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
BullsLow1,54390.261,3936thin
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 3530133.82/cwt130.00–137.507092
HeifersMedium and Large 3284182.27/cwt180.00–185.005189
HeifersMedium and Large 3328170.69/cwt170.00–175.005607
SteersMedium and Large 1332251.63/cwt250.00–255.008359
SteersMedium and Large 1379236.83/cwt235.00–240.008988
HeifersMedium and Large 2282191.54/cwt190.00–197.505405
HeifersMedium and Large 2328183.66/cwt180.00–187.5060210
HeifersMedium and Large 1578141.23/cwt140.00–142.508162
HeifersMedium and Large 1270205.19/cwt200.00–210.005542
SteersMedium and Large 2693142.51/cwt140.00–145.009882
SteersMedium and Large 2430220.03/cwt217.50–222.509462
HeifersMedium and Large 1525155.80/cwt152.50–157.508183
HeifersMedium and Large 2468152.46/cwt150.00–155.007142
SteersMedium and Large 3582150.81/cwt150.00–152.508783
SteersMedium and Large 3422208.97/cwt207.00–210.008823
SteersMedium and Large 2327242.89/cwt240.00–247.507945
SteersMedium and Large 2273260.79/cwt260.00–262.507123
SteersMedium and Large 1431227.89/cwt225.00–230.009827
SteersMedium and Large 1276270.98/cwt270.00–272.507485
SteersMedium and Large 1513182.54/cwt180.00–190.009364
SteersMedium and Large 1588173.31/cwt170.00–175.001,0193
SteersMedium and Large 2381226.06/cwt220.00–230.008615
SteersMedium and Large 3317231.68/cwt230.00–235.007343
BullsMedium and Large 1380228.29/cwt225.00–230.008686
BullsMedium and Large 1425214.88/cwt210.00–220.009132
BullsMedium and Large 1265258.68/cwt255.00–262.506862
BullsMedium and Large 1488194.31/cwt192.50–195.009487
BullsMedium and Large 1322248.98/cwt245.00–250.008025
BullsMedium and Large 1224267.96/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
Bulls1,54390.26/cwt87.00–93.001,3936
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-287878.75/cwt77.00–81.006912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00072.93/cwt70.00–76.007292
BullsMedium and Large 3380194.93/cwt190.00–200.007412
BullsMedium and Large 2231267.92/cwt265.00–270.006195
BullsMedium and Large 2373211.22/cwt210.00–212.507882
BullsMedium and Large 2471181.22/cwt180.00–185.008544
BullsMedium and Large 2423206.02/cwt205.00–207.008712
BullsMedium and Large 3542165.03/cwt160.00–167.508943
BullsMedium and Large 2673141.25/cwt140.00–142.509512
BullsMedium and Large 2583159.95/cwt157.50–162.509332
HeifersMedium and Large 3470141.22/cwt140.00–142.506642
HeifersMedium and Large 1426172.19/cwt170.00–175.007347
HeifersMedium and Large 1480163.63/cwt160.00–167.507854
BullsMedium and Large 3225246.81/cwt240.00–250.005553
HeifersMedium and Large 2422161.27/cwt160.00–167.5068112
HeifersMedium and Large 2381170.79/cwt170.00–175.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 3234197.80/cwt195.00–200.004637
HeifersMedium and Large 3692105.98/cwt100.00–110.007335
HeifersMedium and Large 2533142.54/cwt140.00–145.007604
HeifersMedium and Large 2580131.28/cwt130.00–132.507612
HeifersMedium and Large 1380182.57/cwt177.50–185.006949
HeifersMedium and Large 1323193.66/cwt190.00–197.506264
HeifersMedium and Large 3371161.21/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.