Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-02-18

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 18
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 474▲ 83 vs year ago 482 · +17.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 51▲ 24 vs year ago 37 · +64.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 91▼ 20 vs year ago 73 · −27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls no trend. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.54/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$139.54
122 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1407146.6259750
Medium and Large 2435135.0358740
Medium and Large 3384134.1251532
One grade step is worth $12.50/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 sale122 hd
139.54
—
FL average10 barns · 750 hd
145.54
−6.00
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—Average2,01587.121,7552thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26859.627566thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,04956.3459110

Every lot

47 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 1359190.49/cwt190.00–192.006844
Steers—Medium and Large 2425175.75/cwt175.00–176.007474
Steers—Medium and Large 2520134.08/cwt130.00–138.006972
Steers—Medium and Large 1532141.37/cwt140.00–142.007523
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263185.05/cwt180.00–190.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2272171.88/cwt170.00–176.004683
Heifers—Medium and Large 3274163.47/cwt160.00–166.004489
Heifers—Medium and Large 2307156.63/cwt150.00–160.004813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314168.94/cwt164.00–172.005308
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328143.73/cwt140.00–146.004715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357152.69/cwt150.00–158.0054512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372132.62/cwt130.00–138.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382146.39/cwt142.00–148.0055911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421143.54/cwt140.00–148.0060411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425121.52/cwt120.00–128.005165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432130.84/cwt130.00–138.005659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458135.97/cwt132.00–138.006236
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465123.55/cwt122.00–128.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465114.46/cwt111.00–118.005326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513125.66/cwt124.00–130.0064511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527117.95/cwt114.00–120.006226
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535102.43/cwt100.00–110.005484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580111.01/cwt110.00–112.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2688101.99/cwt100.00–104.007022
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3274192.08/cwt190.00–195.005267
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285201.61/cwt200.00–205.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1286213.92/cwt210.00–220.006125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323200.96/cwt200.00–202.006498
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323191.28/cwt190.00–195.006184
Bulls—Medium and Large 3326184.35/cwt180.00–186.0060111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3376171.39/cwt170.00–178.0064411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414174.22/cwt172.00–178.0072111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3419164.51/cwt160.00–166.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 3456140.99/cwt138.00–142.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458161.31/cwt158.00–168.007396
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472147.95/cwt146.00–156.0069810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2514123.24/cwt120.00–128.006335
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520132.88/cwt130.00–134.0069111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521113.55/cwt112.00–118.005924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1683120.51/cwt119.00–122.008232
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,01587.12/cwt85.00–89.001,7552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%96347.39/cwt45.00–50.004562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06554.75/cwt51.00–58.005834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07562.40/cwt59.00–65.006714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,15555.53/cwt54.00–57.006412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32461.67/cwt59.00–66.008174
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,14868.04/cwt64.00–72.007812

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.