Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2020-09-29

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Sep 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
707 head
▼ 157 vs last sale 864▼ 102 vs year ago 809 · −12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 72▼ 14 vs year ago 83 · −16.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 100▼ 60 vs year ago 120 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls no trend. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers slightly higher. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows steady, and in high demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.52/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$142.52
130 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.48
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1441146.0364438
Medium and Large 3368144.8153440
Medium and Large 2447138.2061852
One grade step is worth $7.83/cwt here — about $27 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 sale130 hd
142.52
—
FL average9 barns · 688 hd
132.05
+10.48
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12951.1857810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,25350.056272thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325163.94/cwt160.00–168.005332
Steers—Medium and Large 1335170.65/cwt170.00–172.005726
Steers—Medium and Large 1372167.22/cwt162.00–168.006228
Steers—Medium and Large 3378142.04/cwt140.00–144.005372
Steers—Medium and Large 2415141.98/cwt140.00–144.005896
Steers—Medium and Large 1416156.22/cwt154.00–160.006508
Steers—Medium and Large 3419134.46/cwt130.00–136.005634
Steers—Medium and Large 1470142.97/cwt140.00–146.006726
Steers—Medium and Large 2472130.51/cwt130.00–134.006168
Steers—Medium and Large 3513117.34/cwt116.00–118.006023
Steers—Medium and Large 1525136.04/cwt132.00–138.0071412
Steers—Medium and Large 2577116.65/cwt116.00–118.006733
Steers—Medium and Large 1579129.55/cwt126.00–131.007507
Steers—Medium and Large 2688104.01/cwt102.00–106.007162
Steers—Medium and Large 1693117.99/cwt116.00–120.008184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319140.49/cwt140.00–148.0044816
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368133.43/cwt130.00–137.0049120
Heifers—Medium and Large 3416122.09/cwt120.00–128.0050816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420132.99/cwt132.00–134.005596
Heifers—Medium and Large 2456120.61/cwt120.00–126.0055010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3461111.61/cwt110.00–118.005155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479133.51/cwt130.00–134.006408
Heifers—Medium and Large 3511101.21/cwt100.00–106.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517116.20/cwt110.00–118.006019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519121.73/cwt120.00–124.006327
Heifers—Medium and Large 357095.31/cwt94.00–98.005433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575104.02/cwt102.00–106.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577113.61/cwt110.00–118.006569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632106.01/cwt104.00–109.006705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268166.82/cwt166.00–168.0044712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280174.07/cwt170.00–178.004872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1319171.55/cwt168.00–174.005475
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325152.82/cwt150.00–158.0049711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2331162.10/cwt160.00–166.0053714
Bulls—Medium and Large 3359134.52/cwt130.00–136.004834
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360148.99/cwt148.00–150.0053612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368158.83/cwt158.00–160.005845
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418152.67/cwt150.00–156.0063811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423142.98/cwt142.00–144.006054
Bulls—Medium and Large 3466125.77/cwt120.00–129.0058611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475134.51/cwt134.00–135.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486140.24/cwt138.00–142.006829
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520116.04/cwt112.00–118.006033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526121.55/cwt120.00–128.006395
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577116.02/cwt112.00–118.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2583107.01/cwt106.00–110.006248
Bulls—Medium and Large 369394.01/cwt90.00–98.006512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2694105.14/cwt104.00–108.007307
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09544.95/cwt40.00–49.004923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14453.85/cwt49.00–58.006167
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25350.05/cwt47.00–53.006272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296881.44/cwt78.00–84.007882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00594.54/cwt90.00–98.009502

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.