Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-10-12

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 12
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
662 head
182 vs last sale 480 153 vs year ago 815 · 18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
30 vs last sale 99 6 vs year ago 75 · 8.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
107 head
5 vs last sale 102 3 vs year ago 110 · 2.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: This market was not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.81/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$118.81
73 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$52
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$9.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.43
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3472123.4458232
Medium and Large 1616116.7872013thin
Medium and Large 2554114.4563528
One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale73 hd
118.81
FL average9 barns · 895 hd
127.24
−8.43
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%Low1,20352.756356thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00343.364356thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,195817.68/cwt775.00–850.009,7712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-399863.56/cwt60.00–69.006342
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20352.75/cwt50.00–56.006356
CowsLean 85-90%1,00343.36/cwt40.00–47.004356
SteersMedium and Large 3429147.44/cwt144.00–148.006337
SteersMedium and Large 1575132.54/cwt130.00–135.007622
HeifersMedium and Large 2467134.69/cwt132.00–136.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 2576107.96/cwt105.00–112.0062212
SteersMedium and Large 1478155.30/cwt150.00–158.007423
SteersMedium and Large 2583120.79/cwt120.00–124.007045
SteersMedium and Large 3524122.43/cwt120.00–126.006425
SteersMedium and Large 3480135.44/cwt130.00–138.006503
BullsMedium and Large 2228194.31/cwt190.00–198.004432
BullsMedium and Large 2528131.18/cwt130.00–136.006935
HeifersMedium and Large 3376141.57/cwt140.00–144.005325
SteersMedium and Large 1415163.04/cwt160.00–166.006772
SteersMedium and Large 1528145.01/cwt144.00–146.007662
SteersMedium and Large 1672122.68/cwt120.00–128.008246
HeifersMedium and Large 1518134.65/cwt132.00–136.006973
HeifersMedium and Large 1580121.36/cwt118.00–123.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 3417133.31/cwt132.00–134.005566
HeifersMedium and Large 3474123.64/cwt120.00–128.005869
HeifersMedium and Large 1674107.16/cwt100.00–110.007227
HeifersMedium and Large 2511125.43/cwt120.00–127.006419
BullsMedium and Large 1577126.12/cwt118.00–130.007283
BullsMedium and Large 1219211.31/cwt210.00–215.004634
BullsMedium and Large 3533122.60/cwt120.00–128.006536
BullsMedium and Large 3368154.98/cwt154.00–156.005704
BullsMedium and Large 3418143.29/cwt140.00–148.005995
BullsMedium and Large 2468145.02/cwt140.00–146.006796
HeifersMedium and Large 3537110.81/cwt110.00–115.0059512
HeifersMedium and Large 265394.02/cwt90.00–98.006144
SteersMedium and Large 2473144.68/cwt144.00–146.006843
SteersMedium and Large 2515132.02/cwt130.00–134.006804

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.