Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-03-06

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 6
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
474 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 405▲ 474 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 117▲ 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 64▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows remain steady, slaughter bulls were slightly higher. Feeders under 600, steers, bulls and heifers steady. Feeders over 600 were slightly higher. Replacement cows also steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.31/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$165.31
97 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.90
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1384173.0066434
Medium and Large 2391166.0065050
Medium and Large 3407142.5258013thin
One grade step is worth $30.48/cwt here — about $84 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 sale97 hd
165.31
—
FL average10 barns · 934 hd
164.40
+0.90
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—Average1,63686.781,42019
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29862.508112thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06358.5362233
CowsLean 85-90%Average99645.724567thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3220246.67/cwt245.00–250.005433
Steers—Medium and Large 1238274.60/cwt270.00–280.0065412
Steers—Medium and Large 1320221.00/cwt220.00–222.007072
Steers—Medium and Large 2325202.71/cwt200.00–210.0065910
Steers—Medium and Large 2370186.67/cwt185.00–190.006913
Steers—Medium and Large 3380171.71/cwt170.00–172.006527
Steers—Medium and Large 1476176.13/cwt172.00–178.0083814
Steers—Medium and Large 3500150.00/cwt146.00–154.007502
Steers—Medium and Large 1590155.50/cwt154.00–156.009174
Steers—Medium and Large 1700125.75/cwt121.00–129.008808
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2210229.44/cwt225.00–230.004829
Heifers—Medium and Large 3260177.50/cwt175.00–180.004622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270214.57/cwt212.00–215.005797
Heifers—Medium and Large 2276198.25/cwt195.00–200.005474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308180.07/cwt178.00–185.0055511
Heifers—Medium and Large 3310171.33/cwt170.00–174.005313
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350146.00/cwt144.00–148.005112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361162.23/cwt160.00–166.005869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370172.50/cwt168.00–174.006388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425149.00/cwt144.00–154.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426158.95/cwt158.00–164.0067717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480149.00/cwt144.00–154.007152
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523115.30/cwt114.00–118.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559116.61/cwt110.00–120.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700107.40/cwt100.00–110.007525
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1170307.50/cwt305.00–310.005232
Bulls—Medium and Large 3235231.00/cwt230.00–235.005435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1236279.24/cwt270.00–300.006595
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310185.00/cwt180.00–190.005742
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360167.00/cwt162.00–172.006012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365182.00/cwt180.00–186.006649
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410177.50/cwt176.00–178.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455165.33/cwt162.00–168.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463175.08/cwt172.00–178.008112
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500153.00/cwt148.00–158.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530161.00/cwt156.00–166.008532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578151.00/cwt146.00–156.008734
Bulls—Medium and Large 2700110.25/cwt108.00–114.007728
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59280.52/cwt72.00–84.001,2826
Bulls——1,65789.67/cwt81.00–96.001,48613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82543.26/cwt41.00–46.003574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03755.02/cwt50.00–59.0057118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09562.75/cwt60.00–69.0068715
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22549.00/cwt48.00–50.006003
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29563.00/cwt63.00–63.008161
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30062.00/cwt62.00–62.008061
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1950831.58/cwt800.00–875.007,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0751,090.12/cwt1,050.00–1,125.0011,7192
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3501,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0020,2501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1700102.00/cwt102.00–102.007141
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 170099.00/cwt94.00–104.006932
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 185088.75/cwt84.00–92.007544
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 190053.00/cwt53.00–53.004772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,00062.10/cwt55.00–68.006215
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 172074.00/cwt70.00–80.005333
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,00060.75/cwt58.00–68.006084

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.