Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-08-23

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 23
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
561 head
▲ 213 vs last sale 348▼ 134 vs year ago 695 · −19.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 94▲ 29 vs year ago 87 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 60▼ 37 vs year ago 78 · −47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers slightly higher. Replacement cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.15/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$147.15
103 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.41
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477149.5471358
Medium and Large 2430147.5163422
Medium and Large 3389140.7954723
One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about $166 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 sale103 hd
147.15
—
FL average9 barns · 923 hd
150.56
−3.41
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—Low1,28891.531,1792thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19780.5596416

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)978$8612thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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—565150.99/cwt150.00–152.008532
BullsMedium and Large 1—267223.38/cwt220.00–225.005963
BullsMedium and Large 1—323203.95/cwt202.00–206.006592
BullsMedium and Large 1—468175.05/cwt172.00–178.008192
BullsMedium and Large 2—285213.93/cwt210.00–218.006102
BullsMedium and Large 2—328194.09/cwt190.00–198.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 1—537139.60/cwt136.00–142.0075022
SteersMedium and Large 2—365184.05/cwt180.00–188.006726
SteersMedium and Large 1—370190.99/cwt190.00–192.007072
SteersMedium and Large 1—270221.73/cwt220.00–225.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 3—327151.16/cwt150.00–156.004945
SteersMedium and Large 2—575141.54/cwt140.00–146.008144
SteersMedium and Large 3—275205.93/cwt202.00–208.005663
SteersMedium and Large 1—623145.00/cwt144.00–146.009032
SteersMedium and Large 1—580152.95/cwt150.00–156.008874
SteersMedium and Large 2—693135.99/cwt134.00–138.009422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326176.68/cwt174.00–180.005767
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377166.55/cwt160.00–170.006286
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579131.21/cwt124.00–134.007607
SteersMedium and Large 1—532162.68/cwt160.00–164.008656
SteersMedium and Large 1—472173.97/cwt172.00–178.008213
SteersMedium and Large 1—418187.96/cwt186.00–190.007864
BullsMedium and Large 2—470165.35/cwt164.00–166.007773
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378154.03/cwt150.00–158.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530127.96/cwt124.00–132.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—276176.08/cwt170.00–178.004864
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09669.00/cwt66.00–72.007564
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21888.46/cwt84.00–95.001,0776
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24380.34/cwt74.00–84.009996
Bulls——1,28891.53/cwt90.00–93.001,1792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,12887.83/cwt84.00–92.009912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07577.21/cwt73.00–82.008302
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—978860.87/head825.00–900.008612
BullsMedium and Large 2—523152.03/cwt150.00–154.007952
BullsMedium and Large 3—575130.69/cwt130.00–132.007513
BullsMedium and Large 3—430165.30/cwt164.00–168.007113
BullsMedium and Large 3—370172.74/cwt170.00–178.006393
BullsMedium and Large 2—575143.12/cwt140.00–148.008235
BullsMedium and Large 1—423183.93/cwt180.00–188.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478150.48/cwt146.00–152.007198
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429155.47/cwt154.00–158.006678
BullsMedium and Large 3—273203.14/cwt200.00–206.005552
BullsMedium and Large 3—331182.43/cwt180.00–184.006045
BullsMedium and Large 2—420172.73/cwt170.00–178.007253
BullsMedium and Large 2—387181.34/cwt180.00–182.007023
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465127.98/cwt126.00–130.005954
HeifersMedium and Large 2—672107.99/cwt104.00–110.007263
HeifersMedium and Large 3—367143.51/cwt142.00–146.005278
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478138.82/cwt134.00–142.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418137.05/cwt134.00–140.005736
BullsMedium and Large 2—652134.67/cwt134.00–136.008783
HeifersMedium and Large 2—230182.39/cwt180.00–185.004192
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418148.53/cwt144.00–150.006214

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.