Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-10-29

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 29
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
878 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 768▲ 73 vs year ago 805 · +9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 71▲ 50 vs year ago 53 · +94.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 75▼ 11 vs year ago 74 · −14.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls slightly lower. Feeder steers slightly higher, 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 $145.10/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$145.10
135 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.56
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1372160.3859630
Medium and Large 2390149.1858261
Medium and Large 3429129.0355444
One grade step is worth $31.35/cwt here — about $42 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 sale135 hd
145.10
—
FL average10 barns · 666 hd
132.54
+12.56
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—Average1,60670.351,1304thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29546.155978thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10845.5750512
CowsLean 85-90%Average86429.522556thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2310171.28/cwt170.00–176.005315
Steers—Medium and Large 2408149.32/cwt148.00–150.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 1412162.25/cwt160.00–168.006687
Steers—Medium and Large 3424145.52/cwt144.00–146.006174
Steers—Medium and Large 1517138.63/cwt136.00–140.007173
Steers—Medium and Large 2573113.88/cwt110.00–118.006532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319136.17/cwt132.00–138.0043414
Heifers—Medium and Large 3362127.41/cwt124.00–130.004617
Heifers—Medium and Large 3406120.79/cwt116.00–122.0049010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408127.32/cwt126.00–128.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460121.00/cwt118.00–124.005576
Heifers—Medium and Large 3471109.13/cwt108.00–110.005147
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508102.99/cwt100.00–106.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578108.73/cwt105.00–110.006284
Heifers—Medium and Large 265294.66/cwt92.00–96.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681102.88/cwt99.00–104.007019
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2262170.70/cwt168.00–172.0044715
Bulls—Medium and Large 3263157.70/cwt156.00–158.004157
Bulls—Medium and Large 3317150.91/cwt150.00–154.004789
Bulls—Medium and Large 1331168.87/cwt168.00–170.0055918
Bulls—Medium and Large 2334165.00/cwt160.00–166.0055111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367151.31/cwt150.00–154.0055515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369161.48/cwt160.00–166.005964
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370145.26/cwt140.00–148.005373
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421143.19/cwt140.00–144.0060310
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427135.58/cwt132.00–138.005795
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464140.74/cwt140.00–146.006538
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470134.04/cwt130.00–138.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3487119.36/cwt116.00–126.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515110.02/cwt108.00–112.005676
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570101.38/cwt100.00–104.005789
Bulls—Medium and Large 363385.50/cwt85.00–86.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 269494.38/cwt90.00–95.006558
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60670.35/cwt68.00–74.001,1304
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86432.81/cwt30.00–37.002834
Cows—Lean 85-90%86522.94/cwt21.00–25.001982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09845.73/cwt45.00–47.005024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10450.25/cwt48.00–53.005554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12340.74/cwt36.00–44.004584
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26542.68/cwt40.00–46.005404
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32449.62/cwt47.00–52.006574
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 192566.69/cwt64.00–71.006172
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 194860.41/cwt58.00–63.005732
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,318635.72/cwt600.00–675.008,3792

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.