Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-02-25

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 25
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
543 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 565▲ 179 vs year ago 364 · +49.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 61▼ 31 vs year ago 88 · −35.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 53▲ 3 vs year ago 72 · +4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls slightly higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers slightly higher. 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 $139.68/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$139.68
90 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.46
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2418142.7959733
Medium and Large 1467138.2164529
Medium and Large 3390137.5553728
One grade step is worth $5.24/cwt here — about $60 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 sale90 hd
139.68
—
FL average10 barns · 779 hd
147.14
−7.46
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—High1,57187.661,3776thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26065.488252thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10059.1465010

Every lot

41 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1271214.35/cwt210.00–215.005818
Steers—Medium and Large 2275202.04/cwt200.00–204.005564
Steers—Medium and Large 1538148.98/cwt144.00–154.008022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265162.55/cwt160.00–165.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3309156.58/cwt150.00–158.004846
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314160.78/cwt160.00–168.0050510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364157.02/cwt150.00–158.005728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367164.04/cwt160.00–166.006023
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368143.10/cwt140.00–148.005278
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414127.19/cwt126.00–128.005275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423143.82/cwt140.00–146.006088
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423136.89/cwt130.00–138.005797
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458122.68/cwt120.00–124.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475135.20/cwt132.00–138.0064213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520116.04/cwt114.00–118.006032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526121.96/cwt120.00–128.006424
Heifers—Medium and Large 3558103.01/cwt100.00–106.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576121.56/cwt120.00–128.007005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2671100.50/cwt100.00–102.006744
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3228205.54/cwt205.00–206.004694
Bulls—Medium and Large 3263192.91/cwt190.00–196.005074
Bulls—Medium and Large 3312185.30/cwt180.00–188.005786
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322201.58/cwt200.00–205.006493
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377175.38/cwt170.00–178.006616
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418171.18/cwt170.00–176.007165
Bulls—Medium and Large 3431166.05/cwt160.00–168.007164
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463164.03/cwt162.00–168.007596
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463145.05/cwt142.00–148.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466153.12/cwt150.00–158.007148
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520143.98/cwt142.00–146.007492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573133.07/cwt130.00–136.007624
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588124.05/cwt120.00–128.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1687118.66/cwt116.00–120.008153
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29883.96/cwt81.00–87.001,0902
Bulls——1,70889.51/cwt88.00–91.001,5294
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%97048.75/cwt45.00–53.004732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01558.00/cwt57.00–59.005892
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17162.98/cwt60.00–66.007376
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26065.48/cwt64.00–67.008252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 191894.89/cwt92.00–98.008712
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,063759.94/cwt725.00–800.008,0782

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.