Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-03-01

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 1
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
458 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 300▲ 140 vs year ago 318 · +44.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 114▲ 19 vs year ago 59 · +32.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 114▲ 21 vs year ago 69 · +30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.67/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$170.67
97 head · 337 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.84
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1325179.5158360
Medium and Large 2348162.2856526
Medium and Large 3381142.2554111thin
One grade step is worth $37.27/cwt here — about $42 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 sale97 hd
170.67
—
FL average9 barns · 589 hd
157.83
+12.84
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—High1,59499.321,58410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15375.1486614

Every lot, as filed

46 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 2—218224.06/cwt220.00–226.0048810
BullsMedium and Large 2—368190.51/cwt190.00–192.007014
BullsMedium and Large 1—472175.31/cwt174.00–178.008273
BullsMedium and Large 1—523162.70/cwt160.00–168.008513
BullsMedium and Large 1—325216.43/cwt212.00–218.007034
BullsMedium and Large 1—269223.59/cwt220.00–225.006017
SteersMedium and Large 2—212226.69/cwt225.00–230.004813
SteersMedium and Large 2—475172.02/cwt170.00–174.008172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425146.05/cwt144.00–150.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—215185.91/cwt182.00–190.004004
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373153.06/cwt150.00–156.005712
SteersMedium and Large 1—575159.54/cwt158.00–164.009174
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375170.16/cwt168.00–172.0063815
HeifersMedium and Large 2—276179.15/cwt175.00–180.004946
HeifersMedium and Large 2—319170.33/cwt168.00–172.005437
HeifersMedium and Large 3—223177.49/cwt172.00–180.003963
SteersMedium and Large 1—532173.97/cwt166.00–176.009265
SteersMedium and Large 3—368185.36/cwt180.00–186.006829
HeifersMedium and Large 3—462121.02/cwt120.00–126.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468144.69/cwt144.00–146.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563123.37/cwt120.00–130.006953
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370163.03/cwt162.00–164.006032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571111.03/cwt110.00–114.006344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—142216.93/cwt210.00–220.0030810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—221196.19/cwt195.00–200.004344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434160.34/cwt156.00–166.006967
HeifersMedium and Large 1—274187.73/cwt185.00–190.005149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329183.14/cwt176.00–184.006039
BullsMedium and Large 3—215216.53/cwt215.00–218.004662
BullsMedium and Large 1—425183.95/cwt182.00–186.007822
BullsMedium and Large 3—375185.40/cwt180.00–188.006953
BullsMedium and Large 1—367198.62/cwt196.00–204.007293
BullsMedium and Large 3—333194.56/cwt192.00–200.006483
BullsMedium and Large 2—436173.46/cwt172.00–178.007564
BullsMedium and Large 2—273211.67/cwt210.00–218.005785
BullsMedium and Large 2—320203.97/cwt202.00–205.006533
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—935652.54/cwt625.00–675.006,1012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—983799.05/cwt775.00–825.007,8552
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,03575.54/cwt73.00–78.007822
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10381.53/cwt80.00–84.008992
Bulls——1,940108.09/cwt105.00–111.002,0972
Bulls——1,48092.97/cwt90.00–96.001,3764
Bulls——1,536101.29/cwt99.00–104.001,5564
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17674.03/cwt67.00–76.008716
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20779.96/cwt77.00–87.009656
CowsBoner 80-85%—92364.01/cwt63.00–65.005912

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.