Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-12-04

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Dec 4
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
716 head
▼ 516 vs last sale 1,232▲ 716 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 97▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 70▲ 86 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 1.00 to 2.00 higher, feeder steers were unevenly steady, bulls slightly higher, and feeder heifers were steady. Replacement cows were in high demand and steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.91/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$147.91
82 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$84
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.74
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2415154.3164029
Medium and Large 3418145.0560735
Medium and Large 1506143.1572418thin
One grade step is worth $11.16/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale82 hd
147.91
—
FL average10 barns · 529 hd
145.17
+2.74
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—Low1,53965.331,00510
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,22739.504846thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13137.7042612
CowsLean 85-90%Low76527.822134thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—69498.51/cwt94.00–100.006844
SteersMedium and Large 2—423158.97/cwt158.00–160.006722
SteersMedium and Large 3—260174.08/cwt170.00–178.004534
SteersMedium and Large 3—506121.61/cwt120.00–128.006155
SteersMedium and Large 2—558124.69/cwt118.00–128.006963
SteersMedium and Large 1—265200.51/cwt200.00–201.005312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—384133.48/cwt130.00–138.005137
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578112.97/cwt112.00–114.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578108.06/cwt106.00–110.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1—580134.07/cwt130.00–138.007782
SteersMedium and Large 2—521135.55/cwt135.00–136.0070613
SteersMedium and Large 1—543143.00/cwt142.00–144.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—506117.10/cwt114.00–118.005939
HeifersMedium and Large 3—52295.98/cwt90.00–100.005015
HeifersMedium and Large 3—208172.47/cwt170.00–175.003592
HeifersMedium and Large 3—459109.01/cwt104.00–110.0050012
SteersMedium and Large 2—323181.36/cwt180.00–184.005863
SteersMedium and Large 2—265186.56/cwt185.00–188.004942
HeifersMedium and Large 3—412122.95/cwt120.00–128.0050714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—69390.99/cwt88.00–94.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473128.24/cwt128.00–130.006078
HeifersMedium and Large 2—407132.69/cwt130.00–138.005403
SteersMedium and Large 1—456159.50/cwt158.00–160.007274
SteersMedium and Large 1—384181.63/cwt180.00–182.006975
BullsMedium and Large 2—309176.32/cwt170.00–178.005455
BullsMedium and Large 3—468136.05/cwt134.00–138.006374
BullsMedium and Large 1—320181.61/cwt180.00–185.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319142.29/cwt140.00–148.0045410
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358141.01/cwt140.00–142.005052
BullsMedium and Large 3—327166.63/cwt160.00–168.005456
BullsMedium and Large 2—477140.66/cwt140.00–142.006713
BullsMedium and Large 3—585103.33/cwt100.00–110.006043
BullsMedium and Large 2—582124.09/cwt120.00–126.007223
BullsMedium and Large 1—614119.71/cwt119.00–124.007357
BullsMedium and Large 3—388150.87/cwt150.00–154.005859
BullsMedium and Large 3—428143.47/cwt142.00–146.0061413
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—69872.22/cwt70.00–74.005042
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—85386.16/cwt82.00–92.007352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,18857.69/cwt53.00–63.006852
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—74885.62/cwt80.00–90.006402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,070750.12/cwt725.00–775.008,0262
Bulls——1,45552.51/cwt50.00–55.007642
Bulls——1,53563.80/cwt61.00–68.009794
Bulls——1,58573.26/cwt70.00–77.001,1614
CowsLean 85-90%—77022.56/cwt20.00–25.001742
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19836.66/cwt35.00–39.004396
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31041.65/cwt40.00–43.005463
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,14337.34/cwt34.00–40.004273
CowsLean 85-90%—76033.08/cwt30.00–36.002512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12642.08/cwt40.00–44.004744
CowsBoner 80-85%—93832.07/cwt30.00–34.003012
BullsMedium and Large 1—458151.01/cwt150.00–152.006922
BullsMedium and Large 1—560131.96/cwt128.00–134.007393
BullsMedium and Large 1—417165.31/cwt164.00–166.006893
BullsMedium and Large 2—270185.38/cwt184.00–188.005016
BullsMedium and Large 2—363161.59/cwt160.00–166.005878

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.