Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-06-14

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 14
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 181▲ 24 vs year ago 178 · +13.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 64▲ 40 vs year ago 35 · +114.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 27▲ 39 vs year ago 27 · +144.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Feeder classes firm. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.17/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$132.17
38 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.13
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2422132.9156121
Medium and Large 1484132.1363910thin
Medium and Large 3384129.994997thin
One grade step is worth $2.92/cwt here — about $62 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 sale38 hd
132.17
—
FL average10 barns · 752 hd
132.30
−0.13
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—Average1,48380.591,1954thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,11876.498552thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07263.3467910
CowsLean 85-90%High82444.593686thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—470144.62/cwt140.00–147.006803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525114.02/cwt112.00–116.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580101.03/cwt100.00–102.005862
SteersMedium and Large 1—415160.28/cwt158.00–162.506652
BullsMedium and Large 1—378164.04/cwt162.00–166.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367146.60/cwt143.00–148.005387
HeifersMedium and Large 1—593110.33/cwt110.00–111.006543
SteersMedium and Large 2—330163.03/cwt161.00–165.005382
BullsMedium and Large 3—513111.00/cwt110.00–112.005692
BullsMedium and Large 2—318163.58/cwt160.00–167.005202
BullsMedium and Large 2—287176.30/cwt175.00–179.005063
SteersMedium and Large 3—325155.28/cwt153.00–157.505052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313151.64/cwt149.00–153.004753
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—993738.16/cwt700.00–775.007,3302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—88568.03/cwt65.00–71.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423131.61/cwt130.00–135.005573
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469121.28/cwt120.00–125.005694
BullsMedium and Large 1—278181.68/cwt181.00–183.005053
BullsMedium and Large 1—325176.70/cwt172.50–179.005743
BullsMedium and Large 1—430155.47/cwt154.00–157.006692
BullsMedium and Large 1—683112.01/cwt110.00–114.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325143.73/cwt142.50–145.004674
HeifersMedium and Large 3—462111.68/cwt110.00–115.005163
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12561.87/cwt57.00–65.006964
Bulls——1,48380.59/cwt78.00–83.001,1954
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,11876.49/cwt75.00–78.008552
CowsLean 85-90%—83053.33/cwt50.00–57.004432
CowsLean 85-90%—79536.53/cwt35.00–38.002902
CowsLean 85-90%—84843.92/cwt41.00–47.003722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09570.48/cwt66.00–75.007724
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—993825.44/cwt800.00–850.008,1972
BullsMedium and Large 1—588125.70/cwt123.00–131.007393
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415144.55/cwt140.00–149.006004
SteersMedium and Large 1—525136.29/cwt135.00–140.007164
BullsMedium and Large 1—520135.27/cwt133.00–137.507034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467137.36/cwt134.00–139.006413
BullsMedium and Large 2—663101.66/cwt100.00–105.006743
CowsBoner 80-85%—91851.98/cwt50.00–54.004772

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.