Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2021-11-15

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Nov 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
277 head
145 vs last sale 422 63 vs year ago 340 · 18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
2 vs last sale 77 28 vs year ago 51 · +54.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
10 vs last sale 63 9 vs year ago 64 · +14.1%
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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. Replacement cows steady

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $155.05/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$155.05
69 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.59
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2408161.3865821
Medium and Large 1467157.3673627
Medium and Large 3428145.7362321
One grade step is worth $15.65/cwt here — about $35 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 sale69 hd
155.05
FL average8 barns · 504 hd
150.46
+4.59
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
BullsAverage1,69379.751,3504thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25554.206805thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1368178.15/cwt176.00–182.506563
BullsMedium and Large 1468152.37/cwt150.00–157.007133
BullsMedium and Large 1527142.58/cwt140.00–148.007513
BullsMedium and Large 1633122.98/cwt120.00–129.007783
BullsMedium and Large 1423166.04/cwt160.00–168.007024
BullsMedium and Large 1585137.26/cwt130.00–139.008035
HeifersMedium and Large 1582118.65/cwt118.00–120.006913
SteersMedium and Large 1535143.96/cwt140.00–148.007702
SteersMedium and Large 2415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006233
SteersMedium and Large 1328185.71/cwt184.00–191.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 3412134.98/cwt130.00–138.005568
HeifersMedium and Large 2320161.72/cwt160.00–165.005183
BullsMedium and Large 1336185.01/cwt184.00–190.006226
SteersMedium and Large 2470145.94/cwt140.00–149.006863
SteersMedium and Large 1433165.29/cwt160.00–168.007163
SteersMedium and Large 1380174.49/cwt174.00–175.006632
SteersMedium and Large 1473154.43/cwt150.00–159.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 1473136.70/cwt134.00–142.006473
BullsMedium and Large 3522122.63/cwt120.00–128.006406
HeifersMedium and Large 1518128.03/cwt122.00–130.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 3325153.69/cwt150.00–157.504992
HeifersMedium and Large 3463122.71/cwt120.00–128.005683
HeifersMedium and Large 3368141.96/cwt140.00–149.005229
BullsMedium and Large 2319179.18/cwt175.00–180.005726
BullsMedium and Large 3283181.36/cwt180.00–184.005133
BullsMedium and Large 2277188.37/cwt185.00–190.005223
BullsMedium and Large 3428143.05/cwt140.00–149.006123
HeifersMedium and Large 1173222.32/cwt220.00–225.003852
HeifersMedium and Large 2425142.39/cwt140.00–147.006056
BullsMedium and Large 2480143.96/cwt140.00–148.006912
BullsMedium and Large 3468136.03/cwt130.00–138.006374
BullsMedium and Large 2530134.02/cwt133.00–135.007102
BullsMedium and Large 3369161.46/cwt160.00–167.005965
BullsMedium and Large 2220201.22/cwt200.00–202.504432
BullsMedium and Large 2693112.65/cwt110.00–118.007813
BullsMedium and Large 2428150.83/cwt150.00–152.506463
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-291389.08/cwt88.00–90.008132
Bulls1,78585.01/cwt82.00–88.001,5172
Bulls1,60074.49/cwt74.00–75.001,1922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25554.20/cwt51.00–58.006805

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.