Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-02-23

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 23
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 649▼ 133 vs year ago 543 · −24.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 95▲ 30 vs year ago 57 · +52.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 120▲ 4 vs year ago 75 · +5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, and in high demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $148.71/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$148.71
124 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.45
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1374165.2261841
Medium and Large 2392151.7659541
Medium and Large 3437129.6156642
One grade step is worth $35.61/cwt here — about $53 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 sale124 hd
148.71
—
FL average8 barns · 440 hd
149.16
−0.45
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—Average1,49882.651,2384thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30065.528524thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07060.3864610

Every lot, as filed

55 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2—159201.34/cwt200.00–205.003204
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475113.96/cwt110.00–118.005418
BullsMedium and Large 2—338161.96/cwt160.00–168.005474
SteersMedium and Large 1—313173.02/cwt170.00–176.005422
SteersMedium and Large 1—587123.35/cwt122.00–124.007243
BullsMedium and Large 2—632104.32/cwt101.00–106.006593
BullsMedium and Large 2—473136.03/cwt130.00–138.006434
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467122.63/cwt120.00–128.005733
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428153.05/cwt150.00–156.006554
BullsMedium and Large 1—368160.51/cwt160.00–162.005914
BullsMedium and Large 1—313171.32/cwt170.00–174.005363
HeifersMedium and Large 2—171192.43/cwt190.00–196.0032913
BullsMedium and Large 1—271184.69/cwt180.00–188.005015
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575100.95/cwt98.00–104.005802
SteersMedium and Large 1—214204.82/cwt200.00–206.004385
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—75593.13/cwt92.00–94.007032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—93070.83/cwt70.00–72.006592
BullsMedium and Large 2—269171.92/cwt170.00–175.004628
BullsMedium and Large 1—173215.22/cwt210.00–220.0037210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—153210.08/cwt205.00–215.003212
SteersMedium and Large 1—430156.65/cwt156.00–158.006743
BullsMedium and Large 1—683112.51/cwt110.00–115.007682
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03458.16/cwt54.00–63.006014
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01549.34/cwt47.00–52.005012
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30065.52/cwt62.00–69.008524
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13368.13/cwt64.00–73.007724
Bulls——1,49882.65/cwt80.00–85.001,2384
BullsMedium and Large 1—428153.05/cwt150.00–156.006554
BullsMedium and Large 1—523131.52/cwt130.00–136.006884
BullsMedium and Large 1—463142.72/cwt141.00–148.006614
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—76883.57/cwt80.00–88.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 3—162184.74/cwt180.00–188.002995
BullsMedium and Large 3—265162.57/cwt160.00–168.004313
BullsMedium and Large 3—365142.48/cwt141.00–144.005208
BullsMedium and Large 3—479120.96/cwt120.00–124.005798
BullsMedium and Large 3—529112.91/cwt110.00–115.005977
SteersMedium and Large 3—270162.07/cwt160.00–164.004382
SteersMedium and Large 3—376144.54/cwt140.00–146.005434
SteersMedium and Large 1—467149.34/cwt148.00–150.006973
HeifersMedium and Large 3—52593.40/cwt90.00–100.004906
BullsMedium and Large 2—525123.96/cwt120.00–128.006512
BullsMedium and Large 2—237192.43/cwt190.00–196.004565
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278151.03/cwt150.00–152.004202
BullsMedium and Large 3—333152.96/cwt152.00–158.005096
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421121.95/cwt120.00–128.005134
BullsMedium and Large 3—421129.03/cwt126.00–130.005434
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367141.31/cwt140.00–144.005196
BullsMedium and Large 2—370155.97/cwt154.00–158.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 3—316144.86/cwt140.00–148.0045815
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523107.30/cwt106.00–110.005613
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374132.20/cwt130.00–138.0049414
BullsMedium and Large 2—574112.72/cwt110.00–116.006479
BullsMedium and Large 1—566121.60/cwt120.00–122.006885
HeifersMedium and Large 1—213186.06/cwt184.00–190.003963
BullsMedium and Large 3—568104.02/cwt100.00–108.005916

How this sale compares

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.