Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-02-07

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Feb 7
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
411 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 226▲ 286 vs year ago 125 · +228.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 61▲ 112 vs year ago 27 · +414.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 54▲ 112 vs year ago 13 · +861.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.57/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$151.57
60 head · 386 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.00
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368164.8460719thin
Medium and Large 3354148.3252517thin
Medium and Large 2422143.3860624
One grade step is worth $21.46/cwt here — about $2 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 sale60 hd
151.57
—
FL average9 barns · 878 hd
152.58
−1.00
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—Low1,59393.951,4968thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,27185.221,0834thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09572.3779212
CowsLean 85-90%Average81852.524302thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273173.27/cwt172.50–174.004732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526126.04/cwt120.00–128.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423132.54/cwt130.00–135.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 3—223172.42/cwt170.00–175.003842
SteersMedium and Large 2—323196.22/cwt195.00–197.506342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317171.31/cwt170.00–174.005433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—65490.99/cwt90.00–95.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 2—317165.22/cwt160.00–168.005243
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475142.61/cwt140.00–148.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—643112.49/cwt110.00–115.007232
SteersMedium and Large 1—220242.44/cwt240.00–245.005332
SteersMedium and Large 1—363193.02/cwt192.00–195.007013
SteersMedium and Large 1—318204.62/cwt200.00–207.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280182.59/cwt180.00–185.005112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—218198.79/cwt195.00–200.004334
HeifersMedium and Large 2—218180.96/cwt180.00–185.003945
SteersMedium and Large 2—468162.95/cwt160.00–166.007632
SteersMedium and Large 2—273213.17/cwt210.00–220.005823
SteersMedium and Large 2—663122.98/cwt118.00–128.008152
SteersMedium and Large 3—528125.97/cwt124.00–128.006652
SteersMedium and Large 3—373165.98/cwt164.00–167.006193
BullsMedium and Large 1—465167.47/cwt165.00–170.007792
BullsMedium and Large 2—273209.49/cwt209.00–210.005722
BullsMedium and Large 1—573141.97/cwt140.00–144.008132
BullsMedium and Large 3—468145.05/cwt142.00–148.006792
BullsMedium and Large 3—528131.04/cwt128.00–134.006922
BullsMedium and Large 1—515151.51/cwt150.00–153.007802
CowsBoner 80-85%—94560.59/cwt58.00–63.005732
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05869.56/cwt64.00–73.007364
CowsLean 85-90%—81852.52/cwt50.00–55.004302
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27185.22/cwt84.00–86.001,0834
Bulls——1,47081.50/cwt81.00–82.001,1982
Bulls——1,955105.21/cwt101.00–110.002,0572
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16978.17/cwt74.00–83.009146
Bulls——1,47394.54/cwt90.00–99.001,3934
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87085.76/cwt81.00–90.007462
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—810756.17/cwt700.00–800.006,1252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—920925.54/cwt875.00–975.008,5152
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,050.50/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0010,5052
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—995108.35/cwt106.00–111.001,0782
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—79397.22/cwt92.00–101.007712
BullsMedium and Large 2—373188.64/cwt186.00–190.007043
BullsMedium and Large 2—219221.31/cwt220.00–225.004854
HeifersMedium and Large 3—288164.83/cwt160.00–168.004755
BullsMedium and Large 3—315185.08/cwt180.00–190.005832
BullsMedium and Large 1—423185.58/cwt183.00–191.007853
BullsMedium and Large 1—378193.98/cwt192.00–195.007333
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427152.95/cwt150.00–159.006533
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525113.96/cwt112.00–118.005983
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375144.11/cwt140.00–148.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320152.42/cwt150.00–157.504883
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373162.64/cwt160.00–164.006073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465142.97/cwt140.00–146.006652
SteersMedium and Large 1—270228.61/cwt225.00–232.506172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375153.55/cwt150.00–157.005762

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.