Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2023-06-12

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Jun 12
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
509 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 312▲ 174 vs year ago 335 · +51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 92▲ 46 vs year ago 48 · +95.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 83▲ 18 vs year ago 42 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls 2.00 to 9.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows slightly lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.63/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$224.63
73 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.25
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402239.7196325
Medium and Large 2378221.6283824
Medium and Large 3413211.9187524
One grade step is worth $27.80/cwt here — about $88 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 sale73 hd
224.63
—
FL average8 barns · 714 hd
223.37
+1.25
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—High1,418113.131,6046thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12794.071,06114

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,058$1,3242thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 3—473232.54/cwt230.00–237.501,1003
SteersMedium and Large 2—522233.29/cwt230.00–235.001,2183
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585176.70/cwt175.00–177.501,0343
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418210.65/cwt210.00–215.008818
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527191.71/cwt190.00–195.001,0103
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573192.47/cwt190.00–195.001,1032
SteersMedium and Large 1—365271.27/cwt270.00–272.509902
SteersMedium and Large 3—275291.73/cwt290.00–295.008023
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318232.44/cwt230.00–235.007396
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572182.56/cwt180.00–187.501,0443
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368222.61/cwt220.00–227.508196
SteersMedium and Large 3—523219.96/cwt217.50–222.501,1502
SteersMedium and Large 2—377263.36/cwt260.00–265.009933
SteersMedium and Large 2—487244.18/cwt242.50–245.001,1893
SteersMedium and Large 1—213347.53/cwt345.00–350.007402
SteersMedium and Large 1—525242.55/cwt240.00–245.001,2734
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275236.32/cwt232.50–240.006502
SteersMedium and Large 1—578232.53/cwt230.00–235.001,3442
SteersMedium and Large 2—428251.65/cwt250.00–255.001,0773
BullsMedium and Large 3—380243.80/cwt240.00–245.009264
BullsMedium and Large 2—423246.27/cwt245.00–247.501,0422
BullsMedium and Large 2—233297.58/cwt295.00–300.006932
BullsMedium and Large 2—263289.94/cwt285.00–292.507636
BullsMedium and Large 1—428253.68/cwt250.00–257.501,0862
BullsMedium and Large 1—368262.45/cwt260.00–265.009662
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09580.55/cwt76.00–86.008824
Bulls——1,878127.15/cwt125.00–129.002,3882
Bulls——1,188106.12/cwt102.00–110.001,2614
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,192105.15/cwt99.00–109.001,2536
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06390.96/cwt87.00–97.009674
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,070109.35/cwt107.00–112.001,1702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—79094.05/cwt90.00–97.007432
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0581,324.23/head1,300.00–1,350.001,3242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322241.74/cwt240.00–245.007783
BullsMedium and Large 3—418231.54/cwt230.00–237.509685
BullsMedium and Large 3—163275.69/cwt230.00–320.004492
BullsMedium and Large 3—325253.63/cwt250.00–257.508242
BullsMedium and Large 1—330285.15/cwt280.00–290.009414
BullsMedium and Large 2—527221.71/cwt220.00–225.001,1683
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467222.46/cwt220.00–227.501,0396
BullsMedium and Large 1—266298.06/cwt295.00–300.007938
BullsMedium and Large 2—320268.77/cwt265.50–275.008603
BullsMedium and Large 3—273276.59/cwt275.00–280.007553
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325221.72/cwt220.00–225.007213
HeifersMedium and Large 3—238262.47/cwt260.00–265.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—192328.30/cwt325.00–330.006303
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633183.74/cwt180.00–187.501,1632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—439232.94/cwt230.00–237.501,0235
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273257.71/cwt255.00–265.007044
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277244.31/cwt232.50–250.006776
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468201.31/cwt197.50–205.009426

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.