Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 1.00 to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers 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 $140.99/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$140.99

57 head · 407 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$108

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

$8.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	400	144.79	579	25
Medium and Large 3	396	138.39	547	27
Medium and Large 1	505	135.97	687	5thin

One grade step is worth $8.82/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale57 hd

140.99

—

FL average10 barns · 917 hd

141.86

−0.88

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	1,711	75.20	1,286	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,364	62.81	857	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,195	49.72	594	6thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	142.33/cwt	140.00–148.00	531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	277	166.07/cwt	160.00–169.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	102.53/cwt	100.00–110.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	160.34/cwt	160.00–161.00	526	3
Bulls	—	—	1,823	79.44/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	267	189.35/cwt	188.00–190.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	263	204.94/cwt	200.00–207.50	539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	171.04/cwt	168.00–174.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	132.36/cwt	130.00–137.00	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	213.77/cwt	212.50–215.00	566	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	725	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	830	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	322	172.37/cwt	170.00–177.50	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	128.32/cwt	128.00–129.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	174.06/cwt	170.00–178.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	126.04/cwt	122.00–128.00	718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	184.38/cwt	180.00–189.00	682	2
Bulls	—	—	1,598	70.95/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,134	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,178	601.11/cwt	575.00–625.00	7,081	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	427	152.24/cwt	150.00–157.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	143.18/cwt	140.00–148.00	677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	113.72/cwt	110.00–117.50	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	196.21/cwt	195.00–197.50	628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	153.03/cwt	150.00–156.00	712	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,364	62.81/cwt	60.00–66.00	857	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	930	121.98/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	154.46/cwt	152.00–157.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	124.07/cwt	120.00–128.00	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	200.31/cwt	200.00–201.00	661	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	42.77/cwt	40.00–46.00	421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	197.57/cwt	195.00–200.00	539	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	165.40/cwt	160.00–168.00	695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	174.70/cwt	170.00–177.00	728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	142.04/cwt	139.00–145.00	736	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	53.19/cwt	52.00–56.00	691	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	176.47/cwt	174.00–179.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	152.52/cwt	151.00–154.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	218.95/cwt	217.00–220.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	123.96/cwt	120.00–128.00	576	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	317	152.78/cwt	150.00–158.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	174.37/cwt	170.00–177.50	467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	153.21/cwt	151.00–154.00	561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	142.95/cwt	140.00–146.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	409	136.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	135.38/cwt	130.00–139.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	141.78/cwt	140.00–147.00	593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	131.32/cwt	130.00–132.00	692	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

Mon Feb 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 296Last week 321Year ago 312

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 19Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 0Year ago 60

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	373	140.00–148.00	142.33
3	—	277	160.00–169.00	166.07
10	—	465	120.00–128.00	123.96
3	—	317	150.00–158.00	152.78
4	—	409	130.00–138.00	136.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	100.00–110.00	102.53
3	—	328	160.00–161.00	160.34
5	—	268	170.00–177.50	174.37
4	—	366	151.00–154.00	153.21
5	—	457	130.00–139.00	135.38
4	—	418	140.00–147.00	141.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	140.00–146.00	142.95
3	—	527	130.00–132.00	131.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	267	188.00–190.00	189.35
3	—	322	170.00–177.50	172.37
3	—	427	150.00–157.00	152.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	263	200.00–207.50	204.94
3	—	523	128.00–129.00	128.32
2	—	360	170.00–178.00	174.06
5	—	473	140.00–148.00	143.18
2	—	565	110.00–117.50	113.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	168.00–174.00	171.04
3	—	518	130.00–137.00	132.36
2	—	265	212.50–215.00	213.77
3	—	570	122.00–128.00	126.04
2	—	370	180.00–189.00	184.38
4	—	320	195.00–197.50	196.21
2	—	465	150.00–156.00	153.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	152.00–157.00	154.46
4	—	273	195.00–200.00	197.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	120.00–128.00	124.07
3	—	420	160.00–168.00	165.40
4	—	370	174.00–179.00	176.47
2	—	465	151.00–154.00	152.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	200.00–201.00	200.31
3	—	417	170.00–177.00	174.70
2	—	518	139.00–145.00	142.04
3	—	277	217.00–220.00	218.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	77.00–82.00	79.44
2	—	1,598	70.00–72.00	70.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,364	60.00–66.00	62.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	40.00–46.00	42.77
4	—	1,300	52.00–56.00	53.19

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	725	114.00–115.00	114.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,178	575.00–625.00	601.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	930	120.00–124.00	121.98

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle