Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-08-28

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 28
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
660 head
▼ 358 vs last sale 1,018▲ 660 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 113▲ 187 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 61▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were steady, and slaughter bulls were also steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were steady. Replacement cows, bred and young 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 $172.11/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$172.11
80 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.80
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1384187.1371932
Medium and Large 2430165.2071133
Medium and Large 3408155.2563415thin
One grade step is worth $31.88/cwt here — about $85 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 sale80 hd
172.11
—
FL average10 barns · 862 hd
164.30
+7.80
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—Low1,34672.659788thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,25451.586476thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13447.025338thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96143.334166thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1228246.77/cwt246.00–250.005635
Steers—Medium and Large 2288217.43/cwt215.00–220.006264
Steers—Medium and Large 1313197.42/cwt195.00–198.006185
Steers—Medium and Large 2325185.31/cwt180.00–190.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 3343172.73/cwt172.00–175.005924
Steers—Medium and Large 3368161.49/cwt160.00–162.005944
Steers—Medium and Large 2371170.41/cwt164.00–174.006328
Steers—Medium and Large 1386185.67/cwt178.00–188.007178
Steers—Medium and Large 3413155.49/cwt154.00–156.006424
Steers—Medium and Large 2415163.20/cwt158.00–166.006773
Steers—Medium and Large 1419170.74/cwt170.00–176.007158
Steers—Medium and Large 1463166.01/cwt162.00–168.007693
Steers—Medium and Large 2479152.63/cwt150.00–156.007317
Steers—Medium and Large 2537143.32/cwt142.00–146.007709
Steers—Medium and Large 3543123.31/cwt120.00–130.006703
Steers—Medium and Large 1585139.29/cwt138.00–142.008153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2262174.83/cwt174.00–175.004586
Heifers—Medium and Large 3317151.39/cwt150.00–154.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2336163.24/cwt158.00–164.005488
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367139.24/cwt134.00–142.005119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370148.96/cwt148.00–150.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422123.20/cwt120.00–130.005206
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426137.58/cwt134.00–144.0058611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462134.81/cwt132.00–142.006237
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463111.02/cwt110.00–112.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466125.42/cwt120.00–130.005849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539128.18/cwt128.00–130.0069111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568122.03/cwt120.00–124.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2593115.01/cwt112.00–118.006822
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2238221.05/cwt215.00–225.005265
Bulls—Medium and Large 3265197.92/cwt194.00–202.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275214.93/cwt214.00–216.005912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328166.68/cwt164.00–168.005476
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333173.47/cwt172.00–180.005785
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358165.40/cwt162.00–166.005927
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417145.38/cwt140.00–148.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 3461127.90/cwt120.00–130.005905
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513127.98/cwt124.00–132.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 3562115.41/cwt114.00–116.006497
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580128.67/cwt128.00–130.007463
Bulls—Medium and Large 2587122.49/cwt120.00–123.007196
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653119.34/cwt118.00–120.007793
Bulls—Medium and Large 368899.51/cwt98.00–101.006852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21168.20/cwt64.00–70.008264
Bulls——1,48177.09/cwt75.00–79.001,1424
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96143.33/cwt40.00–49.004166
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01856.01/cwt55.00–57.005702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17344.02/cwt40.00–50.005166
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23356.01/cwt55.00–57.006912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26549.36/cwt44.00–53.006244
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1925100.24/cwt96.00–104.009272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 194888.56/cwt88.00–89.008402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,13073.63/cwt70.00–78.008322
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,128855.60/cwt825.00–900.009,6512

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.