Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-10-19

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 19
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
823 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 662▲ 232 vs year ago 591 · +39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
241 head
▲ 172 vs last sale 69▲ 155 vs year ago 86 · +180.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
156 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 107▲ 82 vs year ago 74 · +110.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls slightly lower. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.13/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$122.13
54 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$24.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.41
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3463125.4358139
Medium and Large 1549122.026709thin
Medium and Large 2615100.866206thin
One grade step is worth $24.57/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale54 hd
122.13
—
FL average9 barns · 829 hd
126.54
−4.41
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—Low1,63075.441,2304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18753.256326thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04444.184616thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 3—274171.58/cwt170.00–172.004705
SteersMedium and Large 2—427153.36/cwt150.00–154.006556
SteersMedium and Large 3—513121.52/cwt120.00–126.006234
SteersMedium and Large 1—568132.03/cwt130.00–138.007504
SteersMedium and Large 2—523132.65/cwt130.00–134.006943
SteersMedium and Large 3—430144.05/cwt140.00–148.006198
SteersMedium and Large 3—462129.03/cwt128.00–136.005968
SteersMedium and Large 2—584121.84/cwt119.00–123.007127
SteersMedium and Large 2—330174.06/cwt170.00–178.005742
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519113.79/cwt110.00–119.005917
HeifersMedium and Large 3—464124.95/cwt120.00–129.005809
HeifersMedium and Large 3—578103.39/cwt100.00–107.005986
BullsMedium and Large 3—363155.32/cwt154.00–156.005643
BullsMedium and Large 3—468129.18/cwt128.00–134.006055
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425134.05/cwt130.00–138.0057010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572119.61/cwt118.00–120.006845
SteersMedium and Large 1—643123.01/cwt119.00–125.007913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520125.03/cwt124.00–128.006504
BullsMedium and Large 3—513125.30/cwt120.00–128.006433
BullsMedium and Large 3—321165.53/cwt162.00–168.005315
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578112.53/cwt110.00–115.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 2—63395.02/cwt90.00–100.006014
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363144.25/cwt140.00–146.005247
BullsMedium and Large 3—423146.47/cwt145.00–148.006202
BullsMedium and Large 2—378162.61/cwt160.00–166.006159
BullsMedium and Large 2—662106.65/cwt100.00–110.007063
BullsMedium and Large 2—583121.96/cwt120.00–124.007114
BullsMedium and Large 2—468143.34/cwt142.00–144.006716
BullsMedium and Large 2—531131.68/cwt130.00–136.006997
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,220713.52/cwt700.00–725.008,7052
Bulls——1,63075.44/cwt72.00–79.001,2304
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18753.25/cwt50.00–58.006326
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04444.18/cwt40.00–49.004616

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.