Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-04-14

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
29 vs last sale 157 369 vs year ago 497 · 74.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
22 vs last sale 37 66 vs year ago 81 · 81.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
8 vs last sale 39 18 vs year ago 49 · 36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls no trend. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady, and in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.61/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$124.61
34 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.30
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492131.066444thin
Medium and Large 3413126.2752115thin
Medium and Large 2498121.2260415thin
One grade step is worth $9.83/cwt here — about $41 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 sale34 hd
124.61
FL average9 barns · 196 hd
128.91
−4.30
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
BullsLow1,65374.031,2242thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,03757.916006thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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%1,05060.04/cwt58.00–63.006304
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07574.30/cwt71.00–78.007992
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01053.66/cwt50.00–57.005422
SteersMedium and Large 2508112.01/cwt110.00–114.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 2312146.70/cwt144.00–148.004583
HeifersMedium and Large 3308131.02/cwt128.00–134.004042
HeifersMedium and Large 3216152.03/cwt150.00–158.003284
HeifersMedium and Large 265383.98/cwt80.00–88.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 3265141.06/cwt138.00–144.003742
HeifersMedium and Large 3415108.70/cwt106.00–110.004513
HeifersMedium and Large 351495.49/cwt94.00–96.004914
HeifersMedium and Large 1413135.23/cwt130.00–138.005583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-284593.21/cwt90.00–96.007882
SteersMedium and Large 2383144.01/cwt142.00–146.005522
HeifersMedium and Large 2415125.20/cwt120.00–128.005203
HeifersMedium and Large 3368119.96/cwt118.00–122.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 346599.96/cwt98.00–102.004654
Bulls1,65374.03/cwt73.00–75.001,2242
BullsMedium and Large 3367134.69/cwt132.00–136.004943
BullsMedium and Large 2585102.84/cwt98.00–104.006025
BullsMedium and Large 269392.01/cwt90.00–94.006382
BullsMedium and Large 1425151.11/cwt148.00–154.006422
BullsMedium and Large 3268155.03/cwt152.00–156.004154
BullsMedium and Large 3515106.99/cwt106.00–108.005512
BullsMedium and Large 2325154.71/cwt152.00–156.005033
BullsMedium and Large 1558111.00/cwt110.00–112.006192
BullsMedium and Large 3416121.95/cwt120.00–128.005074
BullsMedium and Large 366384.02/cwt80.00–88.005572
BullsMedium and Large 2382144.66/cwt144.00–146.005533
BullsMedium and Large 2518111.02/cwt110.00–112.005752

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.