Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-05-05

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 5
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 179▼ 123 vs year ago 414 · −29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 37▼ 42 vs year ago 92 · −45.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 39▼ 64 vs year ago 123 · −52.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Feeder classes firm. 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 $134.98/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$134.98
77 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.88
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1389151.1958827
Medium and Large 2453126.4957231
Medium and Large 3400125.8050319thin
One grade step is worth $25.39/cwt here — about $85 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 sale77 hd
134.98
—
FL average9 barns · 379 hd
135.87
−0.88
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—High1,67283.851,4024thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07455.1659210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,11854.506092thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08541.994562thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Bulls——1,95588.77/cwt87.00–91.001,7352
BullsMedium and Large 3—465113.96/cwt110.00–118.005306
BullsMedium and Large 3—330142.06/cwt140.00–144.004694
BullsMedium and Large 2—61690.50/cwt90.00–92.005574
BullsMedium and Large 2—228174.10/cwt172.00–175.003973
BullsMedium and Large 1—384155.65/cwt150.00–158.005987
HeifersMedium and Large 3—410115.33/cwt110.00–118.004733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,13874.18/cwt70.00–78.008442
SteersMedium and Large 2—465124.04/cwt120.00–128.005772
SteersMedium and Large 1—387157.45/cwt152.00–160.006093
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,11854.50/cwt54.00–55.006092
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00047.82/cwt46.00–50.004782
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—96584.23/cwt80.00–88.008132
SteersMedium and Large 2—69398.01/cwt96.00–100.006792
SteersMedium and Large 1—578112.96/cwt110.00–116.006534
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08541.99/cwt40.00–44.004562
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11058.98/cwt58.00–60.006554
SteersMedium and Large 2—517114.78/cwt110.00–118.005935
SteersMedium and Large 1—534125.96/cwt120.00–128.006738
SteersMedium and Large 1—330166.06/cwt162.00–170.005482
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07455.00/cwt52.00–57.005914
BullsMedium and Large 1—225182.33/cwt180.00–185.004104
BullsMedium and Large 3—359130.49/cwt130.00–132.004684
BullsMedium and Large 2—586101.17/cwt100.00–106.005935
BullsMedium and Large 2—520112.62/cwt110.00–118.005863
BullsMedium and Large 2—328155.92/cwt154.00–158.005112
BullsMedium and Large 1—321162.36/cwt160.00–166.005215
BullsMedium and Large 1—570111.01/cwt110.00–112.006332
Bulls——1,38878.94/cwt78.00–80.001,0962
BullsMedium and Large 3—409123.25/cwt120.00–128.005045
BullsMedium and Large 2—473121.46/cwt120.00–124.005758
BullsMedium and Large 2—283161.46/cwt160.00–166.004574
BullsMedium and Large 2—410131.98/cwt130.00–134.005412
BullsMedium and Large 1—438143.93/cwt140.00–148.006306
BullsMedium and Large 1—513121.99/cwt120.00–126.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 3—208152.47/cwt150.00–155.003172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425123.45/cwt122.00–128.005254
HeifersMedium and Large 2—215162.62/cwt160.00–165.003502
HeifersMedium and Large 1—584103.94/cwt102.00–110.006074
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363122.33/cwt120.00–128.004447
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333133.85/cwt130.00–138.004462
HeifersMedium and Large 2—58793.22/cwt90.00–98.005475
HeifersMedium and Large 2—308142.02/cwt140.00–144.004372
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412134.69/cwt132.00–136.005553
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518114.96/cwt112.00–118.005954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463122.03/cwt120.00–126.005656
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518103.10/cwt100.00–109.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473115.68/cwt110.00–118.005477
HeifersMedium and Large 3—258142.74/cwt140.00–148.003683

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.