Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-08-06

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 6
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
726 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 671▲ 726 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 75▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 57▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers unevenly steady. Replacement cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.58/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$139.58
80 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.44
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1375165.506208thin
Medium and Large 2467141.3265936
Medium and Large 3451132.0859636
One grade step is worth $33.42/cwt here — about $24 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 sale80 hd
139.58
—
FL average9 barns · 426 hd
130.14
+9.44
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—Average1,49389.291,3334thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09958.3764112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27956.847274thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1—410156.05/cwt152.00–160.006402
BullsMedium and Large 1—363168.65/cwt168.00–172.006126
BullsMedium and Large 2—273182.43/cwt180.00–185.004982
BullsMedium and Large 2—465138.99/cwt138.00–140.006462
BullsMedium and Large 2—425143.27/cwt142.00–146.006093
BullsMedium and Large 2—312173.22/cwt168.00–176.005406
BullsMedium and Large 2—577120.67/cwt120.00–122.006966
BullsMedium and Large 2—686102.51/cwt100.00–110.007038
BullsMedium and Large 2—358159.06/cwt156.00–165.005699
BullsMedium and Large 3—263172.43/cwt170.00–175.004532
BullsMedium and Large 3—422137.31/cwt136.00–138.005793
BullsMedium and Large 3—460130.45/cwt126.00–135.006004
BullsMedium and Large 3—65386.02/cwt80.00–90.005625
BullsMedium and Large 3—312162.09/cwt160.00–166.005066
BullsMedium and Large 3—376143.57/cwt142.00–152.005406
BullsMedium and Large 3—522121.22/cwt120.00–126.0063310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573121.94/cwt120.00–124.006996
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583112.70/cwt110.00–118.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519124.76/cwt120.00–126.0064810
HeifersMedium and Large 3—358140.01/cwt138.00–142.005012
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325145.29/cwt144.00–148.004723
HeifersMedium and Large 3—488121.99/cwt120.00–126.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 3—65395.02/cwt90.00–100.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420131.31/cwt128.00–136.0055210
SteersMedium and Large 2—594123.50/cwt122.00–124.007344
SteersMedium and Large 2—475141.96/cwt140.00–144.006746
SteersMedium and Large 2—626116.85/cwt114.00–118.007317
SteersMedium and Large 3—473132.36/cwt130.00–134.006265
SteersMedium and Large 3—629101.66/cwt100.00–110.006396
SteersMedium and Large 3—522121.56/cwt120.00–124.0063510
SteersMedium and Large 3—594116.21/cwt112.00–118.0069010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,198904.02/cwt875.00–925.0010,8302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—78073.10/cwt68.00–78.005702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—85598.37/cwt97.00–100.008412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,00882.19/cwt80.00–84.008282
Bulls——1,40579.58/cwt78.00–81.001,1182
Bulls——1,58099.00/cwt94.00–104.001,5642
CowsBoner 80-85%—93356.06/cwt54.00–58.005232
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09351.68/cwt48.00–55.005654
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15863.59/cwt59.00–69.007366
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27956.84/cwt55.00–59.007274

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.