Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-03-09

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 9
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
455 head
▲ 137 vs last sale 318▼ 44 vs year ago 499 · −8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 59▲ 10 vs year ago 66 · +15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 69▲ 2 vs year ago 72 · +2.8%
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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 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows in high demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.28/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$143.28
104 head · 370 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$114
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.55
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2334150.7350442
Medium and Large 3347138.7748233
Medium and Large 1449137.6361829
One grade step is worth $13.10/cwt here — about −$114 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 sale104 hd
143.28
—
FL average10 barns · 806 hd
134.73
+8.55
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—Average1,49685.611,2818thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45359.468642thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12455.9962914

Every lot, as filed

47 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518122.06/cwt120.00–126.006323
BullsMedium and Large 3—332151.37/cwt150.00–158.005036
BullsMedium and Large 2—475130.52/cwt130.00–132.006204
BullsMedium and Large 3—282167.06/cwt165.00–168.004713
BullsMedium and Large 2—422141.94/cwt140.00–150.005995
BullsMedium and Large 2—578112.94/cwt110.00–116.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585110.97/cwt110.00–114.006494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—218171.21/cwt170.00–175.003738
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470133.96/cwt130.00–138.006304
BullsMedium and Large 2—218190.84/cwt190.00–192.004165
SteersMedium and Large 1—433159.42/cwt158.00–164.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421143.59/cwt142.00–148.0060511
BullsMedium and Large 2—332169.18/cwt166.00–170.005625
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426132.30/cwt130.00–138.005647
BullsMedium and Large 1—376169.69/cwt168.00–172.006387
BullsMedium and Large 1—520131.01/cwt130.00–132.006814
BullsMedium and Large 1—265188.94/cwt186.00–192.005014
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45359.46/cwt59.00–60.008642
CowsBoner 80-85%—91545.48/cwt42.00–49.004162
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17660.20/cwt59.00–62.007086
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14155.28/cwt50.00–58.006316
Bulls——1,46083.27/cwt79.00–88.001,2166
Bulls——1,60392.64/cwt90.00–95.001,4852
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318142.72/cwt140.00–148.004546
SteersMedium and Large 1—271192.13/cwt190.00–196.0052111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—82591.05/cwt90.00–92.007512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—75374.12/cwt70.00–78.005582
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374152.26/cwt150.00–154.005697
BullsMedium and Large 1—438157.21/cwt156.00–166.006898
BullsMedium and Large 2—278176.54/cwt172.00–178.0049112
BullsMedium and Large 1—474146.49/cwt142.00–150.006947
HeifersMedium and Large 3—411123.01/cwt122.00–128.005066
HeifersMedium and Large 3—277155.77/cwt150.00–158.004317
BullsMedium and Large 3—413133.98/cwt130.00–138.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 3—476113.26/cwt110.00–118.005395
BullsMedium and Large 2—366157.73/cwt156.00–162.005777
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377132.42/cwt130.00–136.004995
BullsMedium and Large 3—218180.64/cwt180.00–184.003946
HeifersMedium and Large 3—221166.58/cwt162.00–168.003684
BullsMedium and Large 3—379141.73/cwt140.00–146.0053710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472126.78/cwt122.00–128.005985
SteersMedium and Large 1—373167.32/cwt166.00–168.006243
BullsMedium and Large 3—523115.07/cwt112.00–118.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366143.15/cwt140.00–148.005245
BullsMedium and Large 3—468125.30/cwt120.00–128.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 2—262166.05/cwt162.00–168.004356
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323153.54/cwt150.00–158.0049611

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.