Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-02-19

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 19
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
482 head
10 vs last sale 492 355 vs year ago 127 · +279.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
23 vs last sale 60 29 vs year ago 66 · 43.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
10 vs last sale 63 50 vs year ago 23 · +217.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder steers were slightly higher, feeder bulls and heifers were unevenly steady. Replacement bred cows were steady, and in high demand. Stocker cows were slightly higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.29/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$149.29
135 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.38
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1407157.0663935
Medium and Large 2410146.6460150
Medium and Large 3357146.5052350
One grade step is worth $10.56/cwt here — about $115 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 sale135 hd
149.29
FL average7 barns · 584 hd
144.91
+4.38
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
BullsAverage1,83276.651,4044thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35649.756744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12448.9655012
CowsLean 85-90%Low79832.212572thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-282399.18/cwt98.00–100.008162
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-284882.80/cwt80.00–86.007022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-285873.45/cwt70.00–78.006302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-285398.13/cwt96.00–100.008372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-282084.41/cwt80.00–88.006922
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2903755.89/cwt725.00–775.006,8262
HeifersMedium and Large 3415131.25/cwt128.00–138.005453
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2950976.58/cwt950.00–1,000.009,2782
CowsLean 85-90%79832.21/cwt30.00–35.002572
SteersMedium and Large 1266224.48/cwt220.00–226.005974
SteersMedium and Large 1580134.92/cwt132.00–138.007832
SteersMedium and Large 1540146.97/cwt144.00–150.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 3376143.48/cwt140.00–148.0053911
HeifersMedium and Large 3310150.98/cwt150.00–155.0046811
HeifersMedium and Large 3264164.91/cwt160.00–168.0043510
HeifersMedium and Large 3458121.23/cwt120.00–126.005555
HeifersMedium and Large 3509116.01/cwt110.00–118.005904
HeifersMedium and Large 3186196.17/cwt195.00–200.003654
HeifersMedium and Large 367893.99/cwt90.00–98.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 2259171.48/cwt170.00–175.0044410
HeifersMedium and Large 2331164.56/cwt160.00–168.005459
HeifersMedium and Large 2468133.94/cwt130.00–138.006278
HeifersMedium and Large 2424140.99/cwt140.00–148.005988
HeifersMedium and Large 2518122.06/cwt120.00–126.006326
HeifersMedium and Large 2382153.23/cwt152.00–158.005855
HeifersMedium and Large 2691109.50/cwt108.00–110.007574
HeifersMedium and Large 1366162.27/cwt160.00–166.0059413
HeifersMedium and Large 1477142.39/cwt140.00–144.006795
HeifersMedium and Large 1444151.19/cwt150.00–156.006715
HeifersMedium and Large 1335170.96/cwt170.00–174.005734
HeifersMedium and Large 1285181.42/cwt180.00–186.005174
HeifersMedium and Large 1660121.98/cwt120.00–124.008052
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-276576.98/cwt76.00–78.005892
BullsMedium and Large 1583134.94/cwt132.00–138.007872
BullsMedium and Large 1463152.65/cwt150.00–154.007073
BullsMedium and Large 1358190.51/cwt190.00–192.006824
BullsMedium and Large 1530141.94/cwt140.00–144.007524
BullsMedium and Large 1326204.26/cwt198.00–208.006665
BullsMedium and Large 1259210.79/cwt210.00–215.005467
BullsMedium and Large 2473144.68/cwt144.00–146.006843
BullsMedium and Large 2259199.51/cwt198.00–200.005174
BullsMedium and Large 2371178.72/cwt174.00–182.006635
BullsMedium and Large 2429155.07/cwt150.00–158.006658
BullsMedium and Large 3262186.69/cwt185.00–190.004893
BullsMedium and Large 3407142.66/cwt140.00–144.005813
BullsMedium and Large 3363160.48/cwt158.00–164.005835
BullsMedium and Large 3330172.64/cwt170.00–180.005707
HeifersMedium and Large 1533133.07/cwt130.00–136.007092
SteersMedium and Large 1376193.64/cwt190.00–196.007285
SteersMedium and Large 1342211.31/cwt210.00–214.007236
SteersMedium and Large 1427181.61/cwt180.00–182.0077510
SteersMedium and Large 2468152.98/cwt152.00–154.007162
SteersMedium and Large 2282213.49/cwt210.00–215.006023
SteersMedium and Large 2513135.68/cwt131.00–138.006963
SteersMedium and Large 2568121.30/cwt120.00–124.006893
SteersMedium and Large 2321191.26/cwt190.00–195.006144
SteersMedium and Large 2370185.19/cwt180.00–188.006856
SteersMedium and Large 3307181.98/cwt178.00–184.005593
Bulls1,73574.46/cwt74.00–75.001,2922
Bulls1,92878.83/cwt77.00–81.001,5202
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10948.28/cwt47.00–50.005354
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11856.16/cwt51.00–61.006284
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14542.43/cwt40.00–45.004864
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,19845.05/cwt43.00–47.005402
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51354.44/cwt54.00–55.008242

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.