Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2018-12-18

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Dec 18
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
778 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 701▲ 778 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 110▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 72▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls were steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were unevenly steady. Replacement cows were slightly lower, and 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 $123.31/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$123.31
104 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$145
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$9.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.45
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3393128.5150546
Medium and Large 2495119.3659136
Medium and Large 1546118.9065022
One grade step is worth $9.61/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale104 hd
123.31
—
FL average10 barns · 811 hd
132.76
−9.45
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—Low1,56259.719328thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32042.125566thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12635.7940312
CowsLean 85-90%Low82830.652544thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3261175.30/cwt172.00–185.004584
Steers—Medium and Large 2425158.05/cwt156.00–160.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 3435144.05/cwt140.00–148.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 3463131.97/cwt130.00–134.006114
Steers—Medium and Large 2465142.72/cwt140.00–148.006643
Steers—Medium and Large 1535142.02/cwt140.00–144.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 1560135.01/cwt134.00–136.007562
Steers—Medium and Large 3564111.11/cwt110.00–113.006278
Steers—Medium and Large 2572121.33/cwt120.00–122.006943
Steers—Medium and Large 2616117.19/cwt114.00–118.007225
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3257149.77/cwt148.00–150.003859
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317149.96/cwt148.00–154.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323142.02/cwt138.00–144.004596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358153.97/cwt150.00–158.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3361134.46/cwt132.00–136.004858
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374140.44/cwt138.00–142.005255
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423121.29/cwt120.00–128.0051312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432143.25/cwt142.00–146.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436131.01/cwt130.00–138.005718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518110.79/cwt110.00–114.005745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528125.97/cwt124.00–128.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533107.30/cwt100.00–108.0057211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576110.38/cwt110.00–111.0063611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588104.30/cwt104.00–106.0061313
Heifers—Medium and Large 263593.54/cwt89.00–98.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654103.01/cwt100.00–104.006744
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1208211.46/cwt208.00–215.004402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2261184.58/cwt184.00–186.004827
Bulls—Medium and Large 3267171.91/cwt170.00–180.004595
Bulls—Medium and Large 3333154.98/cwt154.00–160.005166
Bulls—Medium and Large 3369146.32/cwt146.00–152.0054018
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425131.45/cwt130.00–136.005594
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428154.02/cwt150.00–156.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435161.52/cwt160.00–163.007032
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455120.16/cwt120.00–122.0054713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463128.51/cwt128.00–130.005958
Bulls—Medium and Large 3506110.86/cwt110.00–116.005617
Bulls—Medium and Large 2509119.19/cwt118.00–120.006075
Bulls—Medium and Large 3587106.38/cwt106.00–108.006245
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613109.59/cwt108.00–112.006725
Bulls—Medium and Large 369192.19/cwt85.00–94.0063710
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30554.54/cwt54.00–55.007122
Bulls——1,64761.43/cwt59.00–65.001,0126
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80327.40/cwt25.00–30.002202
Cows—Lean 85-90%85333.90/cwt32.00–36.002892
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04032.05/cwt30.00–34.003332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07530.61/cwt1.00–39.003295
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21142.47/cwt40.00–47.005145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24840.47/cwt38.00–43.005054
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46345.41/cwt44.00–47.006642
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 164370.02/cwt68.00–72.004502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 164562.11/cwt60.00–64.004012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 194380.43/cwt76.00–86.007582
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1980550.00/cwt500.00–600.005,3902
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 186093.93/cwt90.00–98.008082
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 188885.18/cwt82.00–88.007562

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.