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
BullsAverage1,63779.321,2988thin
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 2-31,14074.45/cwt72.00–78.008492
BullsMedium and Large 2526112.71/cwt110.00–116.0059313
BullsMedium and Large 3362133.23/cwt130.00–138.004825
BullsMedium and Large 1422143.50/cwt140.00–149.0060610
BullsMedium and Large 1467132.63/cwt130.00–138.006193
SteersMedium and Large 3473121.61/cwt120.00–122.005755
SteersMedium and Large 3526114.37/cwt112.00–118.006025
SteersMedium and Large 3323155.44/cwt150.00–158.005023
SteersMedium and Large 3442135.31/cwt134.00–138.005983
BullsMedium and Large 3523107.44/cwt104.00–108.005627
SteersMedium and Large 1465144.97/cwt142.00–148.006742
SteersMedium and Large 2465131.32/cwt130.00–132.006113
BullsMedium and Large 3427121.28/cwt120.00–128.005186
HeifersMedium and Large 3414121.32/cwt120.00–126.005029
BullsMedium and Large 3462113.71/cwt110.00–118.0052513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2753118.98/cwt118.00–120.008962
SteersMedium and Large 1365164.96/cwt162.00–168.006022
SteersMedium and Large 269397.99/cwt96.00–100.006792
BullsMedium and Large 1517123.97/cwt122.00–128.006413
BullsMedium and Large 1568114.99/cwt112.00–116.006534
SteersMedium and Large 3580102.95/cwt100.00–106.005972
BullsMedium and Large 1377151.96/cwt150.00–156.005739
SteersMedium and Large 2380153.97/cwt152.00–156.005852
BullsMedium and Large 359395.51/cwt92.00–99.005662
SteersMedium and Large 1529134.31/cwt132.00–136.0071012
HeifersMedium and Large 1428142.95/cwt140.00–146.006122
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,160883.46/cwt850.00–925.0010,2482
HeifersMedium and Large 1573112.66/cwt112.00–113.006463
SteersMedium and Large 2580116.47/cwt115.00–118.0067612
HeifersMedium and Large 3381137.19/cwt132.00–138.005237
HeifersMedium and Large 2571106.10/cwt104.00–109.006067
HeifersMedium and Large 2468120.58/cwt120.00–122.005647
BullsMedium and Large 1323163.91/cwt160.00–168.005296
BullsMedium and Large 2419135.07/cwt130.00–138.0056616
BullsMedium and Large 3313156.75/cwt152.00–158.0049110
SteersMedium and Large 3378143.02/cwt140.00–146.005416
BullsMedium and Large 2263174.04/cwt170.00–178.004584
BullsMedium and Large 2468120.65/cwt120.00–124.005656
SteersMedium and Large 1420151.48/cwt150.00–152.006364
BullsMedium and Large 2379145.66/cwt142.00–148.0055210
Bulls1,78183.08/cwt81.00–84.001,4804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19752.01/cwt49.00–55.006236
HeifersMedium and Large 3474114.77/cwt110.00–118.0054417
HeifersMedium and Large 3537101.29/cwt100.00–108.005446
SteersMedium and Large 2423146.30/cwt146.00–147.0061917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21944.50/cwt40.00–48.005426
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53545.93/cwt42.00–50.007052
Bulls1,49375.56/cwt73.00–78.001,1284
HeifersMedium and Large 3328142.98/cwt140.00–146.004694
HeifersMedium and Large 356992.37/cwt90.00–98.005267
HeifersMedium and Large 2520111.70/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.