Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-03-26

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 26
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
411 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 464▼ 292 vs year ago 703 · −41.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 78▲ 9 vs year ago 79 · +11.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 0▼ 25 vs year ago 102 · −24.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were lower 1.00-2.00, slaughter bulls were slightly lower. Feeder classes were unevenly steady with an upward trend. Replacement cows were steady 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 $144.98/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$144.98
83 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.96
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2403149.7560334
Medium and Large 1478145.9969719thin
Medium and Large 3382138.9353130
One grade step is worth $10.81/cwt here — about $72 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 sale83 hd
144.98
—
FL average10 barns · 861 hd
147.94
−2.96
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—Average1,44567.389748thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17942.6650310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33338.955194thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99331.233102thin

Every lot

63 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 1283216.94/cwt210.00–220.006143
Steers—Medium and Large 2328193.51/cwt192.00–195.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 2368184.83/cwt180.00–186.006805
Steers—Medium and Large 1376189.28/cwt188.00–190.007128
Steers—Medium and Large 2424172.99/cwt172.00–176.007334
Steers—Medium and Large 3425157.98/cwt156.00–160.006712
Steers—Medium and Large 1441185.33/cwt182.00–186.008176
Steers—Medium and Large 2465161.01/cwt160.00–162.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 1468172.01/cwt168.00–174.008053
Steers—Medium and Large 1523154.87/cwt150.00–158.008108
Steers—Medium and Large 3578111.94/cwt110.00–114.006474
Steers—Medium and Large 1583140.03/cwt138.00–142.008162
Steers—Medium and Large 2693111.99/cwt110.00–114.007762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2168234.78/cwt230.00–240.003942
Heifers—Medium and Large 3222177.05/cwt172.00–180.003933
Heifers—Medium and Large 3280163.86/cwt160.00–168.004594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2312166.19/cwt162.00–168.005197
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315152.13/cwt150.00–156.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325172.38/cwt170.00–175.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365160.68/cwt160.00–162.005863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378152.83/cwt148.00–154.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380139.37/cwt138.00–140.005303
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424132.33/cwt130.00–136.005618
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428141.88/cwt140.00–146.0060713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475142.69/cwt140.00–144.006783
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477135.31/cwt134.00–138.006453
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508108.48/cwt104.00–110.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525125.03/cwt122.00–128.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537139.25/cwt136.00–140.007485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1593125.98/cwt122.00–130.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 360879.00/cwt78.00–80.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 261896.99/cwt94.00–100.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693112.98/cwt108.00–118.007832
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2178223.46/cwt220.00–230.003983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223227.95/cwt225.00–235.005087
Bulls—Medium and Large 3223204.94/cwt200.00–210.004572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2287208.53/cwt208.00–210.0059811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1310212.54/cwt210.00–215.006592
Bulls—Medium and Large 3326184.34/cwt180.00–186.006017
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358179.32/cwt178.00–182.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 3358161.30/cwt158.00–168.005779
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378189.65/cwt188.00–192.007175
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432176.08/cwt172.00–178.007613
Bulls—Medium and Large 3467132.63/cwt130.00–138.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468156.03/cwt150.00–158.007304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480143.10/cwt140.00–148.006875
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512136.63/cwt134.00–138.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517145.21/cwt140.00–148.007513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573124.12/cwt120.00–128.007114
Bulls—Medium and Large 361394.98/cwt90.00–100.005822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2688110.34/cwt110.00–111.007593
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26767.39/cwt50.00–83.008543
Bulls——1,43965.22/cwt61.00–71.009394
Bulls——2,00576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,5241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99331.23/cwt28.00–35.003102
Cows—Boner 80-85%99550.54/cwt50.00–51.005032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10845.88/cwt43.00–49.005084
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17535.91/cwt33.00–39.004222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34335.49/cwt31.00–39.004774
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49041.99/cwt40.00–44.006262
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 183393.98/cwt92.00–96.007832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 189385.10/cwt80.00–90.007602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,04377.81/cwt76.00–79.008122

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.