Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-08-18

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 18
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
765 head
34 vs last sale 731 193 vs year ago 572 · +33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
22 vs last sale 65 8 vs year ago 51 · 15.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
78 head
5 vs last sale 83 9 vs year ago 87 · 10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls no trend. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers slightly higher. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cows in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.65/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$136.65
122 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.24
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457147.6467434
Medium and Large 2466136.1663541
Medium and Large 3432129.1355847
One grade step is worth $18.51/cwt here — about $116 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 sale122 hd
136.65
FL average10 barns · 498 hd
131.41
+5.24
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
BullsLow1,45682.231,1974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,14359.516802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05656.545978thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03094.98/cwt90.00–100.009782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,14359.51/cwt59.00–60.006802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,02884.20/cwt80.00–88.008662
SteersMedium and Large 1377171.38/cwt170.00–174.006463
SteersMedium and Large 3517113.32/cwt112.00–116.005863
SteersMedium and Large 2463133.22/cwt128.00–135.006174
SteersMedium and Large 1694112.24/cwt110.00–119.007794
SteersMedium and Large 369295.99/cwt90.00–99.006643
SteersMedium and Large 2313167.48/cwt165.00–168.005246
SteersMedium and Large 1429153.24/cwt150.00–154.006575
SteersMedium and Large 3419132.51/cwt128.00–134.005554
SteersMedium and Large 2413143.73/cwt140.00–145.005948
SteersMedium and Large 1469141.98/cwt140.00–148.006668
SteersMedium and Large 3463119.54/cwt118.00–120.005539
SteersMedium and Large 2521125.43/cwt121.00–126.006539
SteersMedium and Large 1524135.26/cwt134.00–136.007098
BullsMedium and Large 3473119.02/cwt118.00–120.005634
BullsMedium and Large 2419138.04/cwt137.00–142.005785
BullsMedium and Large 1694111.55/cwt111.00–116.007749
BullsMedium and Large 3526114.16/cwt112.00–115.006007
BullsMedium and Large 2272182.60/cwt180.00–188.004976
BullsMedium and Large 1369154.78/cwt154.00–156.0057113
BullsMedium and Large 3314152.29/cwt151.00–156.004788
BullsMedium and Large 2528121.64/cwt119.00–122.006428
BullsMedium and Large 2375146.08/cwt144.00–148.005482
Bulls1,35373.45/cwt73.00–74.009942
BullsMedium and Large 3565106.98/cwt105.00–109.006048
BullsMedium and Large 2589113.58/cwt110.00–116.0066910
BullsMedium and Large 2693104.99/cwt102.00–108.007282
Bulls1,55891.00/cwt88.00–94.001,4182
BullsMedium and Large 3416129.21/cwt128.00–130.0053813
BullsMedium and Large 3267169.30/cwt168.00–170.004523
BullsMedium and Large 2315168.95/cwt166.00–170.005324
BullsMedium and Large 1423147.18/cwt144.00–152.006235
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,060933.49/cwt875.00–975.009,8952
BullsMedium and Large 3378133.03/cwt132.00–134.005034
BullsMedium and Large 2468127.51/cwt126.00–129.005974
BullsMedium and Large 1339181.11/cwt180.00–188.006147
SteersMedium and Large 3590108.24/cwt100.00–110.0063911
SteersMedium and Large 2577118.60/cwt114.00–120.0068413
SteersMedium and Large 1575125.66/cwt124.00–132.0072315
SteersMedium and Large 1322185.31/cwt184.00–188.005973
SteersMedium and Large 3378143.93/cwt142.00–148.005443
SteersMedium and Large 2378162.07/cwt160.00–164.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 3267154.05/cwt150.00–156.004113
HeifersMedium and Large 1529123.65/cwt122.00–130.006545
HeifersMedium and Large 3368132.71/cwt130.00–138.004886
HeifersMedium and Large 1580116.72/cwt112.00–120.006775
HeifersMedium and Large 3466116.83/cwt114.00–119.005449
HeifersMedium and Large 2420131.66/cwt130.00–134.005535
HeifersMedium and Large 3323146.76/cwt142.00–148.0047410
HeifersMedium and Large 2466123.10/cwt122.00–126.0057411
HeifersMedium and Large 3420122.84/cwt120.00–128.0051611
HeifersMedium and Large 2520116.68/cwt115.00–121.0060711
HeifersMedium and Large 3532108.74/cwt108.00–112.0057811
CowsBoner 80-85%93855.09/cwt52.00–58.005172
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01545.30/cwt41.00–50.004602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,008117.14/cwt112.00–122.001,1812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13562.88/cwt59.00–65.007144

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.