Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-08-25

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 25
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
741 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 765▲ 137 vs year ago 604 · +22.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 43▼ 13 vs year ago 74 · −17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 78▼ 9 vs year ago 61 · −14.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder classes firm. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.68/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$133.68
109 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486145.9470952
Medium and Large 3487122.9559922
Medium and Large 2552122.2267535
One grade step is worth $23.71/cwt here — about $34 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 sale109 hd
133.68
—
FL average10 barns · 1,041 hd
137.29
−3.61
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—Low1,53984.951,30710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30361.157974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08256.9761710

Every lot, as filed

53 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—522128.32/cwt126.00–129.006709
SteersMedium and Large 1—427150.96/cwt150.00–156.006456
SteersMedium and Large 2—464132.95/cwt130.00–138.0061711
SteersMedium and Large 1—339187.27/cwt182.00–188.006358
SteersMedium and Large 3—368139.96/cwt138.00–142.005152
SteersMedium and Large 1—465143.86/cwt140.00–147.0066911
SteersMedium and Large 3—530115.96/cwt114.00–118.006152
SteersMedium and Large 1—526136.32/cwt132.00–138.0071714
SteersMedium and Large 1—375162.63/cwt160.00–164.006103
SteersMedium and Large 3—476123.16/cwt120.00–128.005865
SteersMedium and Large 2—694105.73/cwt100.00–108.007347
SteersMedium and Large 1—583124.98/cwt121.00–131.007295
BullsMedium and Large 1—438150.02/cwt146.00–154.006572
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,003911.72/cwt900.00–925.009,1452
BullsMedium and Large 3—426136.54/cwt132.00–138.005824
BullsMedium and Large 2—473134.98/cwt134.00–136.006384
BullsMedium and Large 1—320179.44/cwt176.00–186.005743
BullsMedium and Large 3—571100.63/cwt100.00–103.005755
BullsMedium and Large 2—570112.95/cwt111.00–116.006445
BullsMedium and Large 1—468138.65/cwt138.00–142.006496
Bulls——1,06369.01/cwt68.00–70.007342
BullsMedium and Large 2—366148.92/cwt144.00–152.005458
BullsMedium and Large 1—692108.67/cwt108.00–110.007526
Bulls——1,56193.82/cwt89.00–98.001,4654
BullsMedium and Large 3—518116.48/cwt115.00–118.006032
BullsMedium and Large 1—526128.54/cwt124.00–129.0067611
SteersMedium and Large 3—418135.04/cwt134.00–137.005646
SteersMedium and Large 2—583115.04/cwt112.00–118.006718
Bulls——1,75584.05/cwt82.00–86.001,4754
BullsMedium and Large 3—307146.70/cwt144.00–152.004503
BullsMedium and Large 2—433140.68/cwt140.00–142.006093
BullsMedium and Large 1—375163.07/cwt158.00–168.006122
BullsMedium and Large 3—378139.51/cwt139.00–140.005274
BullsMedium and Large 2—65396.68/cwt90.00–100.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477116.10/cwt110.00–119.005549
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523114.96/cwt112.00–118.006014
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372130.41/cwt130.00–134.0048510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—69393.52/cwt89.00–98.006486
HeifersMedium and Large 3—432124.28/cwt120.00–128.0053713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473122.43/cwt122.00–126.005799
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513102.49/cwt100.00–108.0052613
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578100.10/cwt100.00–101.0057910
HeifersMedium and Large 3—58094.10/cwt90.00–98.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468140.03/cwt138.00–142.006552
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333143.28/cwt138.00–146.004776
HeifersMedium and Large 1—693103.01/cwt100.00–106.007144
CowsBoner 80-85%—98047.47/cwt45.00–50.004652
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12656.66/cwt53.00–58.006384
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09062.03/cwt59.00–65.006764
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—94887.51/cwt87.00–88.008302
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30361.15/cwt59.00–64.007974
SteersMedium and Large 1—692116.20/cwt115.00–117.008045
SteersMedium and Large 3—576109.57/cwt109.00–110.006317

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.