Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-05-28

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▼ 165 vs last sale 482▼ 68 vs year ago 385 · −17.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 85▼ 11 vs year ago 91 · −12.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers not well tested, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.85/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$136.85
50 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$238
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$24.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.73
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3395139.0754927
Medium and Large 2454136.0961821
Medium and Large 1685114.997882thin
One grade step is worth $24.08/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale50 hd
136.85
—
FL average7 barns · 444 hd
136.12
+0.73
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—Low1,67484.321,4116thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,14659.016764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18354.2864214

Every lot

36 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3323175.95/cwt174.00–178.005682
Steers—Medium and Large 3412162.88/cwt160.00–164.006717
Steers—Medium and Large 3458151.37/cwt150.00–158.006936
Steers—Medium and Large 2524141.97/cwt140.00–143.0074414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325151.56/cwt150.00–155.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358151.99/cwt150.00–154.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373143.89/cwt140.00–146.0053711
Heifers—Medium and Large 3407136.64/cwt132.00–138.005569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424146.20/cwt144.00–148.006209
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458132.01/cwt130.00–134.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 3481121.89/cwt120.00–128.005864
Heifers—Medium and Large 2507122.01/cwt120.00–126.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617101.34/cwt100.00–104.006253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685114.99/cwt114.00–116.007882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3332171.23/cwt170.00–176.005685
Bulls—Medium and Large 3364162.26/cwt160.00–168.005917
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415152.60/cwt150.00–158.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420164.31/cwt162.00–168.0069010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2461142.08/cwt140.00–148.006554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465154.04/cwt152.00–156.007162
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475134.17/cwt130.00–138.006374
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513135.94/cwt132.00–138.006973
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515128.98/cwt128.00–130.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570124.11/cwt120.00–128.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623116.99/cwt114.00–120.007292
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40070.87/cwt69.00–73.009922
Bulls——1,68395.99/cwt94.00–98.001,6162
Bulls——1,93886.09/cwt83.00–89.001,6682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,12355.52/cwt54.00–57.006232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14852.60/cwt50.00–57.006044
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,16862.49/cwt59.00–66.007302
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18046.59/cwt44.00–48.005504
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20960.52/cwt58.00–64.007326
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,030773.79/cwt725.00–825.007,9702
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,188913.37/cwt900.00–925.0010,8512
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 184564.57/cwt60.00–68.005462

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.