Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-09-15

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Sep 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
663 head
▲ 263 vs last sale 400▲ 21 vs year ago 642 · +3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 53▲ 16 vs year ago 57 · +28.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 57▼ 2 vs year ago 103 · −1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.77/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$139.77
98 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.55
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1338169.5357319thin
Medium and Large 2447136.1960933
Medium and Large 3437130.0556846
One grade step is worth $39.48/cwt here — about $5 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 sale98 hd
139.77
—
FL average10 barns · 392 hd
132.22
+7.55
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—Low1,41581.881,1596thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41560.008494thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,04355.4657910

Every lot

45 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1278188.46/cwt184.00–190.005244
Steers—Medium and Large 1313180.99/cwt180.00–182.005662
Steers—Medium and Large 2367161.61/cwt160.00–164.005935
Steers—Medium and Large 3377152.65/cwt152.00–154.005753
Steers—Medium and Large 2418153.32/cwt152.00–154.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 3432134.03/cwt130.00–136.005793
Steers—Medium and Large 2465133.96/cwt130.00–138.006232
Steers—Medium and Large 3467121.34/cwt120.00–124.005673
Steers—Medium and Large 2578114.02/cwt110.00–118.006592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3215163.95/cwt162.00–166.003522
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367133.58/cwt130.00–136.0049010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421123.03/cwt120.00–127.005189
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470113.91/cwt110.00–118.0053512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517111.62/cwt110.00–118.005775
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517104.03/cwt100.00–106.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568103.58/cwt100.00–109.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 357494.68/cwt90.00–98.005435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588112.26/cwt110.00–113.006604
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3267163.30/cwt162.00–166.004363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278184.10/cwt180.00–186.005126
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318172.49/cwt170.00–176.005495
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323164.09/cwt160.00–168.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3329154.11/cwt148.00–156.005078
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363139.66/cwt139.00–140.005076
Bulls—Medium and Large 2364154.68/cwt148.00–156.005636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366163.01/cwt162.00–166.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418142.08/cwt140.00–146.005949
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424150.50/cwt150.00–152.006384
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424135.26/cwt132.00–138.005749
Bulls—Medium and Large 3464122.48/cwt120.00–124.005688
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476129.89/cwt128.00–131.006188
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513120.68/cwt120.00–124.006196
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530113.92/cwt112.00–118.006043
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575105.31/cwt100.00–109.006065
Bulls—Medium and Large 362389.00/cwt88.00–90.005544
Bulls—Medium and Large 264397.99/cwt96.00–100.006302
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26575.55/cwt74.00–77.009562
Bulls——1,49085.04/cwt82.00–88.001,2674
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99047.63/cwt45.00–50.004722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04460.26/cwt59.00–62.006294
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06954.57/cwt51.00–58.005834
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37562.95/cwt61.00–65.008662
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45557.05/cwt55.00–59.008302
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-397072.40/cwt70.00–75.007022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06079.91/cwt77.00–84.008472

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.