Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-04-13

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Apr 13
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 89▼ 159 vs year ago 226 · −70.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 54▼ 60 vs year ago 70 · −85.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 44▼ 13 vs year ago 61 · −21.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cow 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.79/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$128.79
19 head · 359 lb average
Value per head Derived
$462
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$123
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$9.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.23
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3331130.8743314thin
Medium and Large 2422123.975233thin
Medium and Large 1458121.515572thin
One grade step is worth $9.36/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale19 hd
128.79
—
FL average10 barns · 331 hd
122.56
+6.23
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,04154.135638thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1-2—1,05380.06/cwt77.00–83.008432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00890.68/cwt87.00–94.009142
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,06866.43/cwt62.00–71.007092
SteersMedium and Large 1—415145.47/cwt143.00–148.006042
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09959.31/cwt58.00–61.006524
CowsBoner 80-85%—95853.58/cwt52.00–55.005132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00844.32/cwt42.00–47.004472
BullsMedium and Large 3—508104.01/cwt102.00–106.005282
BullsMedium and Large 2—423135.98/cwt134.00–137.005753
BullsMedium and Large 1—508123.01/cwt120.00–126.006252
BullsMedium and Large 2—523111.69/cwt110.00–115.005843
BullsMedium and Large 1—568106.25/cwt106.00–107.006044
BullsMedium and Large 3—230161.22/cwt160.00–162.503712
BullsMedium and Large 2—358141.48/cwt139.00–144.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 3—237151.69/cwt150.00–152.503603
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463104.38/cwt103.00–110.004835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458121.51/cwt120.00–123.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 3—268142.53/cwt137.50–145.003826
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422123.97/cwt122.00–128.005233

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.