Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-06-22

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
194 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 178▼ 47 vs year ago 241 · −19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 35▼ 13 vs year ago 48 · −27.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 27▲ 44 vs year ago 40 · +110.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers unevenly steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.45/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$139.45
51 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.96
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1349161.6756514thin
Medium and Large 2426132.6856627
Medium and Large 3416126.6152710thin
One grade step is worth $35.05/cwt here — about $38 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 sale51 hd
139.45
—
FL average10 barns · 473 hd
131.49
+7.96
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
Bulls—Average1,83299.911,8304thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,17573.678663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06261.3265111

Every lot, as filed

41 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—215183.84/cwt180.00–187.503952
BullsMedium and Large 2—373142.30/cwt140.00–149.005318
Bulls——1,67894.99/cwt94.00–96.001,5942
BullsMedium and Large 1—310168.73/cwt167.50–170.005234
BullsMedium and Large 2—62496.50/cwt95.00–97.006024
BullsMedium and Large 1—463136.32/cwt135.00–139.006313
BullsMedium and Large 2—468122.21/cwt120.00–129.005724
BullsMedium and Large 1—430143.18/cwt140.00–150.006163
BullsMedium and Large 2—523111.31/cwt110.00–112.005823
BullsMedium and Large 3—56396.49/cwt95.00–97.005434
BullsMedium and Large 1—265183.77/cwt182.50–185.004872
BullsMedium and Large 2—413136.65/cwt134.00–138.005643
BullsMedium and Large 3—423120.81/cwt120.00–122.505113
BullsMedium and Large 1—220191.19/cwt190.00–192.504212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—99397.54/cwt95.00–100.009692
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,17573.67/cwt71.00–76.008663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,043107.88/cwt102.00–112.001,1252
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10352.33/cwt50.00–56.005774
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,20084.63/cwt80.00–90.001,0162
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07862.99/cwt58.00–65.006794
CowsBoner 80-85%—98571.09/cwt68.00–76.007003
SteersMedium and Large 1—593121.33/cwt120.00–124.007193
SteersMedium and Large 1—528129.46/cwt128.00–131.006842
SteersMedium and Large 1—425142.59/cwt140.00–145.006062
SteersMedium and Large 2—430133.46/cwt130.00–137.005742
SteersMedium and Large 2—360143.55/cwt140.00–147.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568108.45/cwt105.00–112.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 3—508104.99/cwt102.50–107.505332
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463131.35/cwt130.00–134.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480111.52/cwt110.00–113.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538122.51/cwt120.00–125.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420127.59/cwt127.00–128.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366135.46/cwt130.00–139.004965
HeifersMedium and Large 3—417119.65/cwt119.00–120.004993
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465122.53/cwt120.00–125.005702
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325136.29/cwt135.00–139.004433
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422136.17/cwt135.00–137.005755
HeifersMedium and Large 3—263142.56/cwt140.00–147.503753
BullsMedium and Large 2—308152.55/cwt150.00–157.504703
BullsMedium and Large 3—213172.58/cwt170.00–177.503683
Bulls——1,985104.83/cwt102.00–107.002,0812

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.