Sale reports / Florida / Ocala Livestock Market / 2024-02-05

Ocala Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ocala, Florida · Mon, Feb 5
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1424
Feeder Cattle receipts
275 head
73 vs last sale 348 36 vs year ago 311 · 11.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
0 vs last sale 44 29 vs year ago 73 · 39.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
22 vs last sale 53 3 vs year ago 28 · +10.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $309.66/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$309.66
63 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,205
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.31
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1373324.971,21325
Medium and Large 2389308.071,19818thin
Medium and Large 3409291.961,19520
One grade step is worth $33.01/cwt here — about $18 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 sale63 hd
309.66
FL average6 barns · 385 hd
279.35
+30.31
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
BullsLow1,557120.621,8774thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,344125.151,6824thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,084110.011,1928thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1325435.15/cwt430.00–440.001,4142
BullsMedium and Large 3264422.61/cwt420.00–430.001,1164
BullsMedium and Large 3369389.07/cwt385.00–395.001,4365
BullsMedium and Large 3417377.96/cwt370.00–380.001,5765
BullsMedium and Large 2273437.39/cwt435.00–440.001,1944
BullsMedium and Large 1473346.76/cwt340.00–350.001,6403
HeifersMedium and Large 2520242.55/cwt237.50–245.001,2616
HeifersMedium and Large 2228376.57/cwt370.00–380.008593
HeifersMedium and Large 1523251.30/cwt250.00–255.001,3144
HeifersMedium and Large 1419303.91/cwt300.00–310.001,2735
HeifersMedium and Large 3623201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,2522
HeifersMedium and Large 1225392.39/cwt390.00–395.008832
HeifersMedium and Large 3475268.74/cwt267.50–270.001,2772
HeifersMedium and Large 1369331.22/cwt330.00–340.001,2228
HeifersMedium and Large 1263368.29/cwt365.00–370.009693
HeifersMedium and Large 2333338.78/cwt335.00–340.001,1284
HeifersMedium and Large 1318353.40/cwt350.00–360.001,1243
BullsMedium and Large 1270452.55/cwt450.00–455.001,2224
BullsMedium and Large 2573282.53/cwt280.00–285.001,6192
HeifersMedium and Large 3328327.60/cwt325.00–330.001,0754
HeifersMedium and Large 3423281.03/cwt280.00–285.001,1895
HeifersMedium and Large 3366312.03/cwt305.00–315.001,1427
HeifersMedium and Large 2373321.03/cwt320.00–325.001,1975
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2953127.31/cwt125.00–130.001,2132
Bulls1,108112.61/cwt110.00–115.001,2482
CowsBoner 80-85%1,076105.28/cwt101.00–109.001,1334
CowsBoner 80-85%1,091114.73/cwt110.00–120.001,2524
Bulls2,005128.62/cwt126.00–132.002,5792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,344125.15/cwt121.00–128.001,6824

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.