Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2023-01-30

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jan 30
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
394 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 312▲ 168 vs year ago 226 · +74.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 96▲ 24 vs year ago 61 · +39.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 29▲ 4 vs year ago 54 · +7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.21/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$169.21
108 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.53
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416175.4172931
Medium and Large 2397168.1066741
Medium and Large 3373165.1361636
One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $113 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 sale108 hd
169.21
—
FL average8 barns · 785 hd
171.74
−2.53
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—Low1,54390.261,3936thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10277.4585410
CowsLean 85-90%Average79255.484394thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530133.82/cwt130.00–137.507092
HeifersMedium and Large 3—284182.27/cwt180.00–185.005189
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328170.69/cwt170.00–175.005607
SteersMedium and Large 1—332251.63/cwt250.00–255.008359
SteersMedium and Large 1—379236.83/cwt235.00–240.008988
HeifersMedium and Large 2—282191.54/cwt190.00–197.505405
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328183.66/cwt180.00–187.5060210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578141.23/cwt140.00–142.508162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270205.19/cwt200.00–210.005542
SteersMedium and Large 2—693142.51/cwt140.00–145.009882
SteersMedium and Large 2—430220.03/cwt217.50–222.509462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525155.80/cwt152.50–157.508183
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468152.46/cwt150.00–155.007142
SteersMedium and Large 3—582150.81/cwt150.00–152.508783
SteersMedium and Large 3—422208.97/cwt207.00–210.008823
SteersMedium and Large 2—327242.89/cwt240.00–247.507945
SteersMedium and Large 2—273260.79/cwt260.00–262.507123
SteersMedium and Large 1—431227.89/cwt225.00–230.009827
SteersMedium and Large 1—276270.98/cwt270.00–272.507485
SteersMedium and Large 1—513182.54/cwt180.00–190.009364
SteersMedium and Large 1—588173.31/cwt170.00–175.001,0193
SteersMedium and Large 2—381226.06/cwt220.00–230.008615
SteersMedium and Large 3—317231.68/cwt230.00–235.007343
BullsMedium and Large 1—380228.29/cwt225.00–230.008686
BullsMedium and Large 1—425214.88/cwt210.00–220.009132
BullsMedium and Large 1—265258.68/cwt255.00–262.506862
BullsMedium and Large 1—488194.31/cwt192.50–195.009487
BullsMedium and Large 1—322248.98/cwt245.00–250.008025
BullsMedium and Large 1—224267.96/cwt245.00–280.006004
CowsLean 85-90%—81059.06/cwt57.00–61.004782
CowsBoner 80-85%—97371.44/cwt67.00–76.006952
CowsLean 85-90%—77351.89/cwt50.00–54.004012
CowsBoner 80-85%—92363.04/cwt60.00–66.005822
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20584.26/cwt80.00–89.001,0156
Bulls——1,54390.26/cwt87.00–93.001,3936
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87878.75/cwt77.00–81.006912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00072.93/cwt70.00–76.007292
BullsMedium and Large 3—380194.93/cwt190.00–200.007412
BullsMedium and Large 2—231267.92/cwt265.00–270.006195
BullsMedium and Large 2—373211.22/cwt210.00–212.507882
BullsMedium and Large 2—471181.22/cwt180.00–185.008544
BullsMedium and Large 2—423206.02/cwt205.00–207.008712
BullsMedium and Large 3—542165.03/cwt160.00–167.508943
BullsMedium and Large 2—673141.25/cwt140.00–142.509512
BullsMedium and Large 2—583159.95/cwt157.50–162.509332
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470141.22/cwt140.00–142.506642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426172.19/cwt170.00–175.007347
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480163.63/cwt160.00–167.507854
BullsMedium and Large 3—225246.81/cwt240.00–250.005553
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422161.27/cwt160.00–167.5068112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381170.79/cwt170.00–175.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 3—234197.80/cwt195.00–200.004637
HeifersMedium and Large 3—692105.98/cwt100.00–110.007335
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533142.54/cwt140.00–145.007604
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580131.28/cwt130.00–132.507612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380182.57/cwt177.50–185.006949
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323193.66/cwt190.00–197.506264
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371161.21/cwt160.00–165.005984

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.