Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-12-08

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Dec 8
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
983 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 851▲ 279 vs year ago 704 · +39.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 126▲ 26 vs year ago 77 · +33.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 95▲ 33 vs year ago 94 · +35.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.28/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$138.28
112 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.24
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2412143.5059240
Medium and Large 1469139.4265428
Medium and Large 3405132.8053844
One grade step is worth $10.70/cwt here — about $53 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 sale112 hd
138.28
—
FL average10 barns · 685 hd
132.04
+6.24
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—Low1,69678.031,3238thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31454.547174thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14848.5055710
CowsLean 85-90%Low87433.182904thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—265185.92/cwt182.00–190.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414135.74/cwt134.00–138.005627
SteersMedium and Large 1—470145.03/cwt142.00–148.006822
BullsMedium and Large 3—374134.26/cwt132.00–136.005027
BullsMedium and Large 3—330154.12/cwt150.00–156.005096
HeifersMedium and Large 2—509105.75/cwt105.00–106.005384
BullsMedium and Large 2—419134.93/cwt132.00–140.005658
SteersMedium and Large 1—578127.97/cwt126.00–130.007402
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360144.63/cwt142.00–146.005213
BullsMedium and Large 1—623109.99/cwt108.00–112.006856
CowsLean 85-90%—87433.18/cwt30.00–38.002904
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31454.54/cwt53.00–56.007174
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08143.02/cwt40.00–46.004654
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19352.15/cwt49.00–56.006226
Bulls——1,65873.81/cwt70.00–76.001,2244
Bulls——1,73482.24/cwt78.00–86.001,4264
BullsMedium and Large 2—207182.71/cwt180.00–188.003783
HeifersMedium and Large 3—479110.70/cwt108.00–114.005309
SteersMedium and Large 3—415133.32/cwt132.00–134.005533
BullsMedium and Large 1—513125.32/cwt124.00–128.006433
BullsMedium and Large 1—425146.05/cwt142.00–148.006213
BullsMedium and Large 1—580121.51/cwt121.00–122.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—58499.01/cwt96.00–100.005784
BullsMedium and Large 3—223172.75/cwt170.00–178.003853
BullsMedium and Large 3—268164.97/cwt162.00–168.004424
SteersMedium and Large 2—585114.95/cwt112.00–118.006722
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378127.96/cwt126.00–130.004842
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51292.68/cwt90.00–94.004753
BullsMedium and Large 3—524106.79/cwt105.00–112.005604
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,088653.05/cwt625.00–675.007,1052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463128.39/cwt128.00–130.005945
BullsMedium and Large 1—468137.49/cwt135.00–140.006436
BullsMedium and Large 2—342165.76/cwt160.00–168.005677
BullsMedium and Large 2—69399.01/cwt96.00–102.006862
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377133.31/cwt132.00–136.005036
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585105.03/cwt102.00–108.006144
SteersMedium and Large 1—360166.96/cwt164.00–170.006012
SteersMedium and Large 1—538133.61/cwt132.00–134.007195
SteersMedium and Large 2—470136.99/cwt136.00–138.006442
BullsMedium and Large 2—368152.12/cwt144.00–154.0056011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,13365.34/cwt62.00–69.007402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87574.24/cwt71.00–78.006502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—97383.85/cwt80.00–88.008162
BullsMedium and Large 2—585109.22/cwt108.00–113.006394
BullsMedium and Large 2—471128.79/cwt128.00–130.006075
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324142.18/cwt140.00–146.004618
BullsMedium and Large 3—425124.22/cwt120.00–128.0052815
BullsMedium and Large 3—69392.67/cwt90.00–94.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325135.05/cwt132.00–138.0043910
BullsMedium and Large 1—366161.98/cwt156.00–164.005934
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425127.61/cwt123.00–130.005426
BullsMedium and Large 3—475115.98/cwt114.00–118.005512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623100.01/cwt98.00–102.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463120.30/cwt118.00–122.005577
BullsMedium and Large 1—308171.01/cwt170.00–172.005272
SteersMedium and Large 3—335166.03/cwt164.00–168.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428119.02/cwt116.00–122.005096

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.