Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-05-26

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 26
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
267 head
▼ 129 vs last sale 396▼ 50 vs year ago 317 · −15.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 66▼ 3 vs year ago 80 · −3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 73▲ 56 vs year ago 16 · +350.0%
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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 slightly higher, feeder heifers slightly higher. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.71/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$134.71
90 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.27
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444142.1163131
Medium and Large 2447132.7259339
Medium and Large 3416127.1352920
One grade step is worth $14.99/cwt here — about $102 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 sale90 hd
134.71
—
FL average6 barns · 284 hd
126.44
+8.27
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—High1,80789.171,6114thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35864.558772thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14258.6767010

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
BullsMedium and Large 1—375156.44/cwt152.00–158.005878
BullsMedium and Large 2—335159.04/cwt156.00–162.005336
BullsMedium and Large 3—483117.61/cwt114.00–120.005685
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—975763.85/cwt725.00–800.007,4482
BullsMedium and Large 1—429144.99/cwt144.00–150.006226
BullsMedium and Large 2—377145.58/cwt142.00–148.005495
BullsMedium and Large 3—428127.05/cwt124.00–130.005444
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,073871.45/cwt850.00–900.009,3512
Bulls——1,96595.26/cwt92.00–98.001,8722
BullsMedium and Large 1—485140.02/cwt138.00–142.006794
BullsMedium and Large 2—62697.49/cwt90.00–100.006104
BullsMedium and Large 3—518103.02/cwt102.00–104.005342
Bulls——1,64883.08/cwt80.00–86.001,3692
BullsMedium and Large 1—268180.02/cwt176.00–182.004823
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520111.96/cwt110.00–114.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520105.23/cwt100.00–108.005473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—584114.77/cwt110.00–118.006705
HeifersMedium and Large 3—270145.11/cwt142.00–148.003922
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363142.72/cwt140.00–148.005183
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418131.57/cwt130.00–138.005505
HeifersMedium and Large 3—230153.13/cwt150.00–156.003522
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325155.02/cwt154.00–156.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—508120.51/cwt120.00–122.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366132.36/cwt130.00–136.004845
HeifersMedium and Large 1—175207.71/cwt200.00–215.003632
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273152.51/cwt150.00–156.004165
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423114.07/cwt110.00–118.004834
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410123.95/cwt120.00–128.005084
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08656.04/cwt55.00–57.006094
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—82867.96/cwt66.00–70.005632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,15084.67/cwt82.00–88.009742
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35864.55/cwt63.00–66.008772
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—77390.99/cwt90.00–92.007032
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18060.43/cwt58.00–64.007136
SteersMedium and Large 3—273162.86/cwt158.00–168.004452
SteersMedium and Large 1—565122.97/cwt120.00–126.006952
SteersMedium and Large 2—367145.31/cwt144.00–148.005336
SteersMedium and Large 1—420145.95/cwt144.00–148.006132
SteersMedium and Large 2—478131.02/cwt130.00–132.006264
SteersMedium and Large 1—265180.98/cwt180.00–182.004802
SteersMedium and Large 2—63899.00/cwt98.00–100.006322
SteersMedium and Large 1—218222.59/cwt220.00–225.004852
SteersMedium and Large 2—430139.01/cwt138.00–140.005982
SteersMedium and Large 1—375154.16/cwt150.00–158.005786
SteersMedium and Large 3—527111.33/cwt110.00–112.005873
SteersMedium and Large 1—462143.99/cwt140.00–146.006653
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320134.13/cwt130.00–138.004294
BullsMedium and Large 2—282162.65/cwt162.00–164.004593
BullsMedium and Large 3—325146.03/cwt144.00–148.004752
BullsMedium and Large 1—623109.00/cwt108.00–110.006792
BullsMedium and Large 2—220183.57/cwt182.00–185.004042
BullsMedium and Large 3—358135.45/cwt132.00–138.004857
BullsMedium and Large 2—416141.42/cwt138.00–142.005887
BullsMedium and Large 1—524120.74/cwt120.00–122.006338
BullsMedium and Large 2—570104.91/cwt100.00–110.0059812

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.