Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-03-29

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 29
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
97 vs last sale 406 134 vs year ago 443 · 30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
30 vs last sale 76 31 vs year ago 77 · 40.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
8 vs last sale 45 37 vs year ago 74 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.57/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$163.57
67 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.76
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1396168.1966547
Medium and Large 2350164.7257711thin
Medium and Large 3414138.005719thin
One grade step is worth $30.19/cwt here — about $94 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
163.57
FL average9 barns · 582 hd
154.80
+8.76
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
BullsHigh1,650108.331,7876thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,271104.611,3304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07087.7393910
CowsLean 85-90%Average80360.514862thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1473175.08/cwt172.00–178.008282
BullsMedium and Large 1278226.78/cwt226.00–230.006305
BullsMedium and Large 1438186.82/cwt182.00–188.008185
BullsMedium and Large 2274215.63/cwt210.00–218.005917
BullsMedium and Large 2373186.51/cwt186.00–188.006968
BullsMedium and Large 3430162.60/cwt160.00–168.006993
SteersMedium and Large 2334215.22/cwt214.00–216.007195
SteersMedium and Large 1325222.91/cwt220.00–226.007242
HeifersMedium and Large 1371173.90/cwt168.00–176.006454
HeifersMedium and Large 1431162.27/cwt160.00–164.006999
HeifersMedium and Large 1289186.53/cwt186.00–192.0053911
HeifersMedium and Large 3473124.06/cwt120.00–126.005873
HeifersMedium and Large 3438134.02/cwt130.00–138.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 2470133.91/cwt130.00–138.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 1470150.04/cwt148.00–152.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 1585127.98/cwt126.00–130.007492
HeifersMedium and Large 1528140.96/cwt138.00–144.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 3278166.86/cwt162.00–172.004642
HeifersMedium and Large 1693116.49/cwt114.00–119.008072
HeifersMedium and Large 2282182.33/cwt178.00–184.005147
BullsMedium and Large 2323211.96/cwt208.00–214.006853
BullsMedium and Large 3473153.08/cwt150.00–156.007242
BullsMedium and Large 3323200.05/cwt198.00–202.006462
BullsMedium and Large 1323220.87/cwt220.00–222.007139
BullsMedium and Large 3367178.65/cwt178.00–180.006563
HeifersMedium and Large 1342180.33/cwt178.00–184.0061713
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,260962.00/cwt950.00–975.0012,1212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,068104.90/cwt101.00–110.001,1202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09890.54/cwt89.00–92.009942
Bulls1,580116.03/cwt111.00–121.001,8332
Bulls1,685104.48/cwt102.00–107.001,7604
CowsBoner 80-85%93585.96/cwt84.00–88.008042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16593.74/cwt90.00–98.001,0926
CowsBoner 80-85%92071.45/cwt67.00–76.006572
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,271104.61/cwt100.00–108.001,3304
CowsLean 85-90%80360.51/cwt60.00–61.004862

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.