Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-09-17

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Sep 17
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
642 head
▼ 193 vs last sale 835▼ 311 vs year ago 953 · −32.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 88▼ 3 vs year ago 60 · −5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 59▲ 21 vs year ago 82 · +25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 3.00-4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.31/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$115.31
63 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$173
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$8.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.09
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3410117.6048237
Medium and Large 2479113.7154416thin
Medium and Large 1599109.4165510thin
One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about −$173 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 sale63 hd
115.31
—
FL average10 barns · 997 hd
113.22
+2.09
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—Low1,55467.021,0416thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32842.545654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06842.484542thin

Every lot

40 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 2288171.17/cwt170.00–176.004935
Steers—Medium and Large 3363145.99/cwt144.00–148.005302
Steers—Medium and Large 2408145.99/cwt144.00–148.005962
Steers—Medium and Large 3417135.18/cwt130.00–138.005643
Steers—Medium and Large 353598.98/cwt98.00–100.005308
Steers—Medium and Large 2537110.56/cwt110.00–116.0059410
Steers—Medium and Large 2576106.44/cwt100.00–108.006135
Steers—Medium and Large 1593116.71/cwt114.00–120.0069211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265148.72/cwt148.00–150.003943
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329131.48/cwt130.00–138.0043310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331141.45/cwt140.00–146.004684
Heifers—Medium and Large 3362127.35/cwt126.00–128.004613
Heifers—Medium and Large 3409117.32/cwt116.00–122.004809
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460106.97/cwt104.00–110.004922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518107.50/cwt104.00–112.005579
Heifers—Medium and Large 352998.59/cwt90.00–100.005227
Heifers—Medium and Large 255895.35/cwt90.00–98.005323
Heifers—Medium and Large 356782.78/cwt80.00–88.004693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594111.51/cwt108.00–112.006628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618101.02/cwt96.00–106.006242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265183.43/cwt182.00–186.004863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278174.09/cwt172.00–176.004842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315174.43/cwt170.00–176.005494
Bulls—Medium and Large 3332146.69/cwt146.00–148.004873
Bulls—Medium and Large 3364139.03/cwt138.00–142.005064
Bulls—Medium and Large 3406134.27/cwt130.00–136.005457
Bulls—Medium and Large 1407150.67/cwt150.00–152.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428142.98/cwt140.00–144.006124
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463126.51/cwt126.00–128.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465134.40/cwt132.00–136.006255
Bulls—Medium and Large 351799.62/cwt98.00–106.005155
Bulls—Medium and Large 1588110.99/cwt110.00–114.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 368786.65/cwt80.00–90.005953
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50663.76/cwt60.00–68.009604
Bulls——1,65073.54/cwt72.00–75.001,2132
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06842.48/cwt40.00–45.004542
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32842.54/cwt40.00–45.005654
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1875103.34/cwt100.00–106.009042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 191577.38/cwt73.00–82.007082
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 192093.03/cwt88.00–98.008562

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.