Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-08-13

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 13
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
436 head
▼ 290 vs last sale 726▼ 558 vs year ago 994 · −56.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 77▼ 12 vs year ago 71 · −16.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 83▲ 41 vs year ago 35 · +117.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows were slightly lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.95/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$132.95
86 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.97
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1380156.2659415thin
Medium and Large 2409137.4956335
Medium and Large 3449118.8353436
One grade step is worth $37.43/cwt here — about $60 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 sale86 hd
132.95
—
FL average10 barns · 536 hd
124.98
+7.97
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—Low1,34075.321,0096thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,23956.557014thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08351.4755710

Every lot, as filed

50 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535121.68/cwt120.00–122.006516
BullsMedium and Large 3—372135.61/cwt134.00–138.005045
BullsMedium and Large 2—413132.71/cwt130.00–138.005486
BullsMedium and Large 1—413142.45/cwt140.00–150.005884
SteersMedium and Large 2—666102.01/cwt100.00–108.006794
HeifersMedium and Large 3—508103.73/cwt100.00–110.005278
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585105.97/cwt102.00–110.006202
BullsMedium and Large 3—55791.69/cwt90.00–100.005116
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,120723.44/cwt700.00–750.008,1032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—86366.11/cwt64.00–68.005712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—93080.32/cwt77.00–83.007472
BullsMedium and Large 2—558110.99/cwt108.00–114.006196
BullsMedium and Large 1—313170.69/cwt170.00–174.005346
SteersMedium and Large 3—273159.94/cwt158.00–162.004372
HeifersMedium and Large 3—317133.39/cwt132.00–136.004239
HeifersMedium and Large 2—406131.60/cwt130.00–132.005345
BullsMedium and Large 3—514107.68/cwt104.00–110.005538
BullsMedium and Large 2—369142.38/cwt140.00–148.0052510
BullsMedium and Large 2—465124.99/cwt124.00–126.005812
SteersMedium and Large 3—370138.96/cwt136.00–142.005142
SteersMedium and Large 1—458141.34/cwt140.00–142.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524114.50/cwt112.00–118.006007
BullsMedium and Large 3—407124.42/cwt120.00–128.005069
BullsMedium and Large 3—69383.99/cwt80.00–88.005822
BullsMedium and Large 2—65893.98/cwt90.00–98.006182
SteersMedium and Large 3—307152.67/cwt152.00–154.004693
SteersMedium and Large 1—568119.95/cwt118.00–124.006813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—459115.26/cwt113.00–116.005294
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575114.90/cwt112.00–118.006612
BullsMedium and Large 3—278156.83/cwt150.00–160.004363
BullsMedium and Large 2—317157.96/cwt156.00–162.005013
BullsMedium and Large 1—668107.00/cwt106.00–108.007152
SteersMedium and Large 3—573103.72/cwt102.00–107.005946
SteersMedium and Large 2—558113.00/cwt112.00–114.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—438123.03/cwt118.00–124.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 1—638101.00/cwt100.00–102.006442
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,14560.59/cwt58.00–63.006942
Bulls——1,12865.88/cwt64.00–68.007432
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33352.50/cwt52.00–53.007002
Bulls——1,33383.02/cwt80.00–86.001,1072
Bulls——1,55877.06/cwt75.00–79.001,2012
CowsBoner 80-85%—94859.91/cwt58.00–62.005682
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08854.46/cwt50.00–57.005934
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14544.26/cwt40.00–49.005074
BullsMedium and Large 3—327143.31/cwt142.00–146.004693
BullsMedium and Large 2—268169.05/cwt164.00–170.004536
BullsMedium and Large 1—278178.63/cwt176.00–180.004973
SteersMedium and Large 3—528111.75/cwt110.00–118.005909
SteersMedium and Large 2—407144.67/cwt144.00–146.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365127.97/cwt126.00–130.004678

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.