Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-05-09

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, May 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
283 head
6 vs last sale 289 137 vs year ago 146 · +93.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
44 vs last sale 79 30 vs year ago 65 · 46.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
68 vs last sale 97 9 vs year ago 38 · 23.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.12/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$140.12
53 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.42
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1393161.0263210thin
Medium and Large 3409135.6755527
Medium and Large 2467134.5562816thin
One grade step is worth $26.46/cwt here — about $4 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 sale53 hd
140.12
FL average9 barns · 727 hd
150.54
−10.42
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
BullsAverage1,620100.561,6292thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14972.268308thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07555.996022thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
SteersMedium and Large 3520135.06/cwt132.00–141.007023
SteersMedium and Large 2320192.98/cwt192.00–194.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 1478147.52/cwt146.00–149.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 3525115.48/cwt113.00–118.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1420154.05/cwt150.00–158.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 1333172.40/cwt170.00–177.505743
HeifersMedium and Large 3420133.95/cwt130.00–138.005636
SteersMedium and Large 1468169.03/cwt167.00–171.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 3328150.81/cwt150.00–155.004956
HeifersMedium and Large 3370143.59/cwt140.00–147.005316
HeifersMedium and Large 2518120.68/cwt120.00–122.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 3469123.16/cwt120.00–127.505787
HeifersMedium and Large 2429142.15/cwt140.00–149.006104
HeifersMedium and Large 2373150.41/cwt150.00–152.005615
BullsMedium and Large 3315182.46/cwt180.00–185.005754
BullsMedium and Large 3379170.55/cwt167.50–175.006465
BullsMedium and Large 3513128.78/cwt127.50–135.006616
HeifersMedium and Large 1377163.27/cwt160.00–165.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 2473133.05/cwt130.00–136.006292
HeifersMedium and Large 2693102.01/cwt100.00–104.007072
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297073.17/cwt70.00–76.007102
Bulls1,620100.56/cwt99.00–102.001,6292
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16967.93/cwt65.00–71.007944
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12976.58/cwt74.00–80.008654
CowsLean 85-90%1,07555.99/cwt55.00–57.006022
BullsMedium and Large 1420185.07/cwt182.00–188.007774
BullsMedium and Large 1475168.98/cwt168.00–170.008034
BullsMedium and Large 2513146.96/cwt141.00–150.007543
BullsMedium and Large 2375182.57/cwt180.00–187.506853
BullsMedium and Large 3265193.73/cwt192.50–195.005132
BullsMedium and Large 3573123.70/cwt120.00–127.507092
SteersMedium and Large 2380185.40/cwt180.00–188.007053
SteersMedium and Large 1365192.47/cwt190.00–195.007034
SteersMedium and Large 1235243.78/cwt242.50–245.005732
SteersMedium and Large 3370171.27/cwt170.00–172.506342
SteersMedium and Large 1430185.95/cwt184.00–188.008002

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.