Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-04-25

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Apr 25
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
279 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 69▲ 77 vs year ago 202 · +38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 33▲ 4 vs year ago 33 · +12.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 34▲ 6 vs year ago 54 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to next week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls no trend. Feeder steers and feeder bulls slightly lower, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.55/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$137.55
38 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.63
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2411146.796038thin
Medium and Large 1486143.1769514thin
Medium and Large 3443128.0156716thin
One grade step is worth $18.78/cwt here — about $37 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
137.55
—
FL average9 barns · 610 hd
149.18
−11.63
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04669.577288thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low84853.544542thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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—373192.90/cwt190.00–196.007202
BullsMedium and Large 1—423183.27/cwt182.50–184.007752
BullsMedium and Large 3—565125.27/cwt122.50–128.007082
BullsMedium and Large 1—473166.57/cwt162.00–171.007882
BullsMedium and Large 1—525153.49/cwt152.00–155.008062
BullsMedium and Large 2—318194.39/cwt190.00–199.006184
SteersMedium and Large 1—535161.30/cwt158.00–163.008633
SteersMedium and Large 3—574123.73/cwt120.00–125.007104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—693112.01/cwt110.00–114.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333162.72/cwt160.00–168.005423
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528112.36/cwt110.00–117.005933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515122.02/cwt120.00–124.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374142.06/cwt140.00–148.005314
SteersMedium and Large 1—467169.71/cwt164.00–172.507933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420147.37/cwt146.00–150.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429152.77/cwt152.00–155.006554
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478144.92/cwt140.00–150.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430131.14/cwt130.00–136.005645
SteersMedium and Large 3—633116.25/cwt115.00–117.507362
SteersMedium and Large 2—693124.50/cwt124.00–125.008632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370160.99/cwt160.00–162.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523133.84/cwt130.00–137.507002
BullsMedium and Large 3—475142.53/cwt140.00–145.006772
BullsMedium and Large 2—423172.95/cwt170.00–176.007322
BullsMedium and Large 3—414161.21/cwt160.00–168.006677
HeifersMedium and Large 3—464121.79/cwt120.00–127.005654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—93366.51/cwt63.00–70.006212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95376.49/cwt74.00–80.007292
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10469.01/cwt66.00–72.007624
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01578.68/cwt76.00–81.007992
CowsBoner 80-85%—96061.58/cwt60.00–63.005912
CowsLean 85-90%—84853.54/cwt52.00–55.004542

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.