Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-03-20

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 20
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 395▲ 354 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 127▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 68▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were slightly higher, slaughter bulls were steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.23/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$155.23
57 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$120
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$10.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.57
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3313161.415046thin
Medium and Large 1422158.2766826
Medium and Large 2414150.5862425
One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale57 hd
155.23
—
FL average9 barns · 572 hd
157.80
−2.57
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—Low1,45777.131,12413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22656.5969411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06052.3655523
CowsLean 85-90%Low81447.263855thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1208264.94/cwt260.00–270.005512
Steers—Medium and Large 2215252.44/cwt250.00–255.005432
Steers—Medium and Large 1258254.95/cwt250.00–260.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 3266227.18/cwt225.00–235.006045
Steers—Medium and Large 2277244.22/cwt240.00–245.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 1313228.64/cwt226.00–230.007163
Steers—Medium and Large 2337203.37/cwt200.00–210.006853
Steers—Medium and Large 1385186.75/cwt180.00–190.007193
Steers—Medium and Large 2415163.41/cwt160.00–170.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1428173.89/cwt168.00–178.007445
Steers—Medium and Large 2510144.04/cwt140.00–148.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 1525162.04/cwt158.00–166.008512
Steers—Medium and Large 2582122.68/cwt120.00–124.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 1685115.04/cwt110.00–120.007882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1259196.23/cwt195.00–198.005085
Heifers—Medium and Large 2279178.64/cwt175.00–180.004987
Heifers—Medium and Large 3287166.86/cwt160.00–170.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318174.88/cwt170.00–180.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325163.42/cwt162.00–166.005313
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338155.96/cwt152.00–158.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370152.93/cwt148.00–158.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372163.36/cwt162.00–170.006086
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415150.63/cwt148.00–152.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423160.01/cwt158.00–162.006772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463152.97/cwt148.00–158.007084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515137.05/cwt132.00–142.007062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535125.05/cwt120.00–130.006694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583120.65/cwt118.00–122.007033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665117.95/cwt116.00–120.007842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2688104.68/cwt98.00–108.007203
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2156262.20/cwt255.00–265.004094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1178277.61/cwt275.00–285.004944
Bulls—Medium and Large 3267203.63/cwt200.00–210.005443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335185.07/cwt180.00–190.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 3341171.93/cwt170.00–178.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368171.55/cwt164.00–174.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388191.92/cwt188.00–196.007452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428143.98/cwt140.00–148.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483133.97/cwt130.00–136.006473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485152.95/cwt148.00–158.007422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543149.98/cwt146.00–154.008142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1683118.52/cwt114.00–120.008094
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34173.39/cwt71.00–76.009845
Bulls——1,39561.86/cwt60.00–64.008632
Bulls——1,57485.33/cwt79.00–95.001,3436
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76043.02/cwt42.00–44.003272
Cows—Lean 85-90%85050.09/cwt48.00–54.004263
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03446.75/cwt44.00–49.004837
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05259.48/cwt58.00–61.006266
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08352.02/cwt49.00–55.0056310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,14754.34/cwt54.00–55.006236
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32159.30/cwt58.00–63.007835
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1863101.94/cwt98.00–106.008802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 188775.78/cwt72.00–82.006723
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,00392.19/cwt90.00–94.009252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,104884.00/cwt800.00–925.009,7594
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1871,082.51/cwt1,000.00–1,175.0012,8493
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3051,308.62/cwt1,200.00–1,425.0017,0772

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.