Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-03-08

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Mar 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 201▼ 47 vs year ago 251 · −18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 30▼ 23 vs year ago 54 · −42.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 38▲ 2 vs year ago 63 · +3.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls slightly lower. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.79/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$139.79
58 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.49
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443155.4068817thin
Medium and Large 3419133.4656026
Medium and Large 2467133.0862115thin
One grade step is worth $22.32/cwt here — about $66 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 sale58 hd
139.79
—
FL average10 barns · 477 hd
135.30
+4.49
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—Average1,71476.401,3106thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08854.1858910

Every lot, as filed

42 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——1,81478.85/cwt76.00–82.001,4304
Bulls——1,51571.49/cwt70.00–73.001,0832
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08953.71/cwt50.00–56.005854
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12659.15/cwt58.00–61.006664
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00845.20/cwt42.00–49.004562
BullsMedium and Large 1—577124.98/cwt123.00–126.007213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—75877.82/cwt76.00–80.005902
SteersMedium and Large 1—518134.99/cwt132.00–138.006994
SteersMedium and Large 1—478143.45/cwt140.00–147.006862
SteersMedium and Large 1—433155.38/cwt152.00–162.006733
BullsMedium and Large 2—323155.51/cwt155.00–157.005024
BullsMedium and Large 1—468155.35/cwt154.00–158.007276
BullsMedium and Large 1—382164.66/cwt164.00–166.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318159.44/cwt157.00–162.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473123.03/cwt121.00–125.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418138.98/cwt138.00–140.005814
SteersMedium and Large 2—533123.55/cwt120.00–127.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582112.97/cwt112.00–115.006573
SteersMedium and Large 1—582124.73/cwt120.00–127.007263
BullsMedium and Large 3—367137.36/cwt136.00–144.005046
BullsMedium and Large 3—69392.99/cwt90.00–96.006442
SteersMedium and Large 3—418135.53/cwt134.00–137.005672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—86589.14/cwt88.00–90.007712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467132.99/cwt132.00–135.006213
BullsMedium and Large 1—275182.95/cwt180.00–186.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520126.23/cwt121.00–129.006563
BullsMedium and Large 1—430158.30/cwt157.00–161.006813
BullsMedium and Large 3—424132.62/cwt131.00–135.005625
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275159.45/cwt157.00–162.004384
HeifersMedium and Large 3—417125.97/cwt124.00–130.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 3—317148.37/cwt145.00–150.004703
HeifersMedium and Large 3—458111.01/cwt110.00–112.005082
BullsMedium and Large 3—275164.42/cwt160.00–169.004522
SteersMedium and Large 2—378153.47/cwt152.00–155.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57591.48/cwt89.00–94.005262
BullsMedium and Large 3—480127.55/cwt122.50–130.006123
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373134.04/cwt132.00–138.005003
HeifersMedium and Large 3—69483.98/cwt80.00–88.005832
BullsMedium and Large 2—463136.69/cwt135.00–140.006336
BullsMedium and Large 2—587110.81/cwt110.00–114.006505
BullsMedium and Large 3—322146.93/cwt145.00–150.004735
BullsMedium and Large 3—532116.82/cwt112.50–119.006213

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.