Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-10-16

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 16
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
727 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 735▲ 727 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 71▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 60▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls were slightly higher. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were unevenly steady. Replacement bred cows were in high demand, stocker cows were also in high demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.57/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$123.57
69 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.13
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493131.8865021
Medium and Large 2491125.4361623
Medium and Large 3445114.8851125
One grade step is worth $17.00/cwt here — about $139 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 sale69 hd
123.57
—
FL average9 barns · 862 hd
125.70
−2.13
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—Average1,48468.491,0164thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21742.7052012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42637.755384thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87633.052904thin

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 3357157.33/cwt156.00–158.005623
Steers—Medium and Large 1370182.96/cwt180.00–186.006772
Steers—Medium and Large 2372174.69/cwt172.00–176.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 2415157.95/cwt156.00–160.006552
Steers—Medium and Large 3418150.99/cwt150.00–152.006314
Steers—Medium and Large 1423169.98/cwt168.00–174.007193
Steers—Medium and Large 3457145.99/cwt142.00–148.006676
Steers—Medium and Large 1475158.90/cwt158.00–160.0075511
Steers—Medium and Large 2541139.27/cwt137.00–140.007534
Steers—Medium and Large 3563105.07/cwt100.00–110.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1584134.61/cwt133.00–136.0078611
Steers—Medium and Large 2585124.49/cwt124.00–126.007284
Steers—Medium and Large 1636123.50/cwt121.00–124.007856
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365132.63/cwt130.00–134.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367149.01/cwt148.00–151.005473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373143.02/cwt140.00–146.005338
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424117.70/cwt116.00–120.004999
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434129.50/cwt128.00–130.005624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435139.35/cwt138.00–140.006066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456132.50/cwt132.00–134.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 3456110.45/cwt110.00–114.005049
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525105.19/cwt100.00–110.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572119.39/cwt118.00–122.006836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576111.76/cwt110.00–114.006449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690120.01/cwt118.00–122.008282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2693108.49/cwt106.00–111.007522
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3210182.68/cwt180.00–190.003844
Bulls—Medium and Large 3258173.02/cwt170.00–175.004465
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313177.19/cwt172.00–180.005553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1319188.52/cwt188.00–190.006014
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365132.63/cwt130.00–134.004843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373143.02/cwt140.00–146.005338
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378162.42/cwt151.00–174.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424117.70/cwt116.00–120.004999
Bulls—Medium and Large 2434129.50/cwt128.00–130.005624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435139.35/cwt138.00–140.006066
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463154.03/cwt152.00–156.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527120.68/cwt120.00–124.006366
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543139.00/cwt138.00–140.007552
Bulls—Medium and Large 268898.50/cwt98.00–99.006782
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,48468.49/cwt60.00–75.001,0164
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87633.05/cwt30.00–35.002904
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03848.49/cwt48.00–49.005032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18144.15/cwt40.00–47.005216
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33841.51/cwt41.00–42.005552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36137.63/cwt35.00–40.005124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51333.98/cwt30.00–38.005142
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,163723.87/cwt700.00–750.008,4192
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1820101.93/cwt98.00–106.008362
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,21069.41/cwt65.00–74.008402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,29581.56/cwt79.00–84.001,0562

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.