Name: Sumter County Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2018-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls were slightly lower. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were steady. Tropical storm dropped a good amount of rain over the weekend and kept the numbers down.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.47/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$148.47

88 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$19.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.56

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	157.57	753	45
Medium and Large 3	449	139.89	628	21
Medium and Large 2	510	138.06	704	22

One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $50 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 sale88 hd

148.47

—

FL average7 barns · 474 hd

157.04

−8.56

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	—	Low	1,523	72.68	1,107	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,187	48.25	573	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,179	47.06	555	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	785	43.28	340	2thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	145.04/cwt	142.00–146.00	767	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	146.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	344	182.47/cwt	180.00–190.00	628	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	130.25/cwt	130.00–132.00	676	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	162.79/cwt	160.00–168.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	92.02/cwt	90.00–94.00	571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	108.03/cwt	100.00–110.00	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	134.93/cwt	132.00–138.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	120.01/cwt	118.00–122.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	181.32/cwt	180.00–184.00	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	165.76/cwt	164.00–172.00	736	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	173.92/cwt	172.00–176.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	140.66/cwt	140.00–142.00	764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	113.04/cwt	110.00–116.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	120.82/cwt	120.00–126.00	636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	142.13/cwt	140.00–146.00	594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	143.15/cwt	142.00–144.00	596	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	164.14/cwt	160.00–168.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	121.17/cwt	120.00–126.00	698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	191.62/cwt	190.00–196.00	611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	187.34/cwt	186.00–188.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	135.95/cwt	133.00–138.00	774	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	127.18/cwt	125.00–128.00	674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	171.22/cwt	170.00–175.00	570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	153.30/cwt	152.00–156.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	148.17/cwt	140.00–150.00	385	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	121.94/cwt	118.00–126.00	565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	131.72/cwt	130.00–136.00	491	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	120.58/cwt	120.00–124.00	682	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	112.69/cwt	108.00–115.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	161.64/cwt	160.00–165.00	755	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	113.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	120.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	648	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	267	207.03/cwt	205.00–208.00	553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	408	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	114.06/cwt	110.00–116.00	595	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	935	875.13/cwt	850.00–900.00	8,182	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	825	712.73/cwt	700.00–725.00	5,880	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	910	68.07/cwt	63.00–72.00	619	2
Bulls	—	—	1,486	69.97/cwt	64.00–74.00	1,040	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	52.01/cwt	50.00–54.00	624	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	45.41/cwt	41.00–49.00	532	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	51.07/cwt	50.00–52.00	621	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,158	45.44/cwt	44.00–47.00	526	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	43.28/cwt	40.00–47.00	340	2
Bulls	—	—	1,598	78.09/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,248	2

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 →

Sumter County Livestock Auction - Webster, FL

Tue Sep 4, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 660Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 187Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 81Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	142.00–146.00	145.04
6	—	472	140.00–150.00	146.50
8	—	344	180.00–190.00	182.47
3	—	425	160.00–168.00	162.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	130.00–132.00	130.25
2	—	638	110.00–118.00	113.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	90.00–94.00	92.02
6	—	538	120.00–123.00	120.49
3	—	267	205.00–208.00	207.03
2	—	458	130.00–136.00	132.98
2	—	408	138.00–140.00	139.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	100.00–110.00	108.03
4	—	523	132.00–138.00	134.93
3	—	313	180.00–184.00	181.32
2	—	370	172.00–176.00	173.92
5	—	576	120.00–126.00	121.17
3	—	473	152.00–156.00	153.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	118.00–122.00	120.01
18	—	444	164.00–172.00	165.76
3	—	543	140.00–142.00	140.66
4	—	319	190.00–196.00	191.62
3	—	358	186.00–188.00	187.34
12	—	569	133.00–138.00	135.95
3	—	467	160.00–165.00	161.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	110.00–116.00	113.04
7	—	526	120.00–126.00	120.82
6	—	418	140.00–146.00	142.13
2	—	368	160.00–168.00	164.14
4	—	333	170.00–175.00	171.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	416	142.00–144.00	143.15
7	—	530	125.00–128.00	127.18
7	—	566	120.00–124.00	120.58
3	—	662	108.00–115.00	112.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	260	140.00–150.00	148.17
10	—	373	130.00–136.00	131.72
3	—	522	110.00–116.00	114.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	118.00–126.00	121.94

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	935	850.00–900.00	875.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	825	700.00–725.00	712.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	910	63.00–72.00	68.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,486	64.00–74.00	69.97
2	—	1,598	76.00–80.00	78.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	50.00–54.00	52.01
6	—	1,172	41.00–49.00	45.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	50.00–52.00	51.07
2	—	1,158	44.00–47.00	45.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	40.00–47.00	43.28

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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Sumter County Farmers Market

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sumter County Livestock Auction - Webster, FL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle