Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-09-29

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Sep 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
707 head
▼ 157 vs last sale 864▼ 102 vs year ago 809 · −12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 72▼ 14 vs year ago 83 · −16.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 100▼ 60 vs year ago 120 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.52/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$142.52
130 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.48
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1441146.0364438
Medium and Large 3368144.8153440
Medium and Large 2447138.2061852
One grade step is worth $7.83/cwt here — about $27 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 sale130 hd
142.52
—
FL average9 barns · 688 hd
132.05
+10.48
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12951.1857810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,25350.056272thin

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 1—579129.55/cwt126.00–131.007507
SteersMedium and Large 1—470142.97/cwt140.00–146.006726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577113.61/cwt110.00–118.006569
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519121.73/cwt120.00–124.006327
BullsMedium and Large 2—475134.51/cwt134.00–135.006392
SteersMedium and Large 1—416156.22/cwt154.00–160.006508
SteersMedium and Large 1—335170.65/cwt170.00–172.005726
SteersMedium and Large 1—693117.99/cwt116.00–120.008184
SteersMedium and Large 1—525136.04/cwt132.00–138.0071412
BullsMedium and Large 1—418152.67/cwt150.00–156.0063811
BullsMedium and Large 2—423142.98/cwt142.00–144.006054
BullsMedium and Large 1—486140.24/cwt138.00–142.006829
BullsMedium and Large 1—526121.55/cwt120.00–128.006395
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—96881.44/cwt78.00–84.007882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00594.54/cwt90.00–98.009502
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632106.01/cwt104.00–109.006705
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25350.05/cwt47.00–53.006272
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09544.95/cwt40.00–49.004923
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14453.85/cwt49.00–58.006167
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479133.51/cwt130.00–134.006408
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368133.43/cwt130.00–137.0049120
SteersMedium and Large 3—378142.04/cwt140.00–144.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57095.31/cwt94.00–98.005433
BullsMedium and Large 1—368158.83/cwt158.00–160.005845
BullsMedium and Large 1—319171.55/cwt168.00–174.005475
BullsMedium and Large 1—577116.02/cwt112.00–118.006693
BullsMedium and Large 3—359134.52/cwt130.00–136.004834
HeifersMedium and Large 3—461111.61/cwt110.00–118.005155
BullsMedium and Large 3—69394.01/cwt90.00–98.006512
BullsMedium and Large 3—268166.82/cwt166.00–168.0044712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319140.49/cwt140.00–148.0044816
HeifersMedium and Large 3—416122.09/cwt120.00–128.0050816
HeifersMedium and Large 3—511101.21/cwt100.00–106.005175
SteersMedium and Large 3—419134.46/cwt130.00–136.005634
BullsMedium and Large 3—325152.82/cwt150.00–158.0049711
BullsMedium and Large 2—583107.01/cwt106.00–110.006248
BullsMedium and Large 2—331162.10/cwt160.00–166.0053714
SteersMedium and Large 2—577116.65/cwt116.00–118.006733
SteersMedium and Large 2—688104.01/cwt102.00–106.007162
SteersMedium and Large 3—513117.34/cwt116.00–118.006023
BullsMedium and Large 2—280174.07/cwt170.00–178.004872
SteersMedium and Large 2—472130.51/cwt130.00–134.006168
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575104.02/cwt102.00–106.005982
SteersMedium and Large 2—415141.98/cwt140.00–144.005896
SteersMedium and Large 2—325163.94/cwt160.00–168.005332
BullsMedium and Large 3—466125.77/cwt120.00–129.0058611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456120.61/cwt120.00–126.0055010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517116.20/cwt110.00–118.006019
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420132.99/cwt132.00–134.005596
BullsMedium and Large 2—360148.99/cwt148.00–150.0053612
BullsMedium and Large 2—694105.14/cwt104.00–108.007307
BullsMedium and Large 2—520116.04/cwt112.00–118.006033
SteersMedium and Large 1—372167.22/cwt162.00–168.006228

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.