Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-12-10

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Dec 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
704 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 673▲ 3 vs year ago 701 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 88▼ 33 vs year ago 110 · −30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 117▲ 22 vs year ago 72 · +30.6%
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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 slightly higher, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $148.05/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$148.05
102 head · 381 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.36
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1388151.2558863
Medium and Large 2365145.7153133
Medium and Large 3397127.395066thin
One grade step is worth $23.86/cwt here — about $82 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 sale102 hd
148.05
—
FL average10 barns · 595 hd
130.69
+17.36
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—Average1,65768.021,1276thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39145.836386thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14845.2051910
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04532.383382thin

Every lot

48 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 2325162.03/cwt160.00–164.005272
Steers—Medium and Large 1378160.39/cwt160.00–162.0060610
Steers—Medium and Large 2414142.48/cwt140.00–144.005908
Steers—Medium and Large 1438152.03/cwt150.00–154.006664
Steers—Medium and Large 1468143.59/cwt140.00–148.0067213
Steers—Medium and Large 3530115.53/cwt112.00–118.006125
Steers—Medium and Large 1539133.86/cwt132.00–135.007228
Steers—Medium and Large 2580111.36/cwt110.00–112.006466
Steers—Medium and Large 1583123.10/cwt120.00–128.007185
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3262150.06/cwt148.00–158.003935
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313141.17/cwt140.00–146.0044210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3369133.25/cwt130.00–136.004929
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421121.35/cwt120.00–128.0051112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463131.51/cwt130.00–132.006094
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466123.46/cwt120.00–128.0057516
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480113.96/cwt110.00–118.005474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528115.30/cwt110.00–118.006096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534120.56/cwt120.00–124.006447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565116.53/cwt116.00–118.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583105.04/cwt102.00–108.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 264397.99/cwt96.00–100.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692110.33/cwt107.00–112.007633
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2209170.32/cwt170.00–172.003567
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225184.91/cwt180.00–186.004165
Bulls—Medium and Large 1266170.21/cwt170.00–172.0045310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275161.02/cwt160.00–162.004434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1314164.71/cwt162.00–168.005179
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318157.36/cwt156.00–158.005006
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365135.01/cwt134.00–136.004932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368146.47/cwt142.00–148.005394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380157.60/cwt150.00–160.0059912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413123.58/cwt122.00–128.005104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423141.83/cwt140.00–148.006009
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433134.02/cwt130.00–138.005802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465121.01/cwt120.00–122.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475135.39/cwt130.00–138.006436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1509123.19/cwt122.00–128.006275
Bulls—Medium and Large 2537116.49/cwt114.00–118.006268
Bulls—Medium and Large 1586117.70/cwt116.00–120.006907
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57873.05/cwt70.00–76.001,1532
Bulls——1,69665.51/cwt62.00–68.001,1114
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04532.38/cwt30.00–35.003382
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14449.24/cwt47.00–51.005634
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15042.50/cwt40.00–46.004896
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29342.97/cwt40.00–45.005564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58851.56/cwt50.00–53.008192
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 188573.25/cwt70.00–76.006482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 191063.98/cwt60.00–68.005822

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.