Name: Ocala Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not reported previous week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.89/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$224.89

22 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.00

vs FL average

−12.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	228.49	1,221	16thin
Medium and Large 2	516	215.31	1,111	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

224.89

—

FL average6 barns · 134 hd

222.89

+2.00

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−12.12

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,450	139.10	2,018	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,274	117.71	1,500	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	113.79	1,286	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	110.81	1,073	24

Every lot, as filed

26 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,498	145.10/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,174	6
Bulls	—	—	1,379	130.11/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,794	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	105.04/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,004	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	113.69/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,107	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	113.79/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,286	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,274	117.71/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,500	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	224.96/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,262	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	232.88/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,204	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	336.06/cwt	325.00–350.00	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	349.61/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,108	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	222.49/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,342	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	246.63/cwt	230.00–270.00	1,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	229.53/cwt	210.00–250.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	295.08/cwt	270.00–315.00	1,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	335.54/cwt	290.00–360.00	1,423	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	215.31/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,111	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	260.56/cwt	235.00–270.00	1,097	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	372.17/cwt	330.00–395.00	1,370	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	210.20/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	224.86/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	284.60/cwt	260.00–310.00	791	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	253.30/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,206	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	221.17/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,245	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	302.36/cwt	265.00–330.00	989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	281.26/cwt	255.00–320.00	1,066	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	242.45/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,149	9

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ocala Livestock Auction - Ocala, FL

Mon Sep 16, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 400Last week 251Year ago 663

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 50Year ago 128

Market not reported previous week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,498	140.00–148.00	145.10
4	—	1,379	128.00–132.00	130.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	956	102.00–107.00	105.04
16	—	974	110.00–119.00	113.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,130	110.00–121.00	113.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,274	110.00–122.00	117.71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	269	325.00–350.00	336.06
6	300–350	317	320.00–375.00	349.61
11	350–400	368	330.00–395.00	372.17
8	400–450	424	290.00–360.00	335.54
9	450–500	476	240.00–270.00	253.30
4	500–550	519	230.00–270.00	246.63
8	550–600	561	220.00–240.00	224.96
2	600–650	603	220.00–225.00	222.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	210.00–250.00	229.53
3	400–450	417	270.00–315.00	295.08
5	450–500	476	220.00–230.00	224.86
2	500–550	510	200.00–220.00	210.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	260.00–310.00	284.60
8	300–350	327	265.00–330.00	302.36
9	350–400	379	255.00–320.00	281.26
13	400–450	421	235.00–270.00	260.56
9	450–500	474	230.00–260.00	242.45
10	500–550	517	220.00–240.00	232.88
6	550–600	563	215.00–225.00	221.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	516	210.00–222.00	215.31

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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