24

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	132.00–140.00	136.09
3	—	513	120.00–124.00	121.32
3	—	692	100.00–107.00	102.34
4	—	415	142.50–150.00	144.44
5	—	329	160.00–162.50	160.49
5	—	372	150.00–156.00	151.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	97.00–100.00	98.47
2	—	430	120.00–128.00	124.09
9	—	309	140.00–145.00	142.26
7	—	262	150.00–158.00	152.44
5	—	459	110.00–115.00	110.99
5	—	368	130.00–132.50	130.49
3	—	208	160.00–165.00	161.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	120.00–127.00	123.48
6	—	317	150.00–157.50	152.61
8	—	565	100.00–102.00	101.49
6	—	513	110.00–118.00	111.31
3	—	377	139.00–147.50	144.72
2	—	428	130.00–137.00	133.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	160.00–167.50	162.57
2	—	410	150.00–159.00	154.45
2	—	465	140.00–142.00	141.01
2	—	530	134.00–139.00	136.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	152.50–158.00	156.18
3	—	413	140.00–147.50	145.02
3	—	483	130.00–139.00	136.08
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	102.00–104.00	103.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	100.00–102.00	100.66
2	—	460	120.00–127.00	123.46
4	—	514	110.00–119.00	116.70
4	—	408	130.00–132.00	130.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	102.00–109.00	105.57
3	—	370	130.00–132.50	130.88
4	—	420	120.00–129.00	124.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	121.00–123.00	121.64

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,260	725.00–775.00	750.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,048	60.00–70.00	64.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	40.00–45.00	42.51
4	—	1,065	55.00–62.00	59.00
4	—	1,119	47.00–54.00	50.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	30.00–35.00	32.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	56.00–58.00	57.06
2	—	1,200	60.00–61.00	60.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	70.00–73.00	71.61

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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Ocala Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

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

Ocala Livestock Auction - Ocala, FL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle