Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-08-03

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Aug 3
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
47 vs last sale 266 152 vs year ago 371 · 41.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
19 vs last sale 37 31 vs year ago 49 · 63.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
14 vs last sale 30 39 vs year ago 55 · 70.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes all firm. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.96/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$138.96
38 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.07
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1441151.3966715thin
Medium and Large 3416133.4255514thin
Medium and Large 2515126.856539thin
One grade step is worth $24.54/cwt here — about $14 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 sale38 hd
138.96
FL average9 barns · 783 hd
144.03
−5.07
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
BullsHigh1,77599.521,7662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09061.406696thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,31572.87/cwt70.00–78.009582
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11364.08/cwt60.00–69.007134
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04556.03/cwt54.00–58.005862
HeifersMedium and Large 3323143.95/cwt142.00–146.004652
HeifersMedium and Large 2414136.36/cwt132.50–139.005655
HeifersMedium and Large 2524111.28/cwt110.00–115.005834
HeifersMedium and Large 3418123.46/cwt121.00–126.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 2477126.86/cwt122.50–129.006053
HeifersMedium and Large 3365136.66/cwt130.00–139.004994
HeifersMedium and Large 1468134.57/cwt130.00–139.006304
HeifersMedium and Large 369384.01/cwt80.00–86.005823
HeifersMedium and Large 1517124.01/cwt122.00–128.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 3513101.69/cwt100.00–105.005223
SteersMedium and Large 1375163.04/cwt160.00–166.006112
SteersMedium and Large 2653102.51/cwt99.00–106.006692
SteersMedium and Large 1275182.04/cwt180.00–184.005012
SteersMedium and Large 2523123.45/cwt120.00–127.006462
SteersMedium and Large 2428144.58/cwt140.00–149.006192
SteersMedium and Large 3421133.68/cwt130.00–139.005635
SteersMedium and Large 1530135.08/cwt132.00–138.007164
SteersMedium and Large 3378141.90/cwt140.00–145.005365
SteersMedium and Large 1475143.04/cwt139.00–147.006794
SteersMedium and Large 3458122.51/cwt120.00–125.005614
SteersMedium and Large 1430156.07/cwt150.00–159.006713
SteersMedium and Large 2475133.51/cwt132.50–134.006343
BullsMedium and Large 2470135.53/cwt133.00–138.006372
BullsMedium and Large 3263162.56/cwt160.00–167.504283
Bulls1,77599.52/cwt99.00–100.001,7662
BullsMedium and Large 2430141.24/cwt140.00–142.506072
BullsMedium and Large 358893.54/cwt90.00–97.005502
BullsMedium and Large 2325162.54/cwt160.00–165.005282
BullsMedium and Large 3515104.95/cwt100.00–110.005402
BullsMedium and Large 1514132.95/cwt127.00–137.006835
BullsMedium and Large 3220171.19/cwt170.00–172.503772
BullsMedium and Large 1423154.74/cwt150.00–157.006553
BullsMedium and Large 269490.99/cwt90.00–95.006315
BullsMedium and Large 1275182.04/cwt180.00–184.005012
BullsMedium and Large 2528122.46/cwt120.00–125.006472

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.