Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-05-03

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
353 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 485▼ 112 vs year ago 465 · −24.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 144▲ 13 vs year ago 99 · +13.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 96▲ 10 vs year ago 91 · +11.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls slightly higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.18/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$145.18
83 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.37
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459154.8871132
Medium and Large 3381143.8754719thin
Medium and Large 2487136.2566332
One grade step is worth $18.63/cwt here — about $48 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 sale83 hd
145.18
—
FL average9 barns · 731 hd
147.54
−2.37
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—Average1,615100.911,6296thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15973.5685216
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00555.705606thin

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—533162.99/cwt162.00–164.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1—580158.66/cwt158.00–160.009203
BullsMedium and Large 2—318197.68/cwt196.00–198.006296
BullsMedium and Large 3—575132.97/cwt130.00–136.007654
BullsMedium and Large 2—422176.62/cwt174.00–178.007453
BullsMedium and Large 1—369196.88/cwt190.00–198.007267
SteersMedium and Large 1—375192.74/cwt190.00–198.0072315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585127.42/cwt122.00–130.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422151.18/cwt148.00–152.006385
SteersMedium and Large 2—693130.50/cwt130.00–131.009042
SteersMedium and Large 3—315185.97/cwt184.00–188.005864
SteersMedium and Large 2—585147.98/cwt146.00–150.008662
HeifersMedium and Large 2—589119.26/cwt118.00–120.007028
SteersMedium and Large 3—370176.68/cwt176.00–178.006543
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374141.67/cwt140.00–148.005305
HeifersMedium and Large 2—632105.98/cwt100.00–110.006705
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473131.35/cwt130.00–134.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321164.11/cwt160.00–170.005275
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378155.52/cwt154.00–158.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523130.49/cwt130.00–132.006824
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528141.94/cwt138.00–146.007494
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479149.44/cwt148.00–152.007168
HeifersMedium and Large 1—393169.43/cwt164.00–170.0066610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523121.30/cwt120.00–124.006343
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323153.91/cwt150.00–158.004974
HeifersMedium and Large 3—270162.89/cwt160.00–166.004404
BullsMedium and Large 3—692111.67/cwt110.00–115.007733
BullsMedium and Large 3—367176.62/cwt174.00–178.006483
BullsMedium and Large 2—375186.63/cwt184.00–188.007003
BullsMedium and Large 2—533157.35/cwt156.00–160.008393
BullsMedium and Large 3—283197.68/cwt196.00–198.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 1—436159.46/cwt156.00–162.006957
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—850107.08/cwt103.00–110.009102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00097.09/cwt95.00–99.009712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—81881.27/cwt78.00–84.006652
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16672.77/cwt68.00–76.008486
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20081.04/cwt77.00–86.009726
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08563.52/cwt60.00–67.006894
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00555.70/cwt53.00–59.005606
Bulls——2,048110.05/cwt109.00–111.002,2542
Bulls——1,39896.34/cwt91.00–100.001,3474

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.