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
Bulls—Low1,45682.231,1974thin
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 1-2—1,03094.98/cwt90.00–100.009782
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,14359.51/cwt59.00–60.006802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,02884.20/cwt80.00–88.008662
SteersMedium and Large 1—377171.38/cwt170.00–174.006463
SteersMedium and Large 3—517113.32/cwt112.00–116.005863
SteersMedium and Large 2—463133.22/cwt128.00–135.006174
SteersMedium and Large 1—694112.24/cwt110.00–119.007794
SteersMedium and Large 3—69295.99/cwt90.00–99.006643
SteersMedium and Large 2—313167.48/cwt165.00–168.005246
SteersMedium and Large 1—429153.24/cwt150.00–154.006575
SteersMedium and Large 3—419132.51/cwt128.00–134.005554
SteersMedium and Large 2—413143.73/cwt140.00–145.005948
SteersMedium and Large 1—469141.98/cwt140.00–148.006668
SteersMedium and Large 3—463119.54/cwt118.00–120.005539
SteersMedium and Large 2—521125.43/cwt121.00–126.006539
SteersMedium and Large 1—524135.26/cwt134.00–136.007098
BullsMedium and Large 3—473119.02/cwt118.00–120.005634
BullsMedium and Large 2—419138.04/cwt137.00–142.005785
BullsMedium and Large 1—694111.55/cwt111.00–116.007749
BullsMedium and Large 3—526114.16/cwt112.00–115.006007
BullsMedium and Large 2—272182.60/cwt180.00–188.004976
BullsMedium and Large 1—369154.78/cwt154.00–156.0057113
BullsMedium and Large 3—314152.29/cwt151.00–156.004788
BullsMedium and Large 2—528121.64/cwt119.00–122.006428
BullsMedium and Large 2—375146.08/cwt144.00–148.005482
Bulls——1,35373.45/cwt73.00–74.009942
BullsMedium and Large 3—565106.98/cwt105.00–109.006048
BullsMedium and Large 2—589113.58/cwt110.00–116.0066910
BullsMedium and Large 2—693104.99/cwt102.00–108.007282
Bulls——1,55891.00/cwt88.00–94.001,4182
BullsMedium and Large 3—416129.21/cwt128.00–130.0053813
BullsMedium and Large 3—267169.30/cwt168.00–170.004523
BullsMedium and Large 2—315168.95/cwt166.00–170.005324
BullsMedium and Large 1—423147.18/cwt144.00–152.006235
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,060933.49/cwt875.00–975.009,8952
BullsMedium and Large 3—378133.03/cwt132.00–134.005034
BullsMedium and Large 2—468127.51/cwt126.00–129.005974
BullsMedium and Large 1—339181.11/cwt180.00–188.006147
SteersMedium and Large 3—590108.24/cwt100.00–110.0063911
SteersMedium and Large 2—577118.60/cwt114.00–120.0068413
SteersMedium and Large 1—575125.66/cwt124.00–132.0072315
SteersMedium and Large 1—322185.31/cwt184.00–188.005973
SteersMedium and Large 3—378143.93/cwt142.00–148.005443
SteersMedium and Large 2—378162.07/cwt160.00–164.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 3—267154.05/cwt150.00–156.004113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529123.65/cwt122.00–130.006545
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368132.71/cwt130.00–138.004886
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580116.72/cwt112.00–120.006775
HeifersMedium and Large 3—466116.83/cwt114.00–119.005449
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420131.66/cwt130.00–134.005535
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323146.76/cwt142.00–148.0047410
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466123.10/cwt122.00–126.0057411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420122.84/cwt120.00–128.0051611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520116.68/cwt115.00–121.0060711
HeifersMedium and Large 3—532108.74/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 1-2—1,008117.14/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.