Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-04-23

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 23
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
▼ 107 vs last sale 497▲ 38 vs year ago 352 · +10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 81▲ 39 vs year ago 28 · +139.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 49▲ 18 vs year ago 29 · +62.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls slightly higher. Feeder steers were steady, feeder bulls and heifers were unevenly steady, and strong. Replacement cows were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $163.05/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$163.05
69 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.12
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423173.5073423
Medium and Large 3389160.4862417thin
Medium and Large 2456156.2771329
One grade step is worth $17.23/cwt here — about $21 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
163.05
—
FL average10 barns · 399 hd
159.93
+3.12
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—Low1,56581.991,2838thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30753.797034thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09253.7658712
CowsLean 85-90%Average86845.583962thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3268202.62/cwt200.00–205.005434
Steers—Medium and Large 2318201.49/cwt195.00–205.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 1362200.41/cwt200.00–202.007255
Steers—Medium and Large 3406173.01/cwt172.00–176.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 2408179.98/cwt178.00–184.007343
Steers—Medium and Large 1477163.72/cwt162.00–166.007819
Steers—Medium and Large 2491150.84/cwt150.00–155.007416
Steers—Medium and Large 1508158.29/cwt150.00–160.008046
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3217171.62/cwt170.00–175.003723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278173.78/cwt170.00–175.004834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310170.98/cwt170.00–172.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325164.97/cwt164.00–166.005362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360155.26/cwt150.00–158.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362165.31/cwt164.00–168.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364145.07/cwt144.00–148.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423143.93/cwt140.00–148.0060914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425154.86/cwt152.00–158.006588
Heifers—Medium and Large 3456120.50/cwt120.00–122.005494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483147.08/cwt142.00–150.007108
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490135.05/cwt130.00–140.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523104.98/cwt100.00–110.005492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537136.77/cwt130.00–140.007346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688103.32/cwt100.00–110.007113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268191.34/cwt190.00–192.005133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278211.22/cwt210.00–214.005873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278203.13/cwt200.00–205.005655
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323174.47/cwt170.00–176.005644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328193.16/cwt190.00–196.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370173.84/cwt170.00–178.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 3385164.05/cwt160.00–168.006326
Bulls—Medium and Large 3408151.01/cwt150.00–152.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425162.76/cwt160.00–166.0069211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438173.98/cwt170.00–178.007628
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460159.08/cwt158.00–166.007328
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475155.02/cwt154.00–156.007362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513142.69/cwt142.00–144.007323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528153.01/cwt150.00–156.008082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2657106.65/cwt100.00–110.007016
Bulls—Medium and Large 369384.98/cwt80.00–90.005892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35072.53/cwt72.00–73.009792
Bulls——1,54981.09/cwt77.00–86.001,2564
Bulls——1,81393.23/cwt89.00–98.001,6902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86845.58/cwt43.00–48.003962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06946.57/cwt45.00–49.004984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09860.49/cwt59.00–62.006644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10954.22/cwt50.00–57.006014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19058.04/cwt57.00–59.006912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42349.54/cwt49.00–50.007052
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 169883.96/cwt80.00–88.005862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 196575.36/cwt74.00–77.007272

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.