Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-04-07

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 7
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
157 head
160 vs last sale 317 268 vs year ago 425 · 63.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
33 vs last sale 70 6 vs year ago 43 · 14.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
17 vs last sale 56 44 vs year ago 83 · 53.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls slightly lower, feeder heifers unevenly steady. Replacement cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.71/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$135.71
33 head · 370 lb average
Value per head Derived
$503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$22.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.93
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2373141.2752713thin
Medium and Large 3352133.5646918thin
Medium and Large 1523118.996222thin
One grade step is worth $22.28/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 sale33 hd
135.71
FL average9 barns · 276 hd
122.79
+12.93
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
BullsAverage1,66287.991,4624thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,15860.527012thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08053.3857610
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27833.564292thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
CowsBoner 80-85%96058.05/cwt57.00–59.005572
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17553.78/cwt50.00–56.006326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15860.52/cwt60.00–61.007012
CowsLean 85-90%1,27833.56/cwt32.00–35.004292
HeifersMedium and Large 359283.34/cwt82.00–86.004933
BullsMedium and Large 3363130.72/cwt128.00–136.004753
BullsMedium and Large 352892.55/cwt90.00–98.004893
BullsMedium and Large 3315138.52/cwt138.00–140.004364
BullsMedium and Large 3263155.68/cwt154.00–156.004096
Bulls1,53086.49/cwt86.00–87.001,3232
Bulls1,79389.48/cwt89.00–90.001,6042
CowsBoner 80-85%91347.51/cwt46.00–49.004342
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-281082.25/cwt80.00–84.006662
SteersMedium and Large 3316142.78/cwt142.00–144.004515
SteersMedium and Large 2316154.43/cwt152.00–156.004885
HeifersMedium and Large 2312133.41/cwt130.00–134.0041614
HeifersMedium and Large 2425117.01/cwt116.00–118.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 3365114.96/cwt112.00–118.004204
BullsMedium and Large 3408123.02/cwt120.00–126.005022
BullsMedium and Large 2326148.38/cwt148.00–150.004845
BullsMedium and Large 2475121.96/cwt118.00–124.005793
BullsMedium and Large 2417134.56/cwt128.00–138.005613
BullsMedium and Large 2273162.52/cwt160.00–165.004442
BullsMedium and Large 1523118.99/cwt118.00–120.006222

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.