Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-04-06

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Apr 6
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
10 vs last sale 99 108 vs year ago 197 · 54.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
18 vs last sale 72 8 vs year ago 46 · +17.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
22 vs last sale 22 5 vs year ago 49 · 10.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls no trend, feeder heifers slightly lower. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, in high demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.32/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$107.32
33 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$112
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$9.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.72
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3412111.9946116thin
Medium and Large 2523102.975388thin
Medium and Large 1557102.895739thin
One grade step is worth $9.10/cwt here — about −$112 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 sale33 hd
107.32
FL average10 barns · 618 hd
123.04
−15.72
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
BullsHigh1,80587.081,5724thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29458.537574thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12453.0959710

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1517111.02/cwt110.00–115.005745
HeifersMedium and Large 2525104.62/cwt100.00–107.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 3408111.36/cwt106.00–114.004549
HeifersMedium and Large 164388.49/cwt87.00–90.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 2473112.97/cwt109.00–115.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 3456105.49/cwt101.00–107.004814
HeifersMedium and Large 157096.97/cwt94.00–100.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 259385.49/cwt84.00–87.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 3365122.57/cwt117.50–125.004473
BullsMedium and Large 3365133.29/cwt130.00–135.004873
BullsMedium and Large 3465107.45/cwt105.00–110.005002
BullsMedium and Large 2468121.51/cwt120.00–123.005692
Bulls1,80587.08/cwt83.00–90.001,5724
SteersMedium and Large 2523116.97/cwt116.00–119.006123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,02564.57/cwt60.00–68.006622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13358.49/cwt58.00–59.006632
SteersMedium and Large 2423135.03/cwt133.00–136.005713
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297375.50/cwt70.00–80.007352
CowsBoner 80-85%98545.02/cwt42.00–48.004432
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29458.53/cwt56.00–62.007574
SteersMedium and Large 1580112.05/cwt110.00–115.006505
SteersMedium and Large 3370131.43/cwt129.00–134.004862
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16753.98/cwt50.00–56.006306

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.