Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-02-22

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 22
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 352 vs last sale 652▼ 110 vs year ago 410 · −26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 81▲ 27 vs year ago 87 · +31.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 73▲ 35 vs year ago 79 · +44.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady. Replacement cows 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.13/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$143.13
91 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.62
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400163.0265334
Medium and Large 2510133.0567826
Medium and Large 3461129.7759831
One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about $55 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 sale91 hd
143.13
—
FL average9 barns · 707 hd
157.75
−14.62
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—Low1,51092.501,3974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14170.1980114
CowsLean 85-90%Low89144.293954thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 2—691107.49/cwt100.00–110.007434
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465125.01/cwt124.00–126.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—235194.30/cwt192.00–195.004574
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520115.10/cwt110.00–120.0059910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428158.03/cwt156.00–162.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275186.62/cwt184.00–188.005133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—331174.91/cwt174.00–182.005799
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379141.54/cwt140.00–146.005364
SteersMedium and Large 3—323198.98/cwt198.00–200.006432
SteersMedium and Large 2—485174.90/cwt170.00–178.008485
SteersMedium and Large 1—525174.04/cwt170.00–178.009144
SteersMedium and Large 1—644157.01/cwt154.00–158.001,0114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580113.28/cwt110.00–120.006579
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423137.03/cwt132.00–138.005806
SteersMedium and Large 1—593156.67/cwt154.00–158.009293
SteersMedium and Large 1—327227.39/cwt222.00–230.007443
SteersMedium and Large 1—423191.02/cwt190.00–192.008082
SteersMedium and Large 3—423176.97/cwt176.00–178.007492
BullsMedium and Large 1—362192.04/cwt190.00–200.006955
BullsMedium and Large 1—267227.03/cwt225.00–228.006063
BullsMedium and Large 1—330215.15/cwt210.00–220.007102
BullsMedium and Large 2—430171.30/cwt170.00–174.007373
BullsMedium and Large 1—429183.80/cwt180.00–186.007898
BullsMedium and Large 1—218232.41/cwt230.00–235.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—384173.25/cwt170.00–178.006655
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418142.95/cwt140.00–146.005988
HeifersMedium and Large 3—237183.38/cwt180.00–185.004353
HeifersMedium and Large 3—68392.01/cwt90.00–94.006284
BullsMedium and Large 2—475162.97/cwt160.00–166.007742
BullsMedium and Large 3—380173.30/cwt172.00–176.006593
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375168.88/cwt166.00–172.006334
HeifersMedium and Large 1—693115.99/cwt112.00–120.008044
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473145.42/cwt144.00–146.006887
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325157.62/cwt155.00–160.005122
BullsMedium and Large 3—230212.61/cwt210.00–215.004892
BullsMedium and Large 3—430164.98/cwt164.00–166.007092
BullsMedium and Large 2—377182.69/cwt180.00–184.006893
BullsMedium and Large 2—227223.96/cwt220.00–225.005085
BullsMedium and Large 3—334182.37/cwt180.00–184.006095
BullsMedium and Large 2—271215.13/cwt214.00–220.005835
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—920104.43/cwt100.00–108.009612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07592.12/cwt90.00–94.009902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—86885.95/cwt84.00–88.007462
Bulls——1,51092.50/cwt90.00–95.001,3974
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10068.62/cwt65.00–73.007554
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20477.40/cwt76.00–79.009326
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08960.96/cwt57.00–64.006644
CowsLean 85-90%—89144.29/cwt40.00–49.003954

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.