Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-05-23

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, May 23
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 217▼ 111 vs year ago 265 · −41.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 39▲ 9 vs year ago 76 · +11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 43▼ 11 vs year ago 55 · −20.0%
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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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.99/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$140.99
29 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.94
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467144.4767511thin
Medium and Large 3395139.3755012thin
Medium and Large 2445137.876136thin
One grade step is worth $6.61/cwt here — about $61 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
140.99
—
FL average9 barns · 587 hd
146.93
−5.94
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—Average1,67599.991,6752thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15572.6883914
CowsLean 85-90%Average89752.004664thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—223227.42/cwt225.00–230.005072
BullsMedium and Large 1—533159.52/cwt158.00–161.008502
BullsMedium and Large 3—662119.16/cwt117.50–120.007893
BullsMedium and Large 2—270202.41/cwt200.00–205.005472
BullsMedium and Large 1—277216.69/cwt215.00–217.506003
BullsMedium and Large 1—372191.64/cwt190.00–195.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428132.42/cwt130.00–137.505673
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370152.43/cwt150.00–157.505643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423154.28/cwt152.50–156.006532
SteersMedium and Large 1—228234.62/cwt230.00–240.005352
SteersMedium and Large 1—643144.99/cwt142.00–148.009322
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517133.01/cwt131.00–134.006883
SteersMedium and Large 1—473170.96/cwt165.00–174.008093
SteersMedium and Large 3—423163.56/cwt160.00–167.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578122.96/cwt120.00–126.007114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520123.30/cwt120.00–125.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—215194.88/cwt190.00–200.004192
HeifersMedium and Large 3—268166.04/cwt165.00–167.504455
BullsMedium and Large 2—423173.05/cwt170.00–176.007322
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528111.23/cwt110.00–115.005874
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,253973.30/cwt925.00–1,025.0012,1952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,37370.56/cwt68.00–73.009692
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19579.62/cwt75.00–84.009516
CowsBoner 80-85%—94559.42/cwt57.00–62.005622
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18470.16/cwt66.00–74.008316
CowsLean 85-90%—86355.97/cwt55.00–57.004832
Bulls——1,67599.99/cwt99.00–101.001,6752
CowsLean 85-90%—93048.02/cwt46.00–50.004472

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.