Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Market closed for holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.84/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$121.84

56 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$5.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.30

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	125.49	634	8thin
Medium and Large 3	434	121.63	528	32
Medium and Large 2	483	120.42	581	16thin

One grade step is worth $5.07/cwt here — about $52 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 sale56 hd

121.84

—

FL average10 barns · 848 hd

118.53

+3.30

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	1,707	86.04	1,468	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,458	58.79	857	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,081	55.23	597	10

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 3	—	313	140.34/cwt	140.00–141.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	111.95/cwt	110.00–116.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	130.86/cwt	130.00–135.00	554	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	142.01/cwt	141.00–143.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	131.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	156.57/cwt	155.00–159.00	573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	164.57/cwt	160.00–169.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	121.71/cwt	120.00–125.00	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	152.96/cwt	150.00–156.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	141.98/cwt	140.00–145.00	522	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	582	2
Bulls	—	—	1,833	91.13/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	143.44/cwt	140.00–147.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	133.77/cwt	130.00–137.50	552	2
Bulls	—	—	1,580	80.94/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	175.65/cwt	172.50–179.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	163.69/cwt	160.00–167.50	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	153.66/cwt	150.00–159.00	559	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	377	143.02/cwt	140.00–147.50	539	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	152.96/cwt	151.00–155.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	693	101.66/cwt	100.00–105.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	266	173.10/cwt	170.00–177.50	460	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	169.48/cwt	167.00–172.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	116.08/cwt	110.00–119.00	607	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	63.02/cwt	60.00–66.00	892	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,085	63.28/cwt	60.00–66.00	687	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	54.55/cwt	54.00–55.00	818	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	76.89/cwt	74.00–80.00	810	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	61.98/cwt	59.00–64.00	669	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	90.43/cwt	89.00–92.00	672	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	48.60/cwt	45.00–51.00	533	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	54.98/cwt	52.00–58.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	519	104.55/cwt	100.00–107.50	543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	130.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	133.95/cwt	130.00–138.00	489	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	111.11/cwt	110.00–118.00	586	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	113.95/cwt	110.00–119.00	542	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	153.68/cwt	150.00–157.50	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	693	82.01/cwt	80.00–84.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	141.02/cwt	140.00–143.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	123.54/cwt	120.00–127.00	587	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	132.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	126.65/cwt	125.00–127.50	526	3

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 Sep 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 451Last week 362Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 26Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 75Last week 60Year ago 94

Compared to last week: Market closed for holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	140.00–141.00	140.34
5	—	519	100.00–107.50	104.55
8	—	365	130.00–138.00	133.95
9	—	476	110.00–119.00	113.95
2	—	260	150.00–157.50	153.68
2	—	693	80.00–84.00	82.01
3	—	415	125.00–127.50	126.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	110.00–116.00	111.95
2	—	515	122.00–123.00	122.50
3	—	420	140.00–143.00	141.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	427	130.00–135.00	130.97
7	—	527	110.00–118.00	111.11
4	—	475	120.00–127.00	123.54
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	130.00–135.00	130.86
2	—	315	160.00–169.00	164.57
3	—	467	120.00–125.00	121.71
5	—	368	140.00–145.00	141.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	141.00–143.00	142.01
4	—	456	130.00–134.00	131.01
5	—	366	155.00–159.00	156.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	150.00–156.00	152.96
2	—	560	126.00–127.00	126.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	120.00–125.00	122.53
2	—	413	130.00–137.50	133.77
2	—	315	160.00–167.50	163.69
5	—	377	140.00–147.50	143.02
5	—	266	170.00–177.50	173.10
3	—	523	110.00–119.00	116.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	140.00–147.00	143.44
2	—	320	172.50–179.00	175.65
5	—	364	150.00–159.00	153.66
3	—	693	100.00–105.00	101.66
2	—	515	125.00–126.00	125.50
2	—	465	130.00–134.00	132.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	137.00–140.00	138.48
2	—	428	151.00–155.00	152.96
2	—	363	167.00–172.00	169.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,833	89.00–93.00	91.13
2	—	1,580	79.00–83.00	80.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	60.00–66.00	63.02
2	—	1,500	54.00–55.00	54.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,080	59.00–64.00	61.98
4	—	1,096	45.00–51.00	48.60
2	—	1,053	52.00–58.00	54.98

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	—	1,085	60.00–66.00	63.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,053	74.00–80.00	76.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	743	89.00–92.00	90.43

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