Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-08-20

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 20
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
572 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 436▼ 446 vs year ago 1,018 · −43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 59▼ 62 vs year ago 113 · −54.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 76▲ 26 vs year ago 61 · +42.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers unevenly steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.35/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$143.35
73 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.23
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1361163.8459112thin
Medium and Large 2395147.3058226
Medium and Large 3421133.4056235
One grade step is worth $30.44/cwt here — about $29 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 sale73 hd
143.35
—
FL average9 barns · 344 hd
130.12
+13.23
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—Average1,45577.431,1274thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,17566.157772thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14359.4467910

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—99083.95/cwt79.00–88.008312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—93368.18/cwt64.00–72.006362
BullsMedium and Large 2—441141.46/cwt140.00–146.006244
BullsMedium and Large 3—465124.04/cwt120.00–128.005774
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570118.61/cwt112.00–120.006766
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66991.66/cwt90.00–100.006136
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57893.40/cwt90.00–95.005406
SteersMedium and Large 2—590111.08/cwt110.00–118.006557
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618110.67/cwt110.00–111.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—536118.34/cwt118.00–120.006346
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535102.72/cwt100.00–108.005503
SteersMedium and Large 2—469137.14/cwt137.00–138.006437
BullsMedium and Large 2—515123.39/cwt122.00–126.006353
BullsMedium and Large 3—507114.64/cwt108.00–118.005813
BullsMedium and Large 2—320165.94/cwt162.00–168.005313
BullsMedium and Large 3—233171.54/cwt168.00–175.004002
BullsMedium and Large 3—379143.04/cwt138.00–146.0054211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366142.79/cwt142.00–144.005235
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,17566.15/cwt63.00–69.007772
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17855.96/cwt54.00–58.006596
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09164.65/cwt59.00–68.007054
Bulls——1,66083.95/cwt81.00–87.001,3942
Bulls——1,25070.90/cwt68.00–74.008862
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365134.76/cwt128.00–138.004923
SteersMedium and Large 2—533127.01/cwt126.00–130.006774
SteersMedium and Large 3—418134.51/cwt134.00–136.005624
BullsMedium and Large 1—321171.47/cwt170.00–174.005508
BullsMedium and Large 2—462132.06/cwt130.00–136.006106
BullsMedium and Large 3—415130.05/cwt128.00–134.005406
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578103.61/cwt100.00–107.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275149.93/cwt148.00–154.004123
SteersMedium and Large 1—580125.56/cwt123.00–128.007286
SteersMedium and Large 3—69393.99/cwt90.00–98.006512
BullsMedium and Large 1—458144.02/cwt140.00–148.006602
BullsMedium and Large 2—371148.77/cwt148.00–152.005525
BullsMedium and Large 3—336151.21/cwt150.00–152.005085
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278164.97/cwt162.00–168.004592
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475117.96/cwt116.00–120.005602
SteersMedium and Large 1—611111.81/cwt110.00–119.006835
SteersMedium and Large 3—565104.04/cwt100.00–108.005882
BullsMedium and Large 1—423153.12/cwt150.00–156.006482
BullsMedium and Large 2—274171.93/cwt170.00–175.004715
BullsMedium and Large 3—63894.02/cwt90.00–98.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 1—539125.03/cwt122.00–130.006748
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467124.87/cwt122.00–126.005837
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424124.48/cwt122.00–126.005288
SteersMedium and Large 3—518119.07/cwt116.00–122.006172

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.