Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-05-19

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 19
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
396 head
106 vs last sale 290 86 vs year ago 482 · 17.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
32 vs last sale 34 19 vs year ago 85 · 22.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
14 vs last sale 59 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows steady, and in high demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.45/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$131.45
79 head · 376 lb average
Value per head Derived
$495
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$179
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$15.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.06
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3297138.3941130
Medium and Large 2381130.4249727
Medium and Large 1479123.2759022
One grade step is worth $15.12/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale79 hd
131.45
FL average10 barns · 849 hd
126.40
+5.06
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
BullsAverage2,18089.001,9401thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30860.277888thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17058.386835thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1580109.03/cwt108.00–110.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 1470123.91/cwt120.00–126.005826
HeifersMedium and Large 3221152.03/cwt150.00–155.003367
HeifersMedium and Large 1538113.49/cwt112.00–114.006114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29357.56/cwt55.00–59.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 2415123.95/cwt120.00–128.005146
HeifersMedium and Large 3331133.44/cwt130.00–138.004429
HeifersMedium and Large 2466115.63/cwt112.00–118.005395
HeifersMedium and Large 3273142.86/cwt140.00–148.003908
HeifersMedium and Large 1420132.05/cwt130.00–134.005556
HeifersMedium and Large 3368123.92/cwt120.00–128.004566
HeifersMedium and Large 1358143.01/cwt142.00–144.005122
HeifersMedium and Large 2369130.98/cwt130.00–138.004838
HeifersMedium and Large 2315143.94/cwt140.00–148.004538
SteersMedium and Large 2220183.43/cwt182.00–185.004042
BullsMedium and Large 1473134.11/cwt130.00–138.006342
BullsMedium and Large 1267173.95/cwt172.00–178.004646
BullsMedium and Large 2270161.93/cwt160.00–166.004376
BullsMedium and Large 1514122.99/cwt122.00–126.006324
BullsMedium and Large 2533114.99/cwt114.00–118.006134
BullsMedium and Large 3368134.08/cwt130.00–138.004934
SteersMedium and Large 3267161.40/cwt156.00–164.004313
SteersMedium and Large 1411146.99/cwt144.00–148.006048
SteersMedium and Large 2467128.69/cwt126.00–130.006016
SteersMedium and Large 3428124.12/cwt120.00–128.005316
SteersMedium and Large 1515122.02/cwt120.00–124.006286
SteersMedium and Large 2425135.09/cwt132.00–140.005745
SteersMedium and Large 1185221.58/cwt220.00–225.004103
BullsMedium and Large 1318165.95/cwt160.00–168.005284
BullsMedium and Large 2467127.34/cwt126.00–128.005953
BullsMedium and Large 3413125.39/cwt124.00–128.005183
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2815748.93/cwt725.00–775.006,1042
BullsMedium and Large 1357152.69/cwt150.00–158.005453
BullsMedium and Large 2342156.65/cwt154.00–158.005363
BullsMedium and Large 3338144.03/cwt140.00–148.004872
BullsMedium and Large 1183218.36/cwt215.00–220.004003
BullsMedium and Large 2233173.43/cwt170.00–175.004043
BullsMedium and Large 2430133.95/cwt130.00–138.005766
Bulls2,18089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,9401
BullsMedium and Large 1558119.00/cwt118.00–120.006642
BullsMedium and Large 1413144.60/cwt140.00–148.005977
BullsMedium and Large 2365145.26/cwt140.00–148.005306
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15355.52/cwt54.00–57.006403
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19562.66/cwt59.00–66.007492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,08563.19/cwt60.00–67.006862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-293876.59/cwt75.00–78.007182
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32362.98/cwt60.00–66.008334
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-291083.91/cwt80.00–88.007642
SteersMedium and Large 3338144.64/cwt144.00–148.004896
SteersMedium and Large 2508113.01/cwt110.00–116.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1376152.10/cwt150.00–158.005724
SteersMedium and Large 2273170.54/cwt168.00–176.004663
SteersMedium and Large 1318161.56/cwt160.00–168.005145
SteersMedium and Large 2368146.53/cwt142.00–148.005394
SteersMedium and Large 1464136.05/cwt132.00–142.006315

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.