Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-10-15

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 15
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
901 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 904▲ 174 vs year ago 727 · +23.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 74▼ 2 vs year ago 54 · −3.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 72▲ 8 vs year ago 66 · +12.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.07/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$142.07
123 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.43
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434152.5866217thin
Medium and Large 2419147.3461851
Medium and Large 3416133.9555755
One grade step is worth $18.63/cwt here — about $105 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 sale123 hd
142.07
—
FL average10 barns · 589 hd
124.65
+17.43
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—Low1,50073.491,1024thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29144.545756thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11240.034458thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01525.492592thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3314148.42/cwt148.00–150.004665
Steers—Medium and Large 2333164.72/cwt158.00–166.005496
Steers—Medium and Large 3368142.98/cwt140.00–144.005264
Steers—Medium and Large 2369155.02/cwt148.00–156.005728
Steers—Medium and Large 1371159.15/cwt158.00–164.005905
Steers—Medium and Large 2417141.02/cwt140.00–146.005886
Steers—Medium and Large 3467135.75/cwt130.00–138.006347
Steers—Medium and Large 1590121.01/cwt120.00–122.007142
Steers—Medium and Large 1673112.01/cwt110.00–114.0075412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263166.23/cwt158.00–168.004376
Heifers—Medium and Large 2309154.68/cwt148.00–156.004786
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325133.88/cwt132.00–142.0043510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3359131.32/cwt130.00–136.004719
Heifers—Medium and Large 3409120.70/cwt118.00–124.004949
Heifers—Medium and Large 3459111.49/cwt110.00–116.0051212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519103.75/cwt100.00–109.005385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534112.28/cwt110.00–116.006008
Heifers—Medium and Large 357592.05/cwt90.00–94.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2589106.06/cwt100.00–108.006258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590110.60/cwt110.00–116.0065310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619104.51/cwt100.00–106.006474
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3242167.35/cwt166.00–168.004053
Bulls—Medium and Large 2266173.17/cwt166.00–175.004615
Bulls—Medium and Large 3266155.49/cwt154.00–156.004148
Bulls—Medium and Large 2321162.38/cwt162.00–164.005215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328172.89/cwt170.00–176.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 3339153.35/cwt148.00–154.005209
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373141.53/cwt140.00–146.005288
Bulls—Medium and Large 2387156.72/cwt150.00–158.0060712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1406153.21/cwt152.00–158.006225
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408147.59/cwt146.00–150.0060210
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418140.71/cwt138.00–142.005886
Bulls—Medium and Large 3458135.01/cwt134.00–136.006182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468142.01/cwt140.00–144.0066512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469148.20/cwt148.00–150.0069510
Bulls—Medium and Large 3509109.32/cwt108.00–114.005569
Bulls—Medium and Large 3579102.58/cwt100.00–107.005948
Bulls—Medium and Large 2587110.83/cwt110.00–116.006517
Bulls—Medium and Large 367394.98/cwt90.00–100.006392
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43066.46/cwt65.00–68.009502
Bulls——1,57080.51/cwt77.00–84.001,2642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99032.58/cwt30.00–35.003232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01525.49/cwt24.00–27.002592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15242.51/cwt40.00–47.004906
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21848.03/cwt47.00–49.005852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32842.79/cwt40.00–45.005684
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 193857.43/cwt55.00–60.005392
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,04381.09/cwt78.00–84.008462
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,09367.08/cwt64.00–71.007332

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.