Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-03-16

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 16
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
120 vs last sale 251 172 vs year ago 303 · 56.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
41 vs last sale 54 8 vs year ago 21 · 38.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
45 vs last sale 63 21 vs year ago 39 · 53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers untested, feeder bulls 10.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder heifers untested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.14/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$109.14
22 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$481
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$26.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.84
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3386115.2144517thin
Medium and Large 262488.495525thin
One grade step is worth $26.72/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale22 hd
109.14
FL average10 barns · 598 hd
124.98
−15.84
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
BullsAverage1,60086.051,3772thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14062.967182thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 3459104.81/cwt100.00–106.004815
BullsMedium and Large 2458133.51/cwt132.00–135.006112
BullsMedium and Large 3218172.59/cwt170.00–175.003762
BullsMedium and Large 3418132.91/cwt130.00–136.005562
BullsMedium and Large 3458123.99/cwt123.00–125.005682
BullsMedium and Large 357893.78/cwt92.50–95.005422
BullsMedium and Large 3258166.68/cwt165.00–167.504303
HeifersMedium and Large 257791.65/cwt90.00–95.005293
HeifersMedium and Large 3418116.27/cwt115.00–117.504864
SteersMedium and Large 3313152.52/cwt150.00–155.004772
SteersMedium and Large 368383.49/cwt80.00–87.005702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,08063.92/cwt59.00–68.006902
BullsMedium and Large 3513107.47/cwt102.50–110.005513
BullsMedium and Large 3327141.58/cwt140.00–150.004636
Bulls1,60086.05/cwt85.00–87.001,3772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14062.96/cwt61.00–65.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 3325121.19/cwt120.00–125.003948
HeifersMedium and Large 269483.76/cwt82.50–85.005812

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.