Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-04-21

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 128▼ 200 vs year ago 390 · −51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 15▼ 23 vs year ago 67 · −34.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 31▼ 5 vs year ago 47 · −10.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. 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 $133.30/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$133.30
44 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.88
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1371156.465804thin
Medium and Large 2408137.7456121
Medium and Large 3422123.5252119thin
One grade step is worth $32.93/cwt here — about $58 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 sale44 hd
133.30
—
FL average8 barns · 237 hd
132.42
+0.88
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—Low1,70778.861,3464thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,01958.866006thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1276171.01/cwt170.00–174.004724
Steers—Medium and Large 2277166.12/cwt162.00–168.004603
Steers—Medium and Large 2315152.75/cwt150.00–158.004813
Steers—Medium and Large 3320144.06/cwt142.00–146.004612
Steers—Medium and Large 3360134.06/cwt130.00–138.004832
Steers—Medium and Large 1370152.88/cwt150.00–156.005662
Steers—Medium and Large 2483123.35/cwt122.00–124.005963
Steers—Medium and Large 1573113.03/cwt112.00–114.006482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3233157.05/cwt156.00–158.003662
Heifers—Medium and Large 3263143.71/cwt140.00–145.003784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3308134.03/cwt130.00–138.004136
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365125.41/cwt120.00–128.004583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370131.01/cwt130.00–132.004852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418123.93/cwt120.00–128.005186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463122.41/cwt120.00–124.005675
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472115.31/cwt114.00–118.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518109.01/cwt108.00–110.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581103.51/cwt102.00–108.006014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268172.86/cwt170.00–176.004632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268167.51/cwt166.00–168.004494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318152.98/cwt152.00–156.004864
Bulls—Medium and Large 3366131.57/cwt130.00–134.004825
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370144.11/cwt140.00–148.005332
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423123.49/cwt120.00–128.005229
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430136.09/cwt132.00–138.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470123.06/cwt120.00–126.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473140.05/cwt138.00–142.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476115.53/cwt114.00–118.005505
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526113.51/cwt112.00–118.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570106.99/cwt106.00–108.006102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30569.03/cwt68.00–70.009012
Bulls——2,10888.69/cwt87.00–90.001,8702
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%93855.09/cwt52.00–58.005172
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05960.75/cwt59.00–62.006434
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-293879.46/cwt76.00–84.007452
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3763629.51/cwt600.00–650.004,8032

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.