Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-05-15

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
497 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 561▲ 497 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 88▲ 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 31▲ 21 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 1-3 higher. Feeder steers were steady, feeder bulls steady and feeder heifers were slightly higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.65/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$151.65
95 head · 363 lb average
Value per head Derived
$551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$198
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.32
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2321156.1350119thin
Medium and Large 3291154.9445143
Medium and Large 1483144.7769933
One grade step is worth $11.36/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale95 hd
151.65
—
FL average10 barns · 758 hd
157.97
−6.32
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—Average1,63887.021,4259thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32358.187696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09853.855918thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low77844.023422thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3158201.19/cwt200.00–205.003184
Steers—Medium and Large 1209231.96/cwt230.00–240.004855
Steers—Medium and Large 2280192.46/cwt190.00–195.005392
Steers—Medium and Large 1312196.68/cwt195.00–200.006143
Steers—Medium and Large 2313182.98/cwt180.00–186.005734
Steers—Medium and Large 3340170.99/cwt170.00–172.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 1375181.69/cwt178.00–185.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1417170.77/cwt170.00–178.0071211
Steers—Medium and Large 2438156.03/cwt154.00–160.006833
Steers—Medium and Large 1484166.48/cwt160.00–168.008065
Steers—Medium and Large 1528147.36/cwt142.00–148.007789
Steers—Medium and Large 2538133.98/cwt130.00–138.007212
Steers—Medium and Large 2677123.33/cwt122.00–124.008353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3158203.26/cwt200.00–210.003216
Heifers—Medium and Large 3209171.78/cwt170.00–180.0035911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3259156.16/cwt150.00–160.004048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271171.36/cwt168.00–176.004647
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317151.23/cwt150.00–156.004795
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368131.30/cwt130.00–138.0048312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370153.95/cwt150.00–158.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373144.41/cwt140.00–148.005397
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463121.38/cwt118.00–128.005626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477146.03/cwt142.00–148.0069724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534137.84/cwt132.00–140.007367
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1208231.72/cwt230.00–235.004823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2208217.53/cwt215.00–220.004522
Bulls—Medium and Large 3234197.38/cwt190.00–200.004624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1258204.04/cwt200.00–208.005264
Bulls—Medium and Large 3290180.57/cwt178.00–186.005243
Bulls—Medium and Large 3309159.58/cwt158.00–166.004935
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315179.87/cwt176.00–184.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 3362145.23/cwt144.00–150.005265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2384156.38/cwt156.00–158.006005
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417148.66/cwt148.00–150.006206
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460144.04/cwt140.00–148.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463152.07/cwt150.00–156.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583131.92/cwt130.00–136.007693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3685111.97/cwt108.00–116.007672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2688121.01/cwt118.00–124.008332
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61491.41/cwt89.00–95.001,4755
Bulls——1,66881.53/cwt79.00–84.001,3604
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77844.02/cwt42.00–46.003422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06060.50/cwt60.00–61.006412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06048.49/cwt48.00–49.005142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13553.20/cwt50.00–55.006044
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30956.01/cwt53.00–59.007334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35062.51/cwt61.00–64.008442
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,143893.54/cwt825.00–1,000.0010,2132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 189879.04/cwt73.00–84.007103
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 194391.23/cwt88.00–96.008602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,20368.65/cwt67.00–70.008262

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.