Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers slightly lower, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows had no trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.82/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$136.82

34 head · 427 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$137

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

$41.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.32

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	356	145.08	517	18thin
Medium and Large 2	478	133.12	636	13thin
Medium and Large 1	633	103.32	654	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.76/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale34 hd

136.82

—

FL average10 barns · 450 hd

140.14

−3.32

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	—	Low	1,203	72.02	866	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,336	62.92	841	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	57.84	655	6thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 2	—	363	135.49/cwt	134.00–137.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	124.66/cwt	124.00–125.00	532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	107.99/cwt	106.00–110.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	148.47/cwt	147.00–150.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	120.97/cwt	120.00–124.00	449	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	268	162.94/cwt	161.00–165.00	437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	105.49/cwt	104.00–107.00	599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	112.51/cwt	112.00–113.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	96.26/cwt	95.00–100.00	569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	218	171.44/cwt	170.00–177.50	374	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	133.94/cwt	132.00–138.00	429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	113.47/cwt	112.00–115.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	119.38/cwt	118.00–122.00	621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	230	183.78/cwt	182.50–185.00	423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	313	152.55/cwt	150.00–157.50	477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	104.99/cwt	104.00–107.00	490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	150.99/cwt	150.00–152.00	556	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	66.40/cwt	62.00–70.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	122.03/cwt	120.00–128.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	103.91/cwt	101.00–107.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	129.52/cwt	127.00–132.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	97.27/cwt	95.00–102.00	509	3
Bulls	—	—	1,115	68.53/cwt	67.00–70.00	764	2
Bulls	—	—	1,290	75.50/cwt	74.00–77.00	974	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	55.22/cwt	50.00–57.00	594	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	63.07/cwt	60.00–66.00	787	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,336	62.92/cwt	60.00–66.00	841	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	103.32/cwt	100.00–110.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	125.97/cwt	120.00–128.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	143.47/cwt	141.00–146.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	692	95.33/cwt	95.00–96.00	660	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 Feb 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 134Last week 125Year ago 316

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 27Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 13Year ago 137

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers slightly lower, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows had no trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	134.00–137.00	135.49
3	—	427	124.00–125.00	124.66
4	—	591	95.00–100.00	96.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	106.00–110.00	107.99
3	—	520	118.00–122.00	119.38
2	—	375	140.00–141.00	140.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	371	120.00–124.00	120.97
3	—	320	132.00–138.00	133.94
2	—	418	112.00–115.00	113.47
3	—	467	104.00–107.00	104.99
3	—	523	95.00–102.00	97.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	120.00–125.00	122.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	147.00–150.00	148.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	104.00–107.00	105.49
2	—	515	112.00–113.00	112.51
2	—	413	127.00–132.00	129.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	129.00–130.00	129.49
2	—	268	161.00–165.00	162.94
5	—	218	170.00–177.50	171.44
3	—	313	150.00–157.50	152.55
2	—	578	101.00–107.00	103.91
4	—	463	120.00–128.00	125.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	182.50–185.00	183.78
2	—	368	150.00–152.00	150.99
4	—	528	120.00–128.00	122.03
2	—	415	141.00–146.00	143.47
3	—	692	95.00–96.00	95.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	100.00–110.00	103.32

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	—	840	62.00–70.00	66.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	67.00–70.00	68.53
2	—	1,290	74.00–77.00	75.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,075	50.00–57.00	55.22
2	—	1,248	60.00–66.00	63.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,336	60.00–66.00	62.92

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

Bulls · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle