Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-04-10

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
467 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 523▲ 467 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 88▲ 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 32▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were slightly higher, and slaughter bulls were steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers also steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.32/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$148.32
70 head · 379 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$74
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$11.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.08
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3318154.7349123
Medium and Large 1435147.9764417thin
Medium and Large 2394143.6156530
One grade step is worth $11.12/cwt here — about −$74 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 sale70 hd
148.32
—
FL average10 barns · 824 hd
151.40
−3.08
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—Low1,55877.471,20712
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33153.017065thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18251.3860726
CowsLean 85-90%Average88350.314443thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—930638.71/cwt625.00–650.005,9402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2081,440.99/cwt1,375.00–1,500.0017,4072
HeifersMedium and Large 3—240187.06/cwt184.00–190.004496
HeifersMedium and Large 2—317162.79/cwt160.00–170.005167
BullsMedium and Large 2—330179.92/cwt175.00–185.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431143.07/cwt140.00–148.006178
BullsMedium and Large 3—215203.41/cwt200.00–205.004373
BullsMedium and Large 3—374161.53/cwt154.00–164.006044
HeifersMedium and Large 1—593122.01/cwt118.00–124.007243
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515130.99/cwt130.00–132.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417132.82/cwt130.00–138.005546
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275162.36/cwt160.00–170.004464
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425121.02/cwt120.00–122.005142
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383141.88/cwt140.00–148.005434
SteersMedium and Large 1—259220.28/cwt215.00–222.005714
SteersMedium and Large 1—685120.96/cwt118.00–124.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555106.97/cwt104.00–110.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363154.03/cwt150.00–158.005592
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333154.53/cwt150.00–156.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508116.69/cwt110.00–120.005933
SteersMedium and Large 1—422172.59/cwt170.00–174.007283
SteersMedium and Large 3—332174.77/cwt170.00–178.005805
SteersMedium and Large 3—573104.85/cwt100.00–110.006012
SteersMedium and Large 2—418163.15/cwt158.00–168.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—272173.40/cwt172.00–176.004726
HeifersMedium and Large 3—369132.42/cwt130.00–138.004897
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—96573.83/cwt70.00–78.007122
Bulls——1,06561.68/cwt58.00–65.006572
Bulls——1,54778.05/cwt74.00–81.001,2076
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38340.95/cwt40.00–42.005662
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33153.01/cwt50.00–59.007065
CowsLean 85-90%—88350.31/cwt49.00–53.004443
Bulls——1,82084.50/cwt82.00–87.001,5384
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10150.11/cwt46.00–57.0055215
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27155.81/cwt52.00–60.007099
BullsMedium and Large 1—368186.08/cwt182.00–190.006852
BullsMedium and Large 2—267200.70/cwt200.00–202.005363
BullsMedium and Large 1—578129.88/cwt126.00–134.007512
BullsMedium and Large 2—373175.06/cwt172.00–178.006532
BullsMedium and Large 3—427132.75/cwt130.00–138.005673
BullsMedium and Large 1—690121.47/cwt118.00–125.008382
SteersMedium and Large 1—588142.96/cwt140.00–146.008412
SteersMedium and Large 1—330189.02/cwt188.00–190.006246
SteersMedium and Large 2—490145.39/cwt140.00–148.007123
SteersMedium and Large 3—426146.08/cwt142.00–152.006225
SteersMedium and Large 3—375171.16/cwt168.00–174.006424
HeifersMedium and Large 2—64399.98/cwt95.00–105.006432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—210217.44/cwt215.00–220.004572
SteersMedium and Large 2—207230.94/cwt225.00–235.004785
SteersMedium and Large 2—380176.93/cwt174.00–178.006727
SteersMedium and Large 1—383179.88/cwt178.00–186.006894
SteersMedium and Large 2—332184.16/cwt180.00–186.006113

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.