Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-01-11

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jan 11
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
283 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 347▼ 141 vs year ago 424 · −33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 56▼ 4 vs year ago 52 · −7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 69▲ 8 vs year ago 39 · +20.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes firms. Replacement cows slightly higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.79/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$143.79
78 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$168
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$3.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.80
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3364145.7153029
Medium and Large 2428142.8561123
Medium and Large 1490142.4969826
One grade step is worth $3.22/cwt here — about −$168 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 sale78 hd
143.79
—
FL average9 barns · 529 hd
139.99
+3.80
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—Low1,02062.486372thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19453.3963712

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bulls——1,02062.48/cwt60.00–65.006372
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18453.15/cwt48.00–57.006296
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,50059.61/cwt58.00–61.008942
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05550.63/cwt41.00–70.005344
BullsMedium and Large 1—370162.47/cwt160.00–165.006012
BullsMedium and Large 1—693114.01/cwt110.00–118.007902
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475129.98/cwt128.00–132.006174
BullsMedium and Large 2—563114.02/cwt110.00–118.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663111.01/cwt109.00–113.007362
BullsMedium and Large 2—423144.42/cwt140.00–149.006114
BullsMedium and Large 1—434153.24/cwt150.00–158.0066510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367142.52/cwt140.00–147.505233
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315150.86/cwt150.00–152.504753
SteersMedium and Large 2—470138.26/cwt137.50–139.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517121.48/cwt120.00–127.006285
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588108.52/cwt107.00–110.006382
SteersMedium and Large 1—693112.51/cwt110.00–115.007802
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435136.03/cwt133.00–137.505926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—592116.13/cwt115.00–119.006877
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433127.75/cwt127.50–128.005532
BullsMedium and Large 2—472136.04/cwt130.00–139.006423
BullsMedium and Large 3—370144.62/cwt140.00–149.005358
BullsMedium and Large 2—377152.29/cwt150.00–157.005749
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318142.55/cwt140.00–147.504533
BullsMedium and Large 2—517126.32/cwt125.00–129.006533
BullsMedium and Large 3—317152.11/cwt150.00–157.004827
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478122.95/cwt120.00–126.005884
HeifersMedium and Large 3—359125.64/cwt120.00–127.504514
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371131.94/cwt130.00–138.004894
BullsMedium and Large 2—328161.04/cwt160.00–162.005282
HeifersMedium and Large 2—663100.51/cwt97.50–102.006663
BullsMedium and Large 3—465123.54/cwt120.00–127.005742
SteersMedium and Large 2—370161.28/cwt160.00–162.505972
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468111.69/cwt110.00–115.005233
BullsMedium and Large 3—575108.24/cwt107.50–109.006222
BullsMedium and Large 3—258163.79/cwt160.00–167.504232
BullsMedium and Large 3—416133.06/cwt130.00–137.505545
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323133.91/cwt130.00–138.004334
BullsMedium and Large 3—232182.43/cwt180.00–187.504233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—78561.59/cwt59.00–66.004832
BullsMedium and Large 1—475143.06/cwt140.00–149.006803
BullsMedium and Large 1—585125.64/cwt125.00–127.007353
BullsMedium and Large 1—515135.53/cwt132.00–139.006986

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.