Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2022-11-07

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Nov 7
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
689 head
176 vs last sale 513 267 vs year ago 422 · +63.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
41 vs last sale 123 5 vs year ago 77 · +6.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
67 vs last sale 106 24 vs year ago 63 · 38.1%
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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 heifer steady. Replacement replacement steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.27/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$144.27
122 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.77
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455150.2368418thin
Medium and Large 2415148.7161836
Medium and Large 3405140.3556868
One grade step is worth $9.88/cwt here — about $115 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 sale122 hd
144.27
FL average9 barns · 969 hd
138.50
+5.77
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
BullsAverage1,48591.231,3556thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17561.9972814

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1277210.81/cwt210.00–212.505843
HeifersMedium and Large 3218172.41/cwt170.00–175.003762
BullsMedium and Large 1380193.73/cwt192.50–195.007362
BullsMedium and Large 3379172.86/cwt170.00–177.506558
BullsMedium and Large 3526144.23/cwt140.00–147.507597
HeifersMedium and Large 3371146.48/cwt145.00–147.5054320
HeifersMedium and Large 2470138.83/cwt135.00–142.506534
HeifersMedium and Large 3328153.32/cwt150.00–157.5050311
HeifersMedium and Large 2432148.66/cwt145.00–150.0064211
HeifersMedium and Large 3570110.82/cwt110.00–112.506323
HeifersMedium and Large 1363163.02/cwt162.00–165.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 1653113.98/cwt110.00–118.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 365394.02/cwt90.00–98.006142
SteersMedium and Large 1467176.68/cwt175.00–177.508253
SteersMedium and Large 1430182.56/cwt180.00–185.007852
HeifersMedium and Large 3528118.34/cwt115.00–120.006259
HeifersMedium and Large 2520128.76/cwt127.50–130.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 3272161.03/cwt160.00–165.004385
HeifersMedium and Large 3415140.93/cwt135.00–142.5058510
SteersMedium and Large 1370192.47/cwt190.00–195.007122
SteersMedium and Large 1565151.70/cwt150.00–155.008573
SteersMedium and Large 3567131.71/cwt130.00–135.007473
HeifersMedium and Large 1415157.47/cwt155.00–160.006548
HeifersMedium and Large 2573118.77/cwt117.50–120.006812
HeifersMedium and Large 2378153.89/cwt152.50–157.5058211
SteersMedium and Large 2323193.66/cwt190.00–197.506262
SteersMedium and Large 3470153.37/cwt150.00–155.007213
SteersMedium and Large 2418175.04/cwt172.50–177.507322
HeifersMedium and Large 3467130.42/cwt130.00–132.506096
HeifersMedium and Large 1525138.71/cwt137.50–140.007282
HeifersMedium and Large 2330162.54/cwt160.00–165.005366
SteersMedium and Large 3325184.92/cwt180.00–187.506013
SteersMedium and Large 3373173.83/cwt170.00–177.506482
BullsMedium and Large 3423163.68/cwt160.00–167.506924
BullsMedium and Large 1421181.22/cwt180.00–185.007634
BullsMedium and Large 2420172.56/cwt170.00–177.507256
BullsMedium and Large 2314196.97/cwt195.00–197.506185
BullsMedium and Large 1528162.54/cwt160.00–165.008582
BullsMedium and Large 1468173.69/cwt170.00–177.508132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04853.54/cwt50.00–57.005614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24869.60/cwt68.00–73.008694
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21162.54/cwt58.00–67.007576
Bulls1,36891.17/cwt89.00–93.001,2472
Bulls1,14583.91/cwt80.00–88.009612
Bulls1,94398.60/cwt97.00–100.001,9162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-295873.97/cwt70.00–80.007092
BullsMedium and Large 2580142.44/cwt140.00–145.008262
BullsMedium and Large 2373184.95/cwt182.50–187.506904
BullsMedium and Large 2478163.31/cwt160.00–165.007813
BullsMedium and Large 3470153.71/cwt150.00–155.007224
BullsMedium and Large 3641125.63/cwt125.00–127.508054
BullsMedium and Large 3570131.64/cwt130.00–135.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 1475149.95/cwt145.00–152.507123
BullsMedium and Large 2278200.39/cwt200.00–202.005575
BullsMedium and Large 3335183.69/cwt180.00–187.506152
BullsMedium and Large 1563150.84/cwt150.00–152.508493
BullsMedium and Large 2525151.63/cwt150.00–155.007963

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.