Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $175.97/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$175.97

14 head · 340 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$29.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.60

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	309	180.64	558	6thin
Medium and Large 1	363	179.62	651	6thin
Medium and Large 3	365	150.99	551	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.65/cwt here — about $6 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 sale14 hd

175.97

—

FL average9 barns · 413 hd

145.37

+30.60

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	—	High	1,573	88.06	1,385	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,220	71.51	872	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,053	63.56	669	6thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	71.51/cwt	70.00–73.00	872	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	268	202.43/cwt	200.00–205.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	171.48/cwt	170.00–173.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	154.09/cwt	150.00–158.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	151.04/cwt	149.00–153.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	131.46/cwt	130.00–133.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	178.57/cwt	174.00–183.00	580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	164.52/cwt	161.00–168.00	622	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	150.99/cwt	150.00–152.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	164.95/cwt	161.00–169.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	155.98/cwt	155.00–158.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	141.46/cwt	140.00–143.00	450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	223	198.82/cwt	197.50–200.00	443	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	845.50/cwt	800.00–900.00	9,157	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	74.31/cwt	70.00–80.00	509	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	65.03/cwt	60.00–69.00	657	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	68.53/cwt	67.00–70.00	718	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	61.07/cwt	57.00–66.00	644	4
Bulls	—	—	1,573	88.06/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,385	6

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 Jul 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 378Last week 113Year ago 362

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 58Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 41Year ago 93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	70.00–73.00	71.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	67.00–70.00	68.53
4	—	1,055	57.00–66.00	61.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,573	84.00–93.00	88.06

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	200.00–205.00	202.43
2	—	390	170.00–173.00	171.48
2	—	430	161.00–169.00	164.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	174.00–183.00	178.57
2	—	378	161.00–168.00	164.52
2	—	223	197.50–200.00	198.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	150.00–152.00	150.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	150.00–158.00	154.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	155.00–158.00	155.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	149.00–153.00	151.04
2	—	473	130.00–133.00	131.46
2	—	593	110.00–115.00	112.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	140.00–143.00	141.46

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,083	800.00–900.00	845.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	685	70.00–80.00	74.31
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,010	60.00–69.00	65.03

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle