Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market closed the previous week for holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.96/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$129.96

63 head · 413 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$173

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$8.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.35

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	312	135.81	424	13thin
Medium and Large 2	418	129.02	539	29
Medium and Large 1	468	127.64	598	21

One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about −$173 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 sale63 hd

129.96

—

FL average4 barns · 373 hd

127.61

+2.35

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,581	95.63	1,512	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	66.48	921	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,106	59.20	655	8thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	141.36/cwt	140.00–142.00	464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	110.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	136.35/cwt	130.00–139.00	514	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	151.53/cwt	150.00–153.00	402	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	66.48/cwt	65.00–68.00	921	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,205	67.53/cwt	65.00–70.00	814	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	51.06/cwt	47.00–55.00	534	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	66.52/cwt	64.00–69.00	812	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	85.45/cwt	81.00–90.00	786	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	59.61/cwt	56.00–63.00	644	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	75.39/cwt	73.00–77.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	114.90/cwt	110.00–118.00	664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	137.01/cwt	136.00–138.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	132.47/cwt	130.00–135.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	121.51/cwt	120.00–123.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	162.26/cwt	162.00–163.00	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	111.19/cwt	110.00–116.00	761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	125.68/cwt	125.00–127.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	154.49/cwt	154.00–155.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	153.08/cwt	150.00–157.50	491	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	143.99/cwt	143.00–145.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	118.34/cwt	118.00–119.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	215	192.56/cwt	190.00–195.00	414	2
Bulls	—	—	1,673	100.98/cwt	99.00–103.00	1,689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	111.31/cwt	110.00–114.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	155.04/cwt	153.00–159.00	563	3
Bulls	—	—	1,535	92.95/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,427	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	821.42/cwt	775.00–875.00	10,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	149.53/cwt	145.00–151.00	550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	142.17/cwt	140.00–149.00	618	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	828	702.49/cwt	675.00–725.00	5,817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	121.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	126.64/cwt	121.00–129.00	661	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	132.06/cwt	130.00–136.00	475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	277	171.63/cwt	170.00–175.00	475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	166.18/cwt	162.50–167.50	440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	92.49/cwt	90.00–95.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	124.00/cwt	123.00–125.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	103.47/cwt	100.00–107.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	128.35/cwt	127.50–130.00	539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	135.33/cwt	134.00–139.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	132.30/cwt	130.00–139.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	116.04/cwt	110.00–119.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	130.76/cwt	130.00–133.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	268	144.84/cwt	140.00–148.00	388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	102.95/cwt	100.00–109.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	140.83/cwt	140.00–144.00	518	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	137.36/cwt	134.00–139.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	152.61/cwt	150.00–155.00	336	2

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ocala Livestock Auction - Ocala, FL

Mon Jul 6, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 264Last week 194Year ago 343

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 35Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 96Last week 84Year ago 58

Market closed the previous week for holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	328	140.00–142.00	141.36
10	—	377	130.00–139.00	136.35
2	—	265	150.00–153.00	151.53
2	—	633	90.00–95.00	92.49
3	—	420	127.50–130.00	128.35
3	—	527	110.00–119.00	116.04
3	—	580	100.00–109.00	102.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	110.00–112.00	110.66
2	—	508	123.00–125.00	124.00
4	—	414	134.00–139.00	135.33
4	—	473	130.00–133.00	130.76
5	—	368	140.00–144.00	140.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	100.00–107.00	103.47
4	—	313	130.00–139.00	132.30
5	—	268	140.00–148.00	144.84
2	—	220	150.00–155.00	152.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	110.00–118.00	114.90
3	—	468	125.00–127.00	125.68
5	—	321	150.00–157.50	153.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	136.00–138.00	137.01
2	—	575	120.00–123.00	121.51
4	—	321	162.00–163.00	162.26
5	—	684	110.00–116.00	111.19
2	—	378	154.00–155.00	154.49
2	—	420	143.00–145.00	143.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	130.00–135.00	132.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	118.00–119.00	118.34
3	—	580	110.00–114.00	111.31
4	—	368	145.00–151.00	149.53
4	—	473	120.00–125.00	121.27
3	—	277	170.00–175.00	171.63
3	—	422	134.00–139.00	137.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	215	190.00–195.00	192.56
3	—	363	153.00–159.00	155.04
4	—	435	140.00–149.00	142.17
7	—	522	121.00–129.00	126.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	130.00–136.00	132.06
4	—	265	162.50–167.50	166.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	65.00–68.00	66.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	47.00–55.00	51.06
2	—	1,220	64.00–69.00	66.52
4	—	1,080	56.00–63.00	59.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	99.00–103.00	100.98
4	—	1,535	90.00–98.00	92.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	65.00–70.00	67.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	920	81.00–90.00	85.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,078	73.00–77.00	75.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,223	775.00–875.00	821.42
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	828	675.00–725.00	702.49

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Ocala Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ocala Livestock Auction - Ocala, FL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle