Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-03-31

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 31
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 186▼ 161 vs year ago 478 · −33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 76▲ 23 vs year ago 47 · +48.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 37▼ 7 vs year ago 63 · −11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 20.00 to 25.00 lower, slaughter bulls 20.00 to 25.00 lower. Feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.69/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$119.69
72 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$500
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$19.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.37
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3375124.0846552
Medium and Large 1512119.576125thin
Medium and Large 2536104.5056015thin
One grade step is worth $19.58/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale72 hd
119.69
—
FL average10 barns · 543 hd
126.06
−6.37
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—Average1,77375.041,3304thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,14442.974924thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08740.574416thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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—463130.65/cwt128.00–132.006053
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463123.97/cwt120.00–126.005743
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420115.86/cwt112.00–120.004872
HeifersMedium and Large 3—230148.41/cwt145.00–150.003413
BullsMedium and Large 2—318153.02/cwt150.00–154.004874
BullsMedium and Large 2—376144.53/cwt142.00–148.005437
BullsMedium and Large 3—522105.37/cwt100.00–108.005503
BullsMedium and Large 3—318144.68/cwt140.00–148.004605
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273141.37/cwt140.00–144.003869
SteersMedium and Large 2—375155.95/cwt152.00–158.005853
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,12846.98/cwt45.00–49.005302
SteersMedium and Large 1—424155.37/cwt155.00–158.006598
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14444.22/cwt41.00–49.005064
SteersMedium and Large 1—528131.00/cwt130.00–132.006922
SteersMedium and Large 3—408129.34/cwt128.00–130.005283
CowsBoner 80-85%—97333.26/cwt30.00–37.003242
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,16038.95/cwt37.00–41.004522
BullsMedium and Large 1—370155.08/cwt152.00–158.005746
BullsMedium and Large 2—465122.64/cwt120.00–124.005703
BullsMedium and Large 2—271171.65/cwt170.00–176.004657
BullsMedium and Large 3—272162.60/cwt160.00–168.004423
BullsMedium and Large 3—59394.02/cwt90.00–98.005584
Bulls——1,77375.04/cwt74.00–76.001,3304
BullsMedium and Large 1—333164.98/cwt164.00–168.005494
BullsMedium and Large 2—593103.98/cwt100.00–108.006172
BullsMedium and Large 2—213179.93/cwt178.00–182.003836
BullsMedium and Large 3—465114.97/cwt112.00–118.005352
BullsMedium and Large 3—370132.92/cwt130.00–136.004924
BullsMedium and Large 3—423121.94/cwt120.00–126.005166
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-3—84574.31/cwt70.00–78.006282
BullsMedium and Large 1—513121.99/cwt120.00–124.006262
BullsMedium and Large 2—530111.96/cwt110.00–114.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585102.95/cwt100.00–106.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 2—57893.88/cwt90.00–98.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66381.59/cwt80.00–84.005415
HeifersMedium and Large 3—68376.01/cwt74.00–78.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473106.03/cwt104.00–110.005026
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328135.24/cwt134.00–138.0044415
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320141.97/cwt140.00–144.004542
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513105.30/cwt100.00–108.005403
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51590.99/cwt90.00–92.004692
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57382.60/cwt80.00–88.004733
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363125.62/cwt122.00–128.0045610

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.