Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-10-23

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 23
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
942 head
▲ 215 vs last sale 727▲ 942 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 54▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 66▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were also slightly lower. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were steady. Replacement cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.25/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$128.25
126 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.55
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2430131.1856457
Medium and Large 1479130.3662414thin
Medium and Large 3421124.6952555
One grade step is worth $6.50/cwt here — about $39 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 sale126 hd
128.25
—
FL average10 barns · 916 hd
129.81
−1.55
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—High1,49560.9791210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13241.894748thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93636.953466thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27036.254604thin

Every lot

55 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 3266179.48/cwt176.00–182.004777
Steers—Medium and Large 1330188.95/cwt188.00–190.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 2366175.15/cwt174.00–178.006417
Steers—Medium and Large 1370185.03/cwt184.00–186.0068510
Steers—Medium and Large 1413174.30/cwt172.00–176.007207
Steers—Medium and Large 3428153.23/cwt152.00–154.006565
Steers—Medium and Large 1470163.91/cwt160.00–168.0077010
Steers—Medium and Large 3526127.04/cwt122.00–128.006686
Steers—Medium and Large 1543152.33/cwt152.00–154.008276
Steers—Medium and Large 3566120.23/cwt118.00–121.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 1589143.45/cwt142.00–148.008454
Steers—Medium and Large 363585.98/cwt84.00–88.005462
Steers—Medium and Large 2693104.98/cwt100.00–110.007284
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3307145.30/cwt140.00–148.004469
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363142.52/cwt140.00–148.0051722
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368131.29/cwt130.00–138.004836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408135.29/cwt130.00–138.0055212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410141.52/cwt140.00–143.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423125.86/cwt120.00–128.0053225
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458123.87/cwt122.00–128.0056713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468130.65/cwt130.00–134.006116
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468117.03/cwt112.00–118.005486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513126.34/cwt126.00–128.006486
Heifers—Medium and Large 3521104.24/cwt100.00–110.005437
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536114.78/cwt114.00–118.006155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565105.09/cwt100.00–110.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 357591.95/cwt90.00–94.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617108.02/cwt104.00–110.006663
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328183.30/cwt180.00–185.006019
Bulls—Medium and Large 3344160.73/cwt160.00–166.005538
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370155.30/cwt154.00–158.005756
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383172.03/cwt170.00–176.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383167.57/cwt164.00–168.006429
Bulls—Medium and Large 3409138.79/cwt138.00–142.005685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428165.70/cwt164.00–166.007097
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458153.31/cwt150.00–160.007026
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493145.99/cwt144.00–148.007202
Bulls—Medium and Large 3493130.83/cwt130.00–136.006457
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515125.39/cwt120.00–128.006463
Bulls—Medium and Large 2658105.34/cwt104.00–106.006933
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22348.13/cwt43.00–52.005894
Bulls——1,63374.07/cwt72.00–76.001,2102
Bulls——1,69967.25/cwt61.00–70.001,1434
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79842.03/cwt40.00–44.003352
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00534.41/cwt30.00–39.003464
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05845.51/cwt45.00–46.004812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,12032.49/cwt30.00–35.003642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15740.69/cwt38.00–44.004716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42040.01/cwt39.00–41.005682
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1863105.32/cwt102.00–108.009092
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 189391.72/cwt88.00–96.008192
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,09081.46/cwt76.00–86.008882
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,050796.96/cwt750.00–825.008,3682
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 169085.86/cwt81.00–91.005922
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 179877.98/cwt76.00–80.006222

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.