Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, no trend on slaughter bulls. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows no trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.47/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$141.47

67 head · 404 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$6.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.03

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	410	145.68	597	24
Medium and Large 3	370	139.45	516	19thin
Medium and Large 2	427	138.85	593	24

One grade step is worth $6.84/cwt here — about $4 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 sale67 hd

141.47

—

FL average9 barns · 578 hd

136.43

+5.03

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	1,363	83.75	1,141	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,178	64.83	764	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	973	52.00	506	6thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	97.99/cwt	95.00–101.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	208	169.97/cwt	167.50–172.50	354	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	123.36/cwt	120.00–125.00	465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	153.18/cwt	150.00–160.00	337	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	122.98/cwt	122.00–124.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	133.31/cwt	130.00–138.00	560	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	133.40/cwt	130.00–139.00	488	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	140.39/cwt	140.00–142.00	517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	114.04/cwt	110.00–116.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	130.81/cwt	130.00–136.00	421	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	126.02/cwt	125.00–129.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	122.03/cwt	120.00–124.00	577	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	146.29/cwt	141.00–149.00	538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	217	170.88/cwt	170.00–172.50	371	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,353	948.61/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	12,835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	163.06/cwt	160.00–169.00	519	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	134.97/cwt	132.50–137.50	499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	134.43/cwt	132.00–138.00	637	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	133.47/cwt	130.00–138.00	573	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	142.04/cwt	140.00–145.00	612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	692	95.98/cwt	90.00–100.00	664	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	166.57/cwt	165.00–168.00	455	6
Bulls	—	—	1,540	95.01/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	151.35/cwt	150.00–157.00	563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	268	172.09/cwt	170.00–175.00	461	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	95.09/cwt	90.00–100.00	552	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,178	64.83/cwt	62.00–68.00	764	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	935	53.03/cwt	52.00–54.00	496	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	59.50/cwt	59.00–60.00	637	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	915	43.48/cwt	40.00–47.00	398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	137.05/cwt	135.00–139.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	164.03/cwt	160.00–168.00	513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	268	172.57/cwt	170.00–175.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	142.05/cwt	140.00–146.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	153.94/cwt	150.00–158.00	500	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	131.56/cwt	129.00–134.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	141.96/cwt	140.00–146.00	521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	123.43/cwt	120.00–127.00	586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	136.02/cwt	135.00–137.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	92.03/cwt	90.00–100.00	480	5
Bulls	—	—	1,185	72.49/cwt	70.00–75.00	859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	126.32/cwt	123.00–128.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	154.71/cwt	152.00–157.50	518	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	121.80/cwt	120.00–127.00	510	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	834.57/cwt	800.00–875.00	8,830	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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 279Last week 362Year ago 246

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 39Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 93Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	95.00–101.00	97.99
2	—	568	106.00–110.00	108.01
2	—	525	122.00–124.00	122.98
5	—	420	130.00–138.00	133.31
5	—	368	140.00–142.00	140.39
4	—	483	125.00–129.00	126.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	208	167.50–172.50	169.97
13	—	366	130.00–139.00	133.40
3	—	530	110.00–116.00	114.04
2	—	473	120.00–124.00	122.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	120.00–125.00	123.36
3	—	220	150.00–160.00	153.18
2	—	475	110.00–115.00	112.53
7	—	322	130.00–136.00	130.81
5	—	522	90.00–100.00	92.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	141.00–149.00	146.29
7	—	429	130.00–138.00	133.47
5	—	692	90.00–100.00	95.98
5	—	268	170.00–175.00	172.09
4	—	335	152.00–157.50	154.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	217	170.00–172.50	170.88
2	—	370	132.50–137.50	134.97
6	—	273	165.00–168.00	166.57
4	—	580	90.00–100.00	95.09
4	—	419	120.00–127.00	121.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	318	160.00–169.00	163.06
5	—	474	132.00–138.00	134.43
5	—	431	140.00–145.00	142.04
5	—	372	150.00–157.00	151.35
3	—	512	123.00–128.00	126.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	135.00–139.00	137.05
4	—	313	160.00–168.00	164.03
3	—	430	140.00–146.00	142.05
2	—	523	129.00–134.00	131.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	170.00–175.00	172.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	150.00–158.00	153.94
3	—	367	140.00–146.00	141.96
2	—	475	120.00–127.00	123.43
2	—	420	135.00–137.00	136.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,353	900.00–1,000.00	948.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,058	800.00–875.00	834.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	94.00–96.00	95.01
2	—	1,185	70.00–75.00	72.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	62.00–68.00	64.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	52.00–54.00	53.03
2	—	1,070	59.00–60.00	59.50
2	—	915	40.00–47.00	43.48

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

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Bulls · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle