Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-04-26

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Apr 26
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 141▲ 18 vs year ago 184 · +9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 32▼ 5 vs year ago 38 · −13.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 26▲ 1 vs year ago 53 · +1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, bulls steady. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.97/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$136.97
48 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.28
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504141.0671112thin
Medium and Large 2474140.1966515thin
Medium and Large 3456132.3260321
One grade step is worth $8.74/cwt here — about $107 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 sale48 hd
136.97
—
FL average10 barns · 351 hd
137.25
−0.28
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—Average1,82382.241,49913
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03856.4158610

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,82382.24/cwt82.00–85.001,49913
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05555.45/cwt50.00–59.005854
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08463.08/cwt60.00–66.006844
CowsBoner 80-85%—91344.98/cwt42.00–48.004112
BullsMedium and Large 1—463154.94/cwt151.00–159.007172
BullsMedium and Large 1—425162.64/cwt160.00–164.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427140.67/cwt140.00–141.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465134.45/cwt130.00–139.006252
BullsMedium and Large 2—523124.06/cwt120.00–128.006492
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368136.69/cwt132.00–139.005033
BullsMedium and Large 3—575105.51/cwt104.00–107.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420124.10/cwt120.00–128.005214
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465112.94/cwt110.00–119.005253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,01563.16/cwt60.00–66.006412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01082.43/cwt78.00–87.008332
BullsMedium and Large 3—475133.79/cwt130.00–135.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565108.50/cwt107.00–110.006132
BullsMedium and Large 2—420157.99/cwt157.00–159.006642
SteersMedium and Large 1—468153.99/cwt152.00–156.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530104.52/cwt102.00–107.005542
SteersMedium and Large 3—335164.51/cwt164.00–165.005512
BullsMedium and Large 2—693101.99/cwt100.00–104.007072
BullsMedium and Large 2—573113.07/cwt110.00–116.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265151.23/cwt150.00–152.504012
BullsMedium and Large 3—313152.06/cwt151.00–159.004768
BullsMedium and Large 3—417145.34/cwt145.00–146.006063
BullsMedium and Large 3—69395.01/cwt93.00–97.006584
BullsMedium and Large 1—565118.99/cwt118.00–120.006724
BullsMedium and Large 1—528139.66/cwt139.00–141.007373
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538112.51/cwt111.00–114.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2—318167.95/cwt166.00–170.005344
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427137.97/cwt136.00–139.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365141.03/cwt139.00–143.005152
BullsMedium and Large 2—475145.62/cwt141.00–148.006923

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.