Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-05-21

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 21
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
482 head
134 vs last sale 348 94 vs year ago 576 · 16.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
20 vs last sale 65 30 vs year ago 115 · 26.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, 600-750 lbs steady to 4.00 higher and over 750 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand uneven. Supply moderate. Live cattle futures seem to have stabilized while feeders lost another 170 points Tuesday as widespread wet weather and lack of planted acres are lowering the potential of the 2019 corn crop.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.05/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$134.05
60 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$88
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$3.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.74
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3403135.8354723
Medium and Large 1521133.9969818thin
Medium and Large 2481131.9763519thin
One grade step is worth $3.86/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale60 hd
134.05
FL average10 barns · 607 hd
138.79
−4.74
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
BullsAverage1,33181.401,0848thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28761.837954thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11157.8664310
CowsLean 85-90%Average96448.794704thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
CowsLean 85-90%96448.79/cwt47.00–51.004704
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41866.10/cwt63.00–69.009372
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15557.56/cwt56.00–59.006652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15559.64/cwt58.00–62.006896
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04455.18/cwt54.00–57.005764
Bulls1,27081.72/cwt79.00–84.001,0384
Bulls1,68593.97/cwt89.00–99.001,5832
Bulls1,10068.17/cwt66.00–70.007502
SteersMedium and Large 3528131.95/cwt130.00–134.006974
SteersMedium and Large 3311171.52/cwt170.00–176.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 3307150.67/cwt150.00–152.004639
HeifersMedium and Large 3358143.62/cwt140.00–146.005145
HeifersMedium and Large 3475125.39/cwt120.00–128.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 369387.99/cwt86.00–90.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 3528112.93/cwt110.00–116.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 3420135.93/cwt134.00–138.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 2463135.68/cwt130.00–138.006287
HeifersMedium and Large 2432141.34/cwt140.00–144.006116
HeifersMedium and Large 2583112.65/cwt110.00–118.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 2518123.90/cwt120.00–126.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 1516137.30/cwt134.00–138.007086
HeifersMedium and Large 1636116.99/cwt114.00–118.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 1406148.50/cwt148.00–150.006034
HeifersMedium and Large 1565121.01/cwt120.00–122.006842
HeifersMedium and Large 1493141.99/cwt140.00–144.007002
BullsMedium and Large 3365163.30/cwt162.00–166.005966
BullsMedium and Large 3335169.01/cwt168.00–170.005666
BullsMedium and Large 3406148.02/cwt146.00–156.006015
BullsMedium and Large 3568114.09/cwt110.00–118.006482
BullsMedium and Large 3515125.96/cwt124.00–128.006492
BullsMedium and Large 3478134.95/cwt132.00–138.006452
BullsMedium and Large 2674112.99/cwt112.00–116.007624
BullsMedium and Large 2261197.32/cwt190.00–200.005154
BullsMedium and Large 2577127.35/cwt126.00–128.007353
BullsMedium and Large 2517135.21/cwt130.00–138.006993
BullsMedium and Large 2475145.04/cwt144.00–146.006892
BullsMedium and Large 1518143.52/cwt142.00–148.007434
BullsMedium and Large 1480157.28/cwt156.00–160.007553
BullsMedium and Large 1693121.01/cwt118.00–124.008392

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.