Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows no trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.31/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$130.31

29 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$34.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.24

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	450	146.01	657	6thin
Medium and Large 2	422	145.44	613	10thin
Medium and Large 3	536	111.42	597	13thin

One grade step is worth $34.59/cwt here — about $59 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 sale29 hd

130.31

—

FL average9 barns · 543 hd

152.55

−22.24

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	—	Low	1,583	102.05	1,616	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,405	93.49	1,314	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,127	76.49	862	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	845	57.40	485	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	167.31/cwt	166.00–170.00	781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	158.06/cwt	155.00–160.00	838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	158.31/cwt	155.00–160.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	145.18/cwt	142.50–148.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	123.78/cwt	120.00–127.50	724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	101.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	641	94.88/cwt	94.00–97.50	608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	183.56/cwt	180.00–187.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	153.25/cwt	150.00–158.00	573	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	110.97/cwt	110.00–115.00	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.97/cwt	134.00–136.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	135.54/cwt	131.00–140.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	137.01/cwt	134.00–140.00	881	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	191.21/cwt	190.00–192.50	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	161.38/cwt	160.00–164.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	151.53/cwt	150.00–156.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	155.02/cwt	152.50–157.50	485	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	1,038.34/cwt	1,000.00–1,075.00	10,466	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	93.06/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,456	2
Bulls	—	—	1,645	103.06/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,695	2
Bulls	—	—	1,540	110.03/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,694	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	63.98/cwt	60.00–69.00	677	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	923	74.05/cwt	70.00–78.00	683	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	93.49/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,314	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	57.40/cwt	55.00–60.00	485	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	85.65/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,062	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 Mar 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 183Last week 263Year ago 322

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 102Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 74Year ago 49

Compared to last week: Slaughter steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows no trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	166.00–170.00	167.31
5	—	530	155.00–160.00	158.06
2	—	643	134.00–140.00	137.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	155.00–160.00	158.31
2	—	523	142.50–148.00	145.18
2	—	423	180.00–187.00	183.56
4	—	585	131.00–140.00	135.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	138.00–140.00	138.99
2	—	585	120.00–127.50	123.78
2	—	320	190.00–192.50	191.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	100.00–104.00	101.99
5	—	374	150.00–158.00	153.25
3	—	320	160.00–164.00	161.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	641	94.00–97.50	94.88
5	—	526	110.00–115.00	110.97
2	—	575	100.00–104.00	102.02
2	—	313	152.50–157.50	155.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	134.00–136.00	134.97
4	—	413	150.00–156.00	151.53

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,038.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	91.00–95.00	93.06
2	—	1,645	100.00–106.00	103.06
2	—	1,540	108.00–112.00	110.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,058	60.00–69.00	63.98
2	—	923	70.00–78.00	74.05
6	—	1,240	82.00–90.00	85.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	92.00–95.00	93.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	55.00–60.00	57.40

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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Ocala Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle