Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2020-11-09

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Nov 9
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
359 head
64 vs last sale 295 34 vs year ago 325 · +10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
24 vs last sale 58 13 vs year ago 47 · 27.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
0 vs last sale 56 3 vs year ago 53 · +5.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 1.00 to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.91/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$141.91
74 head · 413 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.15
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1401156.8762928
Medium and Large 2438133.4858527
Medium and Large 3394131.8251919thin
One grade step is worth $25.06/cwt here — about $110 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 sale74 hd
141.91
FL average10 barns · 523 hd
131.76
+10.15
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
BullsHigh1,83584.681,5542thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26666.518424thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09555.6561010
CowsLean 85-90%Low96834.383332thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3428125.42/cwt120.00–128.005379
SteersMedium and Large 1683105.01/cwt102.00–108.007172
HeifersMedium and Large 1530114.57/cwt112.00–120.006073
SteersMedium and Large 1518127.01/cwt125.00–128.006583
SteersMedium and Large 2520118.99/cwt118.00–120.006192
SteersMedium and Large 3317142.43/cwt140.00–147.004523
BullsMedium and Large 3262158.97/cwt155.00–160.004175
BullsMedium and Large 1568112.28/cwt110.00–119.006384
BullsMedium and Large 1475140.54/cwt137.00–144.006682
BullsMedium and Large 1425156.52/cwt156.00–157.006654
HeifersMedium and Large 2417132.62/cwt130.00–138.005533
SteersMedium and Large 2312154.04/cwt152.50–160.004815
HeifersMedium and Large 2528105.03/cwt103.00–107.005552
SteersMedium and Large 1587118.02/cwt114.00–120.006933
BullsMedium and Large 1364160.14/cwt159.00–162.005838
SteersMedium and Large 1436148.03/cwt145.00–150.006455
BullsMedium and Large 2430143.07/cwt140.00–146.006152
SteersMedium and Large 2587103.98/cwt102.00–108.006103
SteersMedium and Large 263393.51/cwt90.00–97.005922
SteersMedium and Large 1385158.03/cwt156.00–160.006082
SteersMedium and Large 2425142.48/cwt141.00–144.006062
BullsMedium and Large 2528115.97/cwt110.00–118.006124
BullsMedium and Large 1177242.31/cwt237.50–245.004293
HeifersMedium and Large 1580104.10/cwt100.00–108.006044
SteersMedium and Large 1323166.94/cwt161.00–170.005393
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-275576.53/cwt75.00–78.005782
SteersMedium and Large 1215232.44/cwt230.00–235.005002
BullsMedium and Large 1324164.83/cwt163.00–166.005345
BullsMedium and Large 3518108.50/cwt108.00–109.005622
BullsMedium and Large 3323148.23/cwt147.50–149.004792
BullsMedium and Large 3475112.02/cwt110.00–114.005322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16546.53/cwt45.00–48.005422
CowsLean 85-90%96834.38/cwt32.00–37.003332
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26666.51/cwt63.00–73.008424
BullsMedium and Large 2317153.51/cwt151.00–160.004877
BullsMedium and Large 2218183.62/cwt180.00–187.504002
SteersMedium and Large 2380149.03/cwt147.00–151.005662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08561.28/cwt59.00–66.006654
Bulls1,83584.68/cwt82.00–87.001,5542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07154.59/cwt50.00–58.005854
HeifersMedium and Large 2323143.84/cwt140.00–148.004652
HeifersMedium and Large 2482125.75/cwt121.00–128.006063
HeifersMedium and Large 257395.55/cwt93.00–98.005482
BullsMedium and Large 3370137.37/cwt136.00–140.005083
BullsMedium and Large 357587.43/cwt85.00–90.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 3466111.79/cwt110.00–118.005219
BullsMedium and Large 2381148.23/cwt147.00–150.005655
BullsMedium and Large 264491.24/cwt90.00–95.005884
BullsMedium and Large 2573102.02/cwt100.00–106.005853
SteersMedium and Large 3420133.58/cwt130.00–137.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 3367129.33/cwt129.00–130.004753
HeifersMedium and Large 351593.53/cwt90.00–97.004822
SteersMedium and Large 1483139.99/cwt138.00–141.006763
SteersMedium and Large 1170257.06/cwt250.00–265.004372
BullsMedium and Large 1623102.00/cwt101.00–103.006352
BullsMedium and Large 3427128.40/cwt125.00–130.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 3320133.06/cwt131.00–135.004262

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.