Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-05-24

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 24
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 376▼ 90 vs year ago 493 · −18.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 109▲ 24 vs year ago 66 · +36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 106▲ 19 vs year ago 66 · +28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 5.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.42/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$141.42
73 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.90
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437151.8966320
Medium and Large 2405149.5560522
Medium and Large 3445128.8957331
One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $90 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 sale73 hd
141.42
—
FL average9 barns · 595 hd
143.32
−1.90
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—Average1,553104.091,6166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16169.8281114
CowsLean 85-90%Low96848.714722thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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—523153.97/cwt152.00–156.008052
BullsMedium and Large 2—568142.65/cwt140.00–144.008103
BullsMedium and Large 2—469167.19/cwt166.00–168.007845
BullsMedium and Large 2—424172.93/cwt170.00–178.007338
BullsMedium and Large 2—218211.62/cwt208.00–215.004612
BullsMedium and Large 3—377176.09/cwt172.00–178.006646
SteersMedium and Large 1—478176.65/cwt176.00–178.008443
SteersMedium and Large 1—535166.69/cwt164.00–168.008923
SteersMedium and Large 2—370184.05/cwt180.00–188.006818
SteersMedium and Large 2—427160.67/cwt146.00–170.006865
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575103.90/cwt100.00–108.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370154.05/cwt150.00–158.005708
HeifersMedium and Large 2—683111.99/cwt110.00–114.007652
SteersMedium and Large 3—580132.95/cwt130.00–136.007712
SteersMedium and Large 3—377176.65/cwt176.00–178.006663
SteersMedium and Large 3—672122.66/cwt120.00–124.008243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275165.36/cwt164.00–166.004553
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321155.88/cwt150.00–158.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425132.73/cwt130.00–138.005646
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473122.95/cwt120.00–126.005828
HeifersMedium and Large 3—524111.02/cwt110.00–114.005828
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423142.65/cwt140.00–144.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518137.97/cwt136.00–140.007152
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374162.44/cwt160.00–166.006085
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480143.96/cwt142.00–148.006916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421155.13/cwt150.00–156.006537
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467135.31/cwt130.00–138.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318166.64/cwt164.00–168.005306
BullsMedium and Large 3—273193.95/cwt190.00–196.005293
BullsMedium and Large 3—320181.29/cwt180.00–184.005803
BullsMedium and Large 3—425164.05/cwt160.00–168.006974
BullsMedium and Large 3—475155.98/cwt154.00–158.007414
BullsMedium and Large 3—525143.03/cwt140.00–146.007514
BullsMedium and Large 3—691122.99/cwt120.00–124.008504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,16870.08/cwt68.00–72.008192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87380.00/cwt76.00–85.006982
Bulls——1,663108.14/cwt104.00–114.001,7984
Bulls——1,33395.98/cwt94.00–98.001,2792
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06168.92/cwt64.00–74.007314
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20678.91/cwt75.00–84.009526
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19557.10/cwt55.00–63.006824
CowsLean 85-90%—96848.71/cwt45.00–52.004722

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.