Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-02-27

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 27
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
▲ 278 vs last sale 127▲ 405 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 66▲ 117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 23▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers were 1.00-3.00 higher, Feeder bulls, and heifers 1.00-3.00 high. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers over 600# were slightly higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.07/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$189.07
90 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.79
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1441192.7985065
Medium and Large 2468179.4384025
One grade step is worth $13.36/cwt here — about $10 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 sale90 hd
189.07
—
FL average9 barns · 530 hd
193.86
−4.79
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—Low1,43183.581,19617
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36064.838825thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10162.0668331
CowsLean 85-90%Average89652.514704thin

Every lot

47 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223260.52/cwt250.00–265.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 2235242.45/cwt240.00–245.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 1262243.31/cwt240.00–245.006373
Steers—Medium and Large 1321227.26/cwt220.00–230.007308
Steers—Medium and Large 2329214.17/cwt208.00–218.007058
Steers—Medium and Large 1372208.79/cwt208.00–210.0077715
Steers—Medium and Large 1415193.84/cwt192.00–202.0080411
Steers—Medium and Large 2424183.66/cwt180.00–190.007797
Steers—Medium and Large 1470177.57/cwt176.00–180.008359
Steers—Medium and Large 1572163.61/cwt162.00–164.009365
Steers—Medium and Large 1673138.29/cwt136.00–140.0093111
Steers—Medium and Large 2704125.22/cwt120.00–126.008828
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3163202.15/cwt195.00–210.003302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1262191.27/cwt186.00–195.005015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273176.46/cwt170.00–180.004824
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313165.96/cwt162.00–168.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327191.64/cwt190.00–198.006275
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335177.57/cwt175.00–180.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359175.69/cwt172.00–178.006317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360181.76/cwt180.00–185.006543
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372166.33/cwt165.00–168.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430143.47/cwt142.00–145.006172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458146.98/cwt146.00–148.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463143.29/cwt136.00–145.006638
Heifers—Medium and Large 3529122.52/cwt120.00–124.006484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537130.80/cwt130.00–132.0070210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670109.57/cwt105.00–114.007342
Heifers—Medium and Large 370589.01/cwt88.00–90.006282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1180298.38/cwt290.00–305.005373
Bulls—Medium and Large 3183231.55/cwt220.00–245.004243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2236232.03/cwt225.00–235.005485
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335213.97/cwt212.00–216.007172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380194.32/cwt194.00–195.007383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462173.35/cwt170.00–176.008013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2537162.39/cwt159.00–168.008723
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08870.08/cwt67.00–71.007624
Bulls——1,37980.67/cwt76.00–86.001,1126
Bulls——1,67193.79/cwt90.00–99.001,5677
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89652.51/cwt47.00–55.004704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08864.81/cwt63.00–68.0070517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11758.73/cwt56.00–62.0065614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36064.83/cwt64.00–66.008825
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0371,128.54/cwt1,075.00–1,200.0011,7033
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 189062.33/cwt58.00–70.005555
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 194092.38/cwt90.00–98.008685
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1983123.74/cwt110.00–140.001,2162
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 186386.32/cwt82.00–92.007456

This sale against other markets

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.