Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-10-06

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 6
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
760 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 707▼ 144 vs year ago 904 · −15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 69▲ 48 vs year ago 74 · +64.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 60▲ 76 vs year ago 72 · +105.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls no trend. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.08/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$133.08
127 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$569
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.53
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422143.3160535
Medium and Large 2432132.7157449
Medium and Large 3427125.1853443
One grade step is worth $18.13/cwt here — about $71 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 sale127 hd
133.08
—
FL average10 barns · 662 hd
128.56
+4.53
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—Average1,63779.321,2988thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20848.2558312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53545.937052thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 2-3—1,14074.45/cwt72.00–78.008492
BullsMedium and Large 2—526112.71/cwt110.00–116.0059313
BullsMedium and Large 3—362133.23/cwt130.00–138.004825
BullsMedium and Large 1—422143.50/cwt140.00–149.0060610
BullsMedium and Large 1—467132.63/cwt130.00–138.006193
SteersMedium and Large 3—473121.61/cwt120.00–122.005755
SteersMedium and Large 3—526114.37/cwt112.00–118.006025
SteersMedium and Large 3—323155.44/cwt150.00–158.005023
SteersMedium and Large 3—442135.31/cwt134.00–138.005983
BullsMedium and Large 3—523107.44/cwt104.00–108.005627
SteersMedium and Large 1—465144.97/cwt142.00–148.006742
SteersMedium and Large 2—465131.32/cwt130.00–132.006113
BullsMedium and Large 3—427121.28/cwt120.00–128.005186
HeifersMedium and Large 3—414121.32/cwt120.00–126.005029
BullsMedium and Large 3—462113.71/cwt110.00–118.0052513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—753118.98/cwt118.00–120.008962
SteersMedium and Large 1—365164.96/cwt162.00–168.006022
SteersMedium and Large 2—69397.99/cwt96.00–100.006792
BullsMedium and Large 1—517123.97/cwt122.00–128.006413
BullsMedium and Large 1—568114.99/cwt112.00–116.006534
SteersMedium and Large 3—580102.95/cwt100.00–106.005972
BullsMedium and Large 1—377151.96/cwt150.00–156.005739
SteersMedium and Large 2—380153.97/cwt152.00–156.005852
BullsMedium and Large 3—59395.51/cwt92.00–99.005662
SteersMedium and Large 1—529134.31/cwt132.00–136.0071012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428142.95/cwt140.00–146.006122
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,160883.46/cwt850.00–925.0010,2482
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573112.66/cwt112.00–113.006463
SteersMedium and Large 2—580116.47/cwt115.00–118.0067612
HeifersMedium and Large 3—381137.19/cwt132.00–138.005237
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571106.10/cwt104.00–109.006067
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468120.58/cwt120.00–122.005647
BullsMedium and Large 1—323163.91/cwt160.00–168.005296
BullsMedium and Large 2—419135.07/cwt130.00–138.0056616
BullsMedium and Large 3—313156.75/cwt152.00–158.0049110
SteersMedium and Large 3—378143.02/cwt140.00–146.005416
BullsMedium and Large 2—263174.04/cwt170.00–178.004584
BullsMedium and Large 2—468120.65/cwt120.00–124.005656
SteersMedium and Large 1—420151.48/cwt150.00–152.006364
BullsMedium and Large 2—379145.66/cwt142.00–148.0055210
Bulls——1,78183.08/cwt81.00–84.001,4804
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19752.01/cwt49.00–55.006236
HeifersMedium and Large 3—474114.77/cwt110.00–118.0054417
HeifersMedium and Large 3—537101.29/cwt100.00–108.005446
SteersMedium and Large 2—423146.30/cwt146.00–147.0061917
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21944.50/cwt40.00–48.005426
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53545.93/cwt42.00–50.007052
Bulls——1,49375.56/cwt73.00–78.001,1284
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328142.98/cwt140.00–146.004694
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56992.37/cwt90.00–98.005267
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520111.70/cwt110.00–115.005813

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.