Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-03-12

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 12
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 438▼ 99 vs year ago 395 · −25.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 84▼ 98 vs year ago 127 · −77.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 54▼ 17 vs year ago 68 · −25.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers were unevenly steady. Replacement cows were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.98/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$140.98
78 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$175
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$11.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.90
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3359146.2152420
Medium and Large 2436142.5062133
Medium and Large 1518134.7869925
One grade step is worth $11.43/cwt here — about −$175 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 sale78 hd
140.98
—
FL average10 barns · 679 hd
147.88
−6.90
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—Average1,44378.551,1332thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,17356.826664thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High97952.155106thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low75031.882392thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3364174.87/cwt172.00–176.006377
Steers—Medium and Large 2370190.11/cwt186.00–194.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 2512145.33/cwt144.00–146.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 1570142.97/cwt140.00–146.008152
Steers—Medium and Large 3688110.02/cwt108.00–114.007573
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3230176.17/cwt175.00–180.004054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277172.87/cwt170.00–175.004795
Heifers—Medium and Large 3283166.51/cwt165.00–168.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317166.46/cwt164.00–168.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328172.37/cwt170.00–175.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359153.25/cwt150.00–158.005505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368164.98/cwt162.00–168.006072
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368142.14/cwt138.00–146.005236
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415130.60/cwt128.00–136.005426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439143.13/cwt140.00–148.006285
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468134.97/cwt134.00–136.006326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473141.57/cwt140.00–148.006705
Heifers—Medium and Large 3493125.02/cwt122.00–128.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532131.71/cwt130.00–135.007013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568122.99/cwt120.00–126.0069910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573111.03/cwt110.00–112.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1643120.65/cwt118.00–126.007763
Heifers—Medium and Large 269498.41/cwt92.00–100.006835
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3269193.27/cwt188.00–195.005204
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327181.03/cwt180.00–186.005926
Bulls—Medium and Large 2364179.98/cwt178.00–186.006554
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370166.49/cwt160.00–170.006163
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373192.07/cwt188.00–194.007163
Bulls—Medium and Large 3408155.99/cwt154.00–158.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458166.54/cwt164.00–174.007634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460139.36/cwt138.00–142.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2462157.37/cwt152.00–160.007273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520147.03/cwt144.00–148.007654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568132.02/cwt130.00–136.007503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613129.98/cwt126.00–134.007972
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655115.04/cwt110.00–120.007542
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,44378.55/cwt77.00–80.001,1332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75031.88/cwt30.00–34.002392
Cows—Boner 80-85%92854.07/cwt51.00–57.005022
Cows—Boner 80-85%98042.95/cwt40.00–46.004212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02859.44/cwt58.00–61.006112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,13552.14/cwt50.00–54.005922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21061.49/cwt58.00–65.007442
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 178595.23/cwt91.00–99.007482
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,10567.75/cwt63.00–73.007492
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1913701.51/cwt650.00–750.006,4052

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.