Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-03-23

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 23
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
42 vs last sale 131 244 vs year ago 333 · 73.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
20 vs last sale 13 3 vs year ago 36 · 8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
36 vs last sale 18 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 10.00 to 15.00 higher, slaughter bulls 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 10.00 to 15.00 higher , in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.39/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$145.39
21 head · 380 lb average
Value per head Derived
$552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$68
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.99
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2300154.134638thin
Medium and Large 1441143.536329thin
Medium and Large 3402132.135304thin
One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale21 hd
145.39
FL average10 barns · 270 hd
127.41
+17.99
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,66092.011,5274thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18778.479317thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-386582.34/cwt80.00–85.007122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-283091.27/cwt88.00–94.007582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-280596.00/cwt96.00–96.007731
SteersMedium and Large 1375147.47/cwt145.00–150.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 259396.01/cwt92.00–98.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 2408123.02/cwt119.00–127.005022
BullsMedium and Large 2365133.55/cwt130.00–137.004872
BullsMedium and Large 2318150.51/cwt150.00–151.004792
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29783.34/cwt80.00–86.001,0813
Bulls1,810100.51/cwt96.00–105.001,8192
Bulls1,51083.51/cwt80.00–87.001,2612
BullsMedium and Large 357898.03/cwt97.00–99.005672
BullsMedium and Large 3225166.22/cwt165.00–167.503742
BullsMedium and Large 2259166.23/cwt165.00–170.004314
HeifersMedium and Large 1473120.98/cwt120.00–122.005722
HeifersMedium and Large 355785.32/cwt80.00–88.004753
HeifersMedium and Large 352391.95/cwt90.00–96.004813
HeifersMedium and Large 3320135.08/cwt132.50–137.504322
HeifersMedium and Large 269382.32/cwt80.00–87.005703
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10474.82/cwt70.00–78.008264
BullsMedium and Large 1512125.95/cwt122.00–128.006453
BullsMedium and Large 1465135.94/cwt133.00–139.006322
BullsMedium and Large 1425154.82/cwt150.00–160.006582
BullsMedium and Large 1325166.19/cwt165.00–167.505402

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.