Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls no trend. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers unevenly steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.98/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$133.98

81 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$28.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	435	146.48	638	28
Medium and Large 2	448	133.25	597	32
Medium and Large 3	495	118.43	586	21

One grade step is worth $28.05/cwt here — about $51 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 sale81 hd

133.98

—

FL average10 barns · 608 hd

133.24

+0.74

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	—	Average	1,538	87.46	1,345	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,305	60.10	784	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,049	52.73	553	9thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	152.37/cwt	150.00–157.50	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	105.48/cwt	101.00–110.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	124.65/cwt	120.00–129.00	465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	122.58/cwt	120.00–127.50	511	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	143.66/cwt	140.00–149.00	552	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	128.22/cwt	126.00–130.00	673	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	152.01/cwt	150.00–154.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	691	90.50/cwt	90.00–94.00	625	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	126.61/cwt	125.00–127.00	593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	135.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	594	111.50/cwt	110.00–112.00	662	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	136.29/cwt	135.00–139.00	522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	143.78/cwt	140.00–145.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	120.65/cwt	120.00–122.00	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	143.04/cwt	140.00–146.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	168.65/cwt	167.50–172.00	528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	273	175.91/cwt	172.50–182.50	480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	166.32/cwt	162.50–170.00	457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	123.65/cwt	121.00–125.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	693	102.50/cwt	102.00–103.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	133.40/cwt	130.00–139.00	550	8
Bulls	—	—	1,538	87.46/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	220	200.68/cwt	197.50–202.50	441	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	89.36/cwt	86.00–92.00	726	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,054	52.87/cwt	50.00–55.00	557	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	59.42/cwt	57.00–61.00	634	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	42.40/cwt	40.00–45.00	428	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	64.22/cwt	60.00–69.00	623	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	73.84/cwt	70.00–78.00	796	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	60.10/cwt	57.00–64.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	124.09/cwt	120.00–128.00	577	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	135.06/cwt	133.00–137.00	648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	114.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	144.55/cwt	140.00–149.00	614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	145.08/cwt	140.00–147.50	472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	128.08/cwt	126.00–132.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	143.77/cwt	140.00–149.00	535	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	151.23/cwt	150.00–152.50	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	134.63/cwt	130.00–137.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	115.88/cwt	110.00–119.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	127.49/cwt	126.00–129.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	121.93/cwt	120.00–128.00	530	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	110.49/cwt	110.00–113.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	132.95/cwt	130.00–139.00	501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	133.35/cwt	132.00–136.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	132.91/cwt	130.00–135.00	424	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	152.46/cwt	150.00–155.00	495	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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 362Last week 264Year ago 232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 52Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 93Last week 96Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	150.00–157.50	152.37
2	—	465	120.00–128.00	124.09
5	—	372	140.00–149.00	143.77
3	—	418	130.00–137.00	134.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	133.00–137.00	135.06
4	—	425	140.00–149.00	144.55
3	—	520	126.00–132.00	128.08
2	—	365	150.00–152.50	151.23
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	110.00–116.00	114.01
3	—	325	140.00–147.50	145.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	101.00–110.00	105.48
2	—	510	120.00–121.00	120.50
2	—	463	126.00–129.00	127.49
2	—	375	140.00–141.00	140.51
3	—	423	132.00–136.00	133.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	120.00–129.00	124.65
3	—	418	110.00–119.00	115.88
7	—	319	130.00–135.00	132.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	435	120.00–128.00	121.93
6	—	518	110.00–113.00	110.49
3	—	377	130.00–139.00	132.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	417	120.00–127.50	122.58
8	—	691	90.00–94.00	90.50
3	—	383	135.00–139.00	136.29
2	—	335	140.00–146.00	143.04
2	—	275	162.50–170.00	166.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	384	140.00–149.00	143.66
5	—	468	125.00–127.00	126.61
4	—	594	110.00–112.00	111.50
3	—	520	120.00–122.00	120.65
3	—	273	172.50–182.50	175.91
2	—	693	102.00–103.00	102.50
8	—	412	130.00–139.00	133.40
2	—	325	150.00–155.00	152.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	126.00–130.00	128.22
2	—	363	150.00–154.00	152.01
5	—	486	130.00–139.00	135.44
4	—	421	140.00–145.00	143.78
4	—	313	167.50–172.00	168.65
3	—	588	121.00–125.00	123.65
3	—	220	197.50–202.50	200.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	85.00–90.00	87.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,054	50.00–55.00	52.87
3	—	1,067	57.00–61.00	59.42
2	—	1,010	40.00–45.00	42.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	57.00–64.00	60.10

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	813	86.00–92.00	89.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,078	70.00–78.00	73.84
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	970	60.00–69.00	64.22

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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