Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.16/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$114.16

54 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

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

$7.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.08

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	457	116.21	531	33
Medium and Large 2	531	111.47	592	17thin
Medium and Large 1	599	108.74	651	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale54 hd

114.16

—

FL average10 barns · 1,069 hd

119.24

−5.08

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	1,232	72.71	895	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,354	61.94	839	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,102	51.77	570	8thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	149.49/cwt	149.00–150.00	565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	110.20/cwt	110.00–111.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	693	103.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	308	153.53/cwt	150.00–157.00	473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	123.56/cwt	120.00–127.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	132.98/cwt	131.00–135.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	130.98/cwt	130.00–134.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	103.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	606	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	66.88/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	121.97/cwt	119.00–125.00	567	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	427	138.36/cwt	137.00–139.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	693	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	662	2
Bulls	—	—	1,368	79.42/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,086	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	54.35/cwt	52.00–58.00	632	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,175	57.01/cwt	55.00–59.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	123.98/cwt	122.00–126.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	98.98/cwt	97.00–100.00	569	3
Bulls	—	—	1,095	65.99/cwt	65.00–67.00	723	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	918	44.03/cwt	40.00–48.00	404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	143.45/cwt	140.00–147.00	545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	116.02/cwt	114.00–118.00	609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	91.99/cwt	90.00–94.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	111.52/cwt	110.00–113.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	114.24/cwt	110.00–117.00	532	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	123.46/cwt	120.00–127.00	519	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	366	144.31/cwt	140.00–147.00	528	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	102.91/cwt	100.00–109.00	542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	123.98/cwt	120.00–128.00	729	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	151.04/cwt	150.00–154.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	131.92/cwt	130.00–135.00	476	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	138.52/cwt	137.00–140.00	450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	913	70.49/cwt	67.00–74.00	644	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,188	750.74/cwt	700.00–800.00	8,919	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	131.04/cwt	127.00–133.00	629	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	144.63/cwt	140.00–147.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	671	81.51/cwt	80.00–86.00	547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	154.46/cwt	152.00–157.00	494	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	867.71/cwt	825.00–900.00	9,371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	112.98/cwt	111.00–115.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	144.67/cwt	144.00–145.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	116.53/cwt	114.00–119.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	104.49/cwt	103.00–106.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	125.45/cwt	124.00–127.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	138.49/cwt	138.00–139.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.00/cwt	124.00–126.00	660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	123.15/cwt	120.00–128.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	113.03/cwt	112.00–117.00	581	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	134.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	162.01/cwt	160.00–164.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	112.39/cwt	110.00–116.00	768	5

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 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 402Last week 561Year ago 642

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 69Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 65Year ago 116

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	149.00–150.00	149.49
5	—	573	110.00–111.00	110.20
4	—	693	102.00–105.00	103.51
3	—	480	127.00–133.00	131.04
3	—	423	140.00–147.00	144.63
4	—	528	124.00–126.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	150.00–157.00	153.53
3	—	427	137.00–139.00	138.36
2	—	693	95.00–96.00	95.50
2	—	475	122.00–126.00	123.98
3	—	575	97.00–100.00	98.98
2	—	518	110.00–113.00	111.52
8	—	366	140.00–147.00	144.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	124.00–127.00	125.45
2	—	468	138.00–139.00	138.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	120.00–127.00	123.56
2	—	420	131.00–135.00	132.98
2	—	380	140.00–147.00	143.45
2	—	525	114.00–118.00	116.02
2	—	320	152.00–157.00	154.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	130.00–134.00	130.98
3	—	425	144.00–145.00	144.67
2	—	583	114.00–119.00	116.53
5	—	524	120.00–128.00	123.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	588	120.00–128.00	123.98
4	—	420	150.00–154.00	151.04
4	—	543	130.00–138.00	134.02
2	—	368	160.00–164.00	162.01
5	—	683	110.00–116.00	112.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	102.00–105.00	103.51
6	—	465	119.00–125.00	121.97
2	—	663	90.00–94.00	91.99
5	—	514	112.00–117.00	113.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	110.00–117.00	114.24
8	—	420	120.00–127.00	123.46
6	—	527	100.00–109.00	102.91
8	—	361	130.00–135.00	131.92
2	—	325	137.00–140.00	138.52
4	—	671	80.00–86.00	81.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	111.00–115.00	112.98
2	—	633	103.00–106.00	104.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,533	64.00–70.00	66.88
2	—	1,175	55.00–59.00	57.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,163	52.00–58.00	54.35
2	—	918	40.00–48.00	44.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	77.00–82.00	79.42
2	—	1,095	65.00–67.00	65.99

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	—	913	67.00–74.00	70.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,188	700.00–800.00	750.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,080	825.00–900.00	867.71

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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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

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