Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-03-22

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 412▲ 50 vs year ago 356 · +14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 85▲ 17 vs year ago 59 · +28.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 79▼ 7 vs year ago 52 · −13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.77/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$159.77
67 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.15
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2363164.6659822
Medium and Large 1411164.3867627
Medium and Large 3389146.8757118thin
One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about $27 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 sale67 hd
159.77
—
FL average9 barns · 547 hd
155.62
+4.15
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—Low1,480104.551,5488thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29893.861,2184thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,04274.5477710
CowsLean 85-90%Average77352.464054thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1—373203.10/cwt198.00–208.007584
BullsMedium and Large 1—421187.55/cwt184.00–190.007905
BullsMedium and Large 1—328219.01/cwt218.00–220.007182
BullsMedium and Large 1—470176.60/cwt170.00–180.008303
BullsMedium and Large 2—379192.88/cwt188.00–196.007315
BullsMedium and Large 2—478162.46/cwt160.00–165.007772
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527130.39/cwt130.00–132.006875
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573131.02/cwt130.00–132.007514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323184.49/cwt178.00–188.005966
SteersMedium and Large 1—285232.04/cwt230.00–234.006612
SteersMedium and Large 3—567133.98/cwt132.00–138.007603
SteersMedium and Large 2—315208.03/cwt206.00–210.0065512
SteersMedium and Large 1—320224.98/cwt224.00–226.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382155.38/cwt150.00–158.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422135.25/cwt130.00–138.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273185.27/cwt180.00–188.005066
HeifersMedium and Large 1—361171.31/cwt170.00–175.006184
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321173.22/cwt170.00–176.005569
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475147.02/cwt146.00–148.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275194.07/cwt190.00–198.005344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420164.32/cwt158.00–166.006905
BullsMedium and Large 3—367179.96/cwt178.00–184.006603
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415149.95/cwt146.00–154.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 3—474120.81/cwt120.00–122.005735
HeifersMedium and Large 3—317166.81/cwt160.00–168.005297
BullsMedium and Large 3—322188.26/cwt185.00–190.006063
BullsMedium and Large 2—277216.35/cwt210.00–218.005995
BullsMedium and Large 3—265202.08/cwt198.00–206.005362
BullsMedium and Large 3—415163.95/cwt160.00–168.006802
BullsMedium and Large 2—328200.96/cwt196.00–206.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 1—643115.01/cwt112.00–118.007402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,29583.38/cwt80.00–86.001,0802
Bulls——1,32394.20/cwt90.00–99.001,2462
Bulls——1,480104.78/cwt103.00–107.001,5514
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02982.73/cwt78.00–88.008514
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04865.88/cwt60.00–69.006904
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05875.48/cwt72.00–79.007992
Bulls——1,638114.45/cwt112.00–117.001,8752
CowsLean 85-90%—79057.49/cwt56.00–59.004542
CowsLean 85-90%—75547.42/cwt45.00–50.003582
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29893.86/cwt90.00–97.001,2184

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.