Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-05-07

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
414 head
34 vs last sale 380 147 vs year ago 561 · 26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
8 vs last sale 84 4 vs year ago 88 · +4.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
123 head
60 vs last sale 63 92 vs year ago 31 · +296.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were slightly lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers were steady, feeder bulls were steady, and feeder heifers were unevenly steady. Replacement cows were steady and in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $162.33/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$162.33
62 head · 395 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.59
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1343190.606555thin
Medium and Large 2420161.7667918thin
Medium and Large 3390158.9661939
One grade step is worth $31.64/cwt here — about $35 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 sale62 hd
162.33
FL average10 barns · 423 hd
149.73
+12.59
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
BullsHigh1,57182.591,2978thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15252.9261012
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30452.916904thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low74636.002684thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 2274198.47/cwt198.00–200.005444
BullsMedium and Large 3568122.37/cwt120.00–124.006955
HeifersMedium and Large 2523123.30/cwt118.00–126.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 3528114.98/cwt114.00–116.006072
SteersMedium and Large 3365172.03/cwt170.00–174.006282
BullsMedium and Large 2613119.33/cwt118.00–122.007313
BullsMedium and Large 3463145.02/cwt142.00–146.006714
HeifersMedium and Large 2310155.94/cwt152.00–158.004833
HeifersMedium and Large 3458125.99/cwt124.00–128.005772
SteersMedium and Large 1678132.01/cwt130.00–134.008952
BullsMedium and Large 2465153.39/cwt148.00–156.007133
BullsMedium and Large 3283182.43/cwt180.00–185.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 1458140.66/cwt140.00–142.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 2411139.54/cwt136.00–142.0057412
HeifersMedium and Large 3327143.03/cwt142.00–148.0046812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1865100.60/cwt96.00–106.008702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 186864.40/cwt60.00–68.005592
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,308763.19/cwt750.00–775.009,9832
Stock CowsMedium and Large 170389.96/cwt88.00–92.006322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,11376.01/cwt72.00–80.008462
BullsMedium and Large 2372167.31/cwt166.00–170.006223
BullsMedium and Large 3226197.46/cwt190.00–200.004464
BullsMedium and Large 3424152.52/cwt150.00–156.006477
HeifersMedium and Large 2459131.60/cwt130.00–132.006045
HeifersMedium and Large 3418132.06/cwt130.00–134.005524
SteersMedium and Large 3329180.83/cwt180.00–186.005957
BullsMedium and Large 1257211.69/cwt210.00–215.005443
BullsMedium and Large 3518130.93/cwt128.00–134.006782
BullsMedium and Large 3308172.12/cwt170.00–175.005307
HeifersMedium and Large 2363147.22/cwt144.00–148.005345
HeifersMedium and Large 3357138.65/cwt136.00–140.004953
SteersMedium and Large 362099.01/cwt98.00–100.006142
BullsMedium and Large 1473158.97/cwt158.00–160.007522
BullsMedium and Large 2422159.55/cwt158.00–162.006735
BullsMedium and Large 3385158.94/cwt158.00–164.006126
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09053.77/cwt52.00–56.005864
CowsLean 85-90%78329.50/cwt25.00–35.002312
Bulls1,79389.70/cwt88.00–92.001,6084
CowsLean 85-90%70842.49/cwt40.00–45.003012
Bulls1,39578.53/cwt77.00–80.001,0952
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38355.99/cwt55.00–57.007742
Bulls1,30372.41/cwt70.00–75.009442
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22549.83/cwt47.00–53.006102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29057.12/cwt56.00–59.007374
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07547.88/cwt45.00–49.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 2638103.32/cwt100.00–110.006593
HeifersMedium and Large 3262161.35/cwt160.00–164.004233
SteersMedium and Large 3413162.98/cwt160.00–166.006732

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.