Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-10-27

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 27
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
573 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 591▼ 305 vs year ago 878 · −34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 86▼ 30 vs year ago 103 · −29.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 74▲ 17 vs year ago 63 · +27.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week: Slaughter 4.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers slightly higher, bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.50/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$125.50
105 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$144
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$7.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.19
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3420127.7053634
Medium and Large 2467126.5459048
Medium and Large 1566120.0667923
One grade step is worth $7.64/cwt here — about −$144 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 sale105 hd
125.50
—
FL average9 barns · 737 hd
132.68
−7.19
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—Low1,50972.511,0944thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28652.466754thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13949.9456910
CowsLean 85-90%Average86128.802484thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265153.02/cwt152.00–154.004062
BullsMedium and Large 2—579103.23/cwt100.00–108.005985
BullsMedium and Large 1—578110.65/cwt110.00–112.006403
BullsMedium and Large 2—327153.31/cwt152.00–156.005013
SteersMedium and Large 1—568116.52/cwt112.00–118.0066216
SteersMedium and Large 3—381133.06/cwt132.00–136.0050711
SteersMedium and Large 1—682107.01/cwt105.00–110.007305
HeifersMedium and Large 1—64399.01/cwt96.00–102.006374
HeifersMedium and Large 3—376121.64/cwt120.00–124.0045712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563105.71/cwt104.00–108.005957
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—627124.85/cwt120.00–128.007833
BullsMedium and Large 3—337145.31/cwt144.00–148.004903
BullsMedium and Large 1—519121.37/cwt121.00–124.006308
BullsMedium and Large 1—333163.91/cwt160.00–168.005464
BullsMedium and Large 3—375139.97/cwt138.00–142.005252
BullsMedium and Large 1—263180.68/cwt180.00–182.004753
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—728102.10/cwt100.00–107.007433
SteersMedium and Large 3—519106.88/cwt100.00–108.005557
BullsMedium and Large 3—517105.37/cwt100.00–108.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468105.19/cwt102.00–108.0049221
BullsMedium and Large 3—413131.48/cwt129.00–134.005436
BullsMedium and Large 3—470124.31/cwt120.00–126.0058411
BullsMedium and Large 3—59094.32/cwt94.00–96.005566
SteersMedium and Large 3—461122.03/cwt119.00–124.005635
HeifersMedium and Large 3—417115.05/cwt110.00–118.0048014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510112.49/cwt111.00–114.005742
BullsMedium and Large 2—521111.96/cwt110.00–118.005834
SteersMedium and Large 2—421138.49/cwt138.00–140.005838
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478123.05/cwt120.00–126.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520106.34/cwt100.00–108.0055315
SteersMedium and Large 2—382141.29/cwt139.00–146.0054012
SteersMedium and Large 1—258180.99/cwt180.00–182.004672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62387.01/cwt84.00–90.005422
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466111.50/cwt110.00–112.005208
BullsMedium and Large 2—423139.35/cwt138.00–140.005893
BullsMedium and Large 3—273161.32/cwt160.00–162.004403
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325131.05/cwt130.00–132.004262
HeifersMedium and Large 2—59397.99/cwt96.00–100.005812
CowsLean 85-90%—86834.98/cwt33.00–37.003042
CowsLean 85-90%—85322.62/cwt20.00–25.001932
SteersMedium and Large 2—466130.76/cwt130.00–136.006098
SteersMedium and Large 3—277162.65/cwt162.00–164.004513
SteersMedium and Large 3—413128.98/cwt126.00–130.005338
SteersMedium and Large 2—524113.04/cwt110.00–118.0059216
Bulls——1,12866.94/cwt66.00–68.007552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07645.21/cwt41.00–49.004864
SteersMedium and Large 2—583103.95/cwt100.00–108.006064
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18153.09/cwt50.00–56.006276
Bulls——1,89078.07/cwt76.00–80.001,4762
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28652.46/cwt50.00–56.006754

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.