Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-06-15

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 15
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
112 vs last sale 290 29 vs year ago 207 · 14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
15 vs last sale 50 16 vs year ago 51 · 31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
17 vs last sale 44 3 vs year ago 24 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.35/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$140.35
43 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.15
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437144.7263221
Medium and Large 2404139.3856314thin
Medium and Large 3422130.575518thin
One grade step is worth $14.15/cwt here — about $82 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 sale43 hd
140.35
FL average10 barns · 464 hd
138.20
+2.15
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
BullsHigh1,779101.041,7974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26378.669934thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High97360.275864thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
SteersMedium and Large 1460138.99/cwt138.00–140.006392
SteersMedium and Large 369398.51/cwt95.00–102.006834
SteersMedium and Large 1593120.00/cwt119.00–121.007122
SteersMedium and Large 1673113.51/cwt110.00–117.007642
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-281578.14/cwt77.00–80.006372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-384067.04/cwt66.00–68.005632
CowsBoner 80-85%98363.62/cwt60.00–67.006252
CowsBoner 80-85%96356.91/cwt55.00–59.005482
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26378.66/cwt77.00–81.009934
Bulls1,753104.56/cwt100.00–109.001,8332
BullsMedium and Large 3358132.52/cwt130.00–135.004742
BullsMedium and Large 2380145.59/cwt142.00–149.005532
BullsMedium and Large 1535121.51/cwt120.00–123.006502
Bulls1,80597.51/cwt97.00–98.001,7602
BullsMedium and Large 3408133.67/cwt120.00–147.505452
BullsMedium and Large 2465129.02/cwt128.00–130.006002
BullsMedium and Large 1693103.99/cwt100.00–108.007212
BullsMedium and Large 369383.51/cwt82.00–85.005792
BullsMedium and Large 2580105.04/cwt100.00–110.006092
BullsMedium and Large 1317162.28/cwt160.00–167.005143
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,415850.09/cwt825.00–875.0012,0292
BullsMedium and Large 2338153.35/cwt150.00–155.005183
BullsMedium and Large 1456138.50/cwt138.00–140.006324
BullsMedium and Large 2423135.63/cwt131.00–138.005743
BullsMedium and Large 1438148.35/cwt143.00–151.006506
BullsMedium and Large 1273173.60/cwt170.00–177.004742
BullsMedium and Large 3228172.58/cwt170.00–175.003932
BullsMedium and Large 2263162.57/cwt160.00–165.004282
BullsMedium and Large 1385154.99/cwt154.00–156.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 3316133.48/cwt130.00–139.004228
HeifersMedium and Large 2365134.44/cwt130.00–139.004914
HeifersMedium and Large 1475123.55/cwt122.00–125.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 2423123.93/cwt120.00–128.005244
HeifersMedium and Large 1563116.39/cwt114.00–120.006555
HeifersMedium and Large 3225153.72/cwt152.50–155.003462
HeifersMedium and Large 2567106.27/cwt101.00–109.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 3285141.76/cwt141.00–142.504042
HeifersMedium and Large 3363123.65/cwt122.00–127.004493
HeifersMedium and Large 3473105.13/cwt104.00–107.504973
HeifersMedium and Large 268296.65/cwt90.00–100.006593
HeifersMedium and Large 1408135.51/cwt134.00–137.005532
SteersMedium and Large 2365143.55/cwt140.00–147.005242
SteersMedium and Large 2418136.46/cwt134.00–139.005702
SteersMedium and Large 1378153.53/cwt152.00–155.005802
SteersMedium and Large 2525111.98/cwt110.00–114.005882
SteersMedium and Large 1425143.51/cwt143.00–144.006102
SteersMedium and Large 3315156.23/cwt155.00–157.504922

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.