Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2019-12-17

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Dec 17
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
727 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 704▼ 51 vs year ago 778 · −6.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 77▼ 13 vs year ago 79 · −16.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 94▲ 40 vs year ago 81 · +49.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00-4.00 higher, 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 $146.42/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$146.42
97 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$28.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.53
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2355160.8057131
Medium and Large 1446147.2965732
Medium and Large 3436132.5157834
One grade step is worth $28.29/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale97 hd
146.42
—
FL average8 barns · 487 hd
134.90
+11.53
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—Low1,59867.561,0794thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,25546.785876thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09340.554436thin

Every lot

42 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 1282198.35/cwt192.00–200.005595
Steers—Medium and Large 1318188.66/cwt180.00–190.006008
Steers—Medium and Large 3375153.01/cwt152.00–154.005744
Steers—Medium and Large 1584133.96/cwt128.00–136.007828
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3263151.37/cwt150.00–154.003983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323151.30/cwt150.00–158.004896
Heifers—Medium and Large 3324146.14/cwt140.00–148.004739
Heifers—Medium and Large 3359136.87/cwt130.00–138.004917
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415124.05/cwt120.00–128.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419133.74/cwt130.00–136.0056013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465124.32/cwt120.00–128.0057811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514124.51/cwt120.00–126.0064012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528115.30/cwt110.00–118.006096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562111.34/cwt110.00–114.006263
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3209181.29/cwt180.00–186.003795
Bulls—Medium and Large 2221192.90/cwt190.00–200.004267
Bulls—Medium and Large 1262192.66/cwt192.00–195.005055
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278172.97/cwt170.00–176.004812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318186.10/cwt184.00–190.005923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325173.88/cwt170.00–178.005654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2362158.68/cwt158.00–162.005746
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365150.74/cwt148.00–156.005506
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417144.25/cwt138.00–148.0060211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418152.98/cwt152.00–158.006396
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430131.95/cwt130.00–134.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 3457127.33/cwt126.00–128.005823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464142.48/cwt140.00–144.006618
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467133.34/cwt132.00–136.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507128.66/cwt126.00–130.006523
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535108.96/cwt106.00–110.0058311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567113.32/cwt112.00–116.006433
Bulls—Medium and Large 3586100.78/cwt100.00–104.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1641102.01/cwt100.00–108.006544
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30061.07/cwt60.00–62.007942
Bulls——1,89574.05/cwt72.00–76.001,4032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08042.58/cwt40.00–45.004604
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11836.49/cwt35.00–38.004082
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,18842.33/cwt40.00–45.005032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28849.00/cwt47.00–50.006314
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,090879.36/cwt825.00–925.009,5852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 198363.91/cwt60.00–68.006282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 199073.39/cwt70.00–77.007272

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.