Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-09-08

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Sep 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▼ 266 vs last sale 666▼ 435 vs year ago 835 · −52.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 60▼ 35 vs year ago 88 · −39.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 59▼ 2 vs year ago 59 · −3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers slightly higher. Replacement cows slightly lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.65/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$132.65
71 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$44.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.56
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1404156.0063115thin
Medium and Large 2421145.9861524
Medium and Large 3534111.7259732
One grade step is worth $44.28/cwt here — about $34 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 sale71 hd
132.65
—
FL average7 barns · 313 hd
129.09
+3.56
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—Average1,68084.501,4202thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31556.387414thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12455.3162112

Every lot

40 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2268177.03/cwt176.00–178.004742
Steers—Medium and Large 1273186.54/cwt185.00–188.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 1318179.02/cwt178.00–180.005692
Steers—Medium and Large 1378172.98/cwt172.00–174.006542
Steers—Medium and Large 1413161.32/cwt160.00–162.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 2423150.04/cwt148.00–152.006356
Steers—Medium and Large 3428134.95/cwt132.00–138.005786
Steers—Medium and Large 2511124.67/cwt124.00–128.006376
Steers—Medium and Large 358497.58/cwt90.00–100.005704
Steers—Medium and Large 1593125.18/cwt122.00–130.007425
Steers—Medium and Large 1693117.01/cwt114.00–120.008114
Steers—Medium and Large 2693103.32/cwt100.00–110.007163
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376134.85/cwt130.00–138.005075
Heifers—Medium and Large 3406122.02/cwt120.00–128.004954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518119.01/cwt118.00–120.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575104.10/cwt100.00–108.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 357690.39/cwt90.00–92.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1593113.23/cwt112.00–117.006714
Heifers—Medium and Large 262392.65/cwt90.00–98.005773
Heifers—Medium and Large 369382.99/cwt80.00–89.005753
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3273166.10/cwt162.00–168.004533
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317168.63/cwt167.00–170.005359
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328176.47/cwt172.00–178.005794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358152.01/cwt150.00–154.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366161.62/cwt160.00–168.005925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1414149.01/cwt146.00–150.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424134.75/cwt130.00–138.005715
Bulls—Medium and Large 3462122.35/cwt120.00–127.005653
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469134.95/cwt130.00–139.006339
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533113.27/cwt110.00–118.006045
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579116.79/cwt113.00–118.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 358394.38/cwt90.00–100.005509
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633115.00/cwt114.00–116.007282
Bulls—Medium and Large 369488.58/cwt85.00–90.006157
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,68084.50/cwt84.00–85.001,4202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%94046.61/cwt43.00–50.004382
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10161.11/cwt59.00–64.006734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20054.34/cwt51.00–58.006526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31556.38/cwt54.00–59.007414
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-398062.95/cwt60.00–65.006172

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.