Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-02-11

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 11
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
474 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 597▼ 18 vs year ago 492 · −3.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 75▼ 9 vs year ago 60 · −15.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 68▲ 28 vs year ago 63 · +44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls slightly lower, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.87/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$144.87
119 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.67
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2362148.1153537
Medium and Large 3362143.6952040
Medium and Large 1442143.1563342
One grade step is worth $4.96/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale119 hd
144.87
—
FL average10 barns · 714 hd
143.20
+1.67
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39365.099074thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09957.656348thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,018643.49/cwt600.00–700.006,5512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362151.23/cwt150.00–156.005475
HeifersMedium and Large 1—561125.26/cwt124.00–126.007038
HeifersMedium and Large 2—214183.08/cwt180.00–185.003925
BullsMedium and Large 1—512130.67/cwt130.00–132.006693
BullsMedium and Large 2—325191.91/cwt190.00–194.006242
BullsMedium and Large 2—561110.26/cwt110.00–111.006194
BullsMedium and Large 2—228213.28/cwt210.00–215.004866
BullsMedium and Large 3—467131.29/cwt128.00–138.006136
BullsMedium and Large 1—327201.96/cwt200.00–206.006603
BullsMedium and Large 1—463150.65/cwt150.00–154.006986
BullsMedium and Large 2—280202.41/cwt200.00–205.005674
BullsMedium and Large 2—523124.73/cwt120.00–128.006525
BullsMedium and Large 3—378172.71/cwt170.00–178.006533
BullsMedium and Large 3—273195.46/cwt190.00–198.005349
BullsMedium and Large 1—218223.28/cwt220.00–225.004873
BullsMedium and Large 1—582122.59/cwt120.00–128.007133
BullsMedium and Large 2—485142.97/cwt140.00–146.006932
BullsMedium and Large 2—693109.00/cwt108.00–110.007554
BullsMedium and Large 2—429154.46/cwt150.00–156.006638
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527128.65/cwt128.00–130.006786
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430143.91/cwt142.00–148.006199
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318156.44/cwt150.00–158.004975
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425133.86/cwt130.00–138.005698
HeifersMedium and Large 3—69296.65/cwt90.00–100.006693
HeifersMedium and Large 3—357134.77/cwt130.00–138.004815
SteersMedium and Large 1—275216.32/cwt215.00–220.005954
SteersMedium and Large 3—368171.47/cwt170.00–176.006314
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11454.57/cwt50.00–57.006084
HeifersMedium and Large 2—364144.95/cwt140.00–148.005288
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422126.72/cwt124.00–128.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513109.49/cwt108.00–110.005624
HeifersMedium and Large 3—272167.79/cwt166.00–168.0045610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—267182.60/cwt180.00–188.004883
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319163.28/cwt160.00–168.005217
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268171.94/cwt170.00–178.004614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476123.46/cwt120.00–126.005887
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323144.08/cwt140.00–146.004653
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475116.02/cwt114.00–118.005514
HeifersMedium and Large 3—215173.91/cwt170.00–178.003748
HeifersMedium and Large 1—643111.00/cwt110.00–112.007142
SteersMedium and Large 1—415176.02/cwt174.00–178.007302
SteersMedium and Large 2—325194.95/cwt194.00–198.006344
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—96063.38/cwt60.00–68.006082
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39365.09/cwt60.00–68.009074
SteersMedium and Large 1—325205.88/cwt202.00–210.006692
SteersMedium and Large 1—472155.26/cwt150.00–158.007336
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08460.73/cwt58.00–64.006584
BullsMedium and Large 3—437143.02/cwt140.00–148.006258
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465137.01/cwt136.00–138.006372

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.