Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-05-31

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 31
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▼ 197 vs last sale 403▼ 56 vs year ago 262 · −21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 90▲ 22 vs year ago 44 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 85▼ 46 vs year ago 94 · −48.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $173.50/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$173.50
62 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.21
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445179.8080020
Medium and Large 2458170.5478119thin
Medium and Large 3389170.4766223
One grade step is worth $9.33/cwt here — about $138 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 sale62 hd
173.50
—
FL average6 barns · 238 hd
159.29
+14.21
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—Average1,704102.791,7518thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14170.4680414
CowsLean 85-90%Low90149.224434thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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—314201.48/cwt200.00–202.006334
BullsMedium and Large 1—468174.52/cwt170.00–176.008174
BullsMedium and Large 2—465167.48/cwt166.00–168.007794
BullsMedium and Large 1—643143.02/cwt138.00–148.009202
BullsMedium and Large 3—323182.05/cwt180.00–184.005888
BullsMedium and Large 1—530164.45/cwt162.00–166.008725
SteersMedium and Large 2—418175.68/cwt170.00–178.007347
SteersMedium and Large 2—583145.30/cwt140.00–148.008473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387165.58/cwt160.00–168.0064110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475127.03/cwt124.00–130.006032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378153.96/cwt152.00–156.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333166.47/cwt162.00–168.005548
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529138.78/cwt136.00–146.007347
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370145.41/cwt140.00–148.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277172.65/cwt172.00–174.004783
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580128.03/cwt126.00–130.007432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480149.52/cwt148.00–150.007184
HeifersMedium and Large 1—334174.58/cwt170.00–176.005838
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435156.99/cwt156.00–158.006834
BullsMedium and Large 3—520145.98/cwt144.00–148.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 3—427134.42/cwt132.00–138.005745
BullsMedium and Large 2—428177.86/cwt172.00–179.0076112
BullsMedium and Large 3—593136.03/cwt130.00–138.008074
BullsMedium and Large 3—374172.44/cwt170.00–176.006455
BullsMedium and Large 2—567145.36/cwt140.00–148.008243
BullsMedium and Large 1—368196.76/cwt192.00–198.007245
BullsMedium and Large 3—268191.54/cwt190.00–196.005134
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95376.86/cwt74.00–79.007322
Bulls——1,555103.03/cwt100.00–105.001,6024
Bulls——1,920108.56/cwt106.00–111.002,0842
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10868.46/cwt64.00–73.007594
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20878.50/cwt74.00–81.009486
Bulls——1,78596.52/cwt96.00–97.001,7232
CowsLean 85-90%—90149.22/cwt45.00–53.004434
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07360.39/cwt56.00–63.006484

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.