Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-04-05

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 5
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 309▲ 61 vs year ago 286 · +21.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 46▼ 94 vs year ago 173 · −54.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 37▼ 14 vs year ago 82 · −17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers slightly higher. Replacement cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.95/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$148.95
66 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.02
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475153.9073117thin
Medium and Large 2414150.6462329
Medium and Large 3394142.3056020
One grade step is worth $11.60/cwt here — about $170 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 sale66 hd
148.95
—
FL average9 barns · 748 hd
157.97
−9.02
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—Average1,746103.731,8114thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16671.738378thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average79952.134164thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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—473176.68/cwt176.00–178.008363
BullsMedium and Large 1—583154.99/cwt152.00–156.009044
BullsMedium and Large 1—328222.03/cwt218.00–226.0072810
BullsMedium and Large 2—277211.53/cwt210.00–218.005865
BullsMedium and Large 1—424184.53/cwt180.00–188.007827
BullsMedium and Large 2—693118.49/cwt117.00–120.008212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335171.97/cwt170.00–174.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438149.43/cwt144.00–150.0065510
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473121.35/cwt120.00–124.005743
SteersMedium and Large 1—322214.05/cwt212.00–222.006895
SteersMedium and Large 2—418182.65/cwt180.00–184.007633
SteersMedium and Large 1—378203.14/cwt202.00–204.0076812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462151.32/cwt148.00–152.006996
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368164.28/cwt156.00–166.006056
HeifersMedium and Large 3—573107.01/cwt106.00–108.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363145.97/cwt142.00–150.0053010
HeifersMedium and Large 3—336161.64/cwt158.00–164.005435
HeifersMedium and Large 1—692121.34/cwt120.00–124.008403
BullsMedium and Large 3—485153.96/cwt150.00–158.007472
BullsMedium and Large 2—436176.40/cwt176.00–178.007695
BullsMedium and Large 3—425166.70/cwt164.00–168.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524122.33/cwt120.00–128.006417
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375172.05/cwt168.00–176.006454
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431164.05/cwt158.00–166.007074
BullsMedium and Large 3—366172.53/cwt170.00–176.006317
BullsMedium and Large 3—565122.02/cwt120.00–124.006892
BullsMedium and Large 3—323186.60/cwt185.00–190.006033
BullsMedium and Large 1—384203.19/cwt202.00–204.0078010
BullsMedium and Large 1—683134.99/cwt132.00–138.009222
HeifersMedium and Large 2—269172.08/cwt170.00–178.004634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87381.91/cwt78.00–85.007152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95068.94/cwt68.00–70.006552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22074.25/cwt70.00–79.009066
Bulls——1,746103.73/cwt103.00–105.001,8114
CowsLean 85-90%—83856.03/cwt54.00–58.004702
CowsLean 85-90%—76048.22/cwt45.00–51.003662
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00564.16/cwt60.00–69.006452

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.