Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-03-13

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 13
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
395 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 474▲ 395 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 113▲ 127 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 86▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls were slightly higher. Feeder steers slightly higher, bulls steady, heifers steady. Feeders over 600 lbs steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.71/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$160.71
66 head · 371 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.66
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1349186.7265220
Medium and Large 2388160.0862121
Medium and Large 3375140.4252725
One grade step is worth $46.30/cwt here — about $125 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 sale66 hd
160.71
—
FL average10 barns · 859 hd
160.04
+0.66
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—High1,37985.601,18012
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,22565.498022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12857.6865135
CowsLean 85-90%Low84649.564197thin

Every lot, as filed

51 lots · USDA AMS · Sumter County Livestock Auction - Webster, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%—90043.33/cwt40.00–45.003903
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15061.00/cwt58.00–65.0070212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09557.19/cwt54.00–59.0062621
Bulls——1,45588.91/cwt78.00–103.001,2949
CowsLean 85-90%—80654.23/cwt52.00–56.004374
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22565.49/cwt64.00–67.008022
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35042.96/cwt42.00–44.005802
Bulls——1,15075.67/cwt73.00–77.008703
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,00059.60/cwt57.00–67.005965
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—950106.67/cwt102.00–112.001,0133
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—75083.00/cwt78.00–88.006232
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2181,300.98/cwt1,275.00–1,325.0015,8462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315179.00/cwt178.00–180.005642
HeifersMedium and Large 3—317152.69/cwt150.00–154.004846
HeifersMedium and Large 1—200252.50/cwt250.00–255.005052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469140.01/cwt138.00–144.006574
HeifersMedium and Large 2—200227.50/cwt225.00–230.004552
HeifersMedium and Large 3—253162.84/cwt160.00–170.0041210
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535128.95/cwt124.00–134.006902
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470114.50/cwt110.00–120.005384
HeifersMedium and Large 3—65097.00/cwt92.00–102.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563118.64/cwt114.00–122.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 1—407161.05/cwt158.00–164.006556
HeifersMedium and Large 2—337169.68/cwt168.00–174.005727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—180277.57/cwt275.00–280.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475154.00/cwt150.00–158.007325
SteersMedium and Large 3—500135.50/cwt128.00–138.006784
SteersMedium and Large 2—276236.69/cwt230.00–240.006539
SteersMedium and Large 1—267260.61/cwt258.00–265.006966
HeifersMedium and Large 2—250181.67/cwt180.00–185.004543
SteersMedium and Large 1—218292.41/cwt285.00–295.006374
SteersMedium and Large 1—675137.00/cwt136.00–138.009252
SteersMedium and Large 2—368178.94/cwt176.00–182.006582
SteersMedium and Large 3—585141.01/cwt140.00–142.008252
SteersMedium and Large 3—355161.20/cwt160.00–166.005725
HeifersMedium and Large 1—260193.33/cwt190.00–200.005033
SteersMedium and Large 1—322216.57/cwt210.00–220.006977
SteersMedium and Large 3—70088.00/cwt84.00–90.006163
SteersMedium and Large 3—400155.33/cwt150.00–158.006213
SteersMedium and Large 3—335172.50/cwt170.00–180.005784
SteersMedium and Large 1—430184.00/cwt178.00–186.007914
HeifersMedium and Large 3—590104.67/cwt102.00–110.006183
BullsMedium and Large 2—565134.97/cwt132.00–138.007632
BullsMedium and Large 3—565124.00/cwt122.00–126.007012
BullsMedium and Large 1—500169.50/cwt166.00–170.008488
BullsMedium and Large 1—250270.00/cwt265.00–275.006754
BullsMedium and Large 1—325206.48/cwt205.00–208.006712
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—71378.04/cwt76.00–80.005562
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,00064.75/cwt62.00–66.006484
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,3081,461.66/cwt1,400.00–1,525.0019,1192
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0901,130.05/cwt1,075.00–1,175.0012,3182

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.