Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-03-23

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 23
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
356 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 392▲ 170 vs year ago 186 · +91.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 91▼ 17 vs year ago 76 · −22.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 45▲ 15 vs year ago 37 · +40.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.58/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$141.58
71 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.95
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426148.7563425
Medium and Large 2400138.9055622
Medium and Large 3374136.5751124
One grade step is worth $12.18/cwt here — about $123 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
141.58
—
FL average10 barns · 834 hd
139.63
+1.95
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—Average1,72483.871,4468thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18257.2067610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50056.028402thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1—691117.99/cwt112.00–120.008154
BullsMedium and Large 2—371168.19/cwt168.00–170.0062411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580104.97/cwt104.00–106.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 3—271165.35/cwt162.00–168.004487
BullsMedium and Large 2—580113.90/cwt110.00–118.006612
BullsMedium and Large 2—478147.02/cwt146.00–148.007032
BullsMedium and Large 1—213227.53/cwt225.00–230.004852
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433141.31/cwt140.00–148.006126
HeifersMedium and Large 1—218201.76/cwt200.00–210.004406
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472121.97/cwt120.00–126.005763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585111.01/cwt110.00–112.006492
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380153.08/cwt150.00–156.005824
SteersMedium and Large 1—423170.04/cwt168.00–172.007192
BullsMedium and Large 2—223209.12/cwt205.00–210.004666
BullsMedium and Large 1—588127.33/cwt126.00–130.007493
BullsMedium and Large 1—673111.99/cwt110.00–114.007542
BullsMedium and Large 1—263196.04/cwt192.00–200.005162
Bulls——1,61084.09/cwt83.00–85.001,3544
Bulls——1,59375.45/cwt74.00–77.001,2022
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50056.02/cwt55.00–57.008402
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23154.78/cwt50.00–58.006746
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10960.82/cwt59.00–63.006744
Bulls——2,08391.84/cwt90.00–94.001,9132
BullsMedium and Large 3—313175.66/cwt170.00–178.005507
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683102.65/cwt100.00–108.007013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—76370.15/cwt69.00–71.005352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—69079.20/cwt76.00–82.005462
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—66589.86/cwt88.00–92.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538127.00/cwt126.00–128.006832
SteersMedium and Large 2—367166.69/cwt164.00–168.006123
BullsMedium and Large 1—527135.32/cwt134.00–138.007136
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523101.97/cwt100.00–108.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325143.42/cwt138.00–146.004666
HeifersMedium and Large 3—413125.99/cwt124.00–128.005204
BullsMedium and Large 3—573102.93/cwt100.00–106.005902
SteersMedium and Large 2—413156.02/cwt152.00–158.006443
SteersMedium and Large 3—520126.04/cwt124.00–128.006552
BullsMedium and Large 3—466130.37/cwt128.00–132.006085
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465115.94/cwt110.00–119.005393
BullsMedium and Large 3—423152.04/cwt150.00–154.006434
BullsMedium and Large 3—365160.96/cwt158.00–164.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470131.96/cwt130.00–134.006202
SteersMedium and Large 2—321176.36/cwt174.00–178.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428135.21/cwt132.00–136.005795
BullsMedium and Large 3—522112.79/cwt110.00–118.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 2—319156.87/cwt154.00–158.005007
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371141.15/cwt138.00–146.005245

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.