Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-11-02

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Nov 2
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
295 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 398▼ 63 vs year ago 358 · −17.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 56▲ 6 vs year ago 52 · +11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 94▼ 23 vs year ago 79 · −29.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers steady. Feeder classes firm. Replacement cows slightly higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.63/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$128.63
71 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$146
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$4.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.64
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3389130.4950825
Medium and Large 2454130.1959120
Medium and Large 1520125.6465426
One grade step is worth $4.85/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale71 hd
128.63
—
FL average10 barns · 458 hd
123.99
+4.64
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
Bulls—Average1,62781.401,3256thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54360.319304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07153.0156812
CowsLean 85-90%Low83024.292022thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 1-2—1,04367.24/cwt65.00–70.007012
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—645115.27/cwt110.00–120.007432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,02082.19/cwt79.00–86.008382
BullsMedium and Large 1—363150.23/cwt148.00–152.505452
BullsMedium and Large 1—460134.04/cwt130.00–138.006172
BullsMedium and Large 1—323162.55/cwt160.00–167.505253
BullsMedium and Large 1—513123.36/cwt121.00–128.006333
BullsMedium and Large 1—692104.01/cwt102.00–108.007206
SteersMedium and Large 1—528129.07/cwt127.00–131.006814
SteersMedium and Large 1—415145.46/cwt142.00–149.006042
SteersMedium and Large 1—308165.04/cwt160.00–170.005082
SteersMedium and Large 1—693107.51/cwt105.00–110.007452
BullsMedium and Large 1—569112.62/cwt110.00–119.006417
BullsMedium and Large 2—68295.32/cwt90.00–98.006503
BullsMedium and Large 1—412142.69/cwt140.00–148.005883
BullsMedium and Large 2—265172.45/cwt170.00–175.004574
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588106.50/cwt106.00–107.006262
BullsMedium and Large 2—430131.54/cwt129.00–137.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 1—588111.19/cwt110.00–113.006545
SteersMedium and Large 2—311156.47/cwt155.00–157.004874
SteersMedium and Large 1—465132.48/cwt132.00–134.006164
SteersMedium and Large 2—363148.51/cwt147.00–150.005392
SteersMedium and Large 2—423134.63/cwt130.00–139.005692
BullsMedium and Large 3—426123.49/cwt119.00–125.005264
BullsMedium and Large 2—325152.10/cwt147.50–157.004942
Bulls——1,36077.57/cwt76.00–79.001,0552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03153.54/cwt50.00–57.005524
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418121.02/cwt118.00–124.005062
CowsLean 85-90%—83024.29/cwt20.00–28.002022
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02545.05/cwt40.00–49.004624
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40563.11/cwt61.00–65.008872
SteersMedium and Large 3—363138.27/cwt137.50–139.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523103.06/cwt101.00–107.005393
SteersMedium and Large 3—478113.02/cwt112.00–114.005402
Bulls——1,76183.31/cwt80.00–88.001,4674
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15660.44/cwt58.00–62.006994
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68057.50/cwt57.00–58.009662
BullsMedium and Large 3—275165.20/cwt162.50–168.004542
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373125.33/cwt125.00–127.004676
BullsMedium and Large 3—213172.47/cwt170.00–175.003672
SteersMedium and Large 3—513107.35/cwt102.00–110.005516
BullsMedium and Large 3—67281.67/cwt80.00–85.005493
BullsMedium and Large 3—363130.49/cwt130.00–132.504745
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528113.87/cwt110.00–118.006016
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477115.05/cwt112.00–117.005495
BullsMedium and Large 2—475123.36/cwt122.00–126.005863
SteersMedium and Large 3—420118.98/cwt118.00–120.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56394.52/cwt90.00–99.005322
BullsMedium and Large 3—473115.08/cwt112.00–118.005442
BullsMedium and Large 2—523111.84/cwt110.00–119.005855
BullsMedium and Large 3—324137.91/cwt135.00–140.004477

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.