Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-06-18

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jun 18
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 340▼ 38 vs year ago 475 · −8.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 120▼ 1 vs year ago 85 · −1.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 55▲ 9 vs year ago 39 · +23.1%
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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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.95/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$150.95
76 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$2.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.59
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458152.686993thin
Medium and Large 2425152.1364632
Medium and Large 3398149.9059741
One grade step is worth $2.78/cwt here — about $102 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 sale76 hd
150.95
—
FL average10 barns · 490 hd
140.35
+10.59
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—Low1,34682.631,1128thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,19157.536856thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06957.516158thin

Every lot

35 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 3406157.71/cwt156.00–158.006407
Steers—Medium and Large 3465151.02/cwt150.00–152.007022
Steers—Medium and Large 2478155.54/cwt155.00–160.007439
Steers—Medium and Large 3515134.04/cwt130.00–138.006902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3277153.35/cwt152.00–156.004259
Heifers—Medium and Large 3310147.00/cwt140.00–148.004568
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363137.66/cwt136.00–138.005006
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418139.02/cwt138.00–140.0058110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3429131.27/cwt126.00–132.005638
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468121.95/cwt120.00–124.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474131.66/cwt130.00–136.006247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507131.34/cwt130.00–134.006663
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508109.00/cwt108.00–110.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535124.64/cwt124.00–128.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 262899.02/cwt94.00–104.006222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3273171.03/cwt170.00–172.004672
Bulls—Medium and Large 3309163.62/cwt162.00–168.0050611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318173.95/cwt172.00–180.005534
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358163.38/cwt162.00–170.0058512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370157.92/cwt156.00–160.005848
Bulls—Medium and Large 3408144.39/cwt140.00–148.0058911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2439151.12/cwt150.00–158.006637
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458152.68/cwt152.00–154.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478134.73/cwt132.00–136.006446
Bulls—Medium and Large 2516134.84/cwt130.00–138.006965
Bulls—Medium and Large 2591119.96/cwt118.00–126.007094
Bulls—Medium and Large 3692114.65/cwt108.00–118.007933
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08870.92/cwt70.00–72.007722
Bulls——1,29578.48/cwt76.00–81.001,0162
Bulls——1,50190.56/cwt85.00–96.001,3594
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04460.79/cwt58.00–64.006354
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09454.23/cwt50.00–57.005934
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,10860.50/cwt59.00–62.006702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23356.04/cwt54.00–57.006914
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,04368.56/cwt67.00–70.007152

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.