Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-08-30

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 30
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
411 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 561▼ 173 vs year ago 584 · −29.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 116▲ 57 vs year ago 38 · +150.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 41▲ 15 vs year ago 36 · +41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.85/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$147.85
85 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.93
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2389151.6559025
Medium and Large 1491146.5471943
Medium and Large 3379145.6055117thin
One grade step is worth $6.05/cwt here — about $39 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 sale85 hd
147.85
—
FL average9 barns · 862 hd
150.79
−2.93
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—Average1,577103.231,6286thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11983.2693212

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 (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,1132thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,008$9392thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378165.10/cwt160.00–170.006244
HeifersMedium and Large 3—220172.44/cwt170.00–175.003792
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434153.74/cwt152.00–156.006677
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585117.98/cwt116.00–120.006902
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525127.05/cwt122.00–132.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377145.45/cwt140.00–148.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424141.22/cwt140.00–142.005995
SteersMedium and Large 1—642143.34/cwt142.00–146.009203
SteersMedium and Large 1—370194.05/cwt190.00–198.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463129.46/cwt122.00–132.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328174.72/cwt172.00–180.005733
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369153.13/cwt150.00–158.005658
HeifersMedium and Large 1—593133.01/cwt130.00–134.007894
SteersMedium and Large 2—470164.09/cwt160.00–168.007712
SteersMedium and Large 3—323186.08/cwt184.00–188.006012
SteersMedium and Large 2—378182.98/cwt182.00–186.006924
SteersMedium and Large 1—529163.47/cwt160.00–168.008657
SteersMedium and Large 3—513142.70/cwt140.00–148.007323
SteersMedium and Large 1—585152.71/cwt150.00–158.008936
SteersMedium and Large 2—528151.95/cwt150.00–156.008023
BullsMedium and Large 2—481166.05/cwt160.00–168.007994
BullsMedium and Large 1—575150.97/cwt150.00–152.008682
BullsMedium and Large 2—270213.53/cwt212.00–215.005772
BullsMedium and Large 1—468171.99/cwt170.00–174.008052
BullsMedium and Large 1—343209.34/cwt208.00–210.007183
BullsMedium and Large 1—373191.02/cwt190.00–192.007132
Bulls——1,31096.52/cwt96.00–97.001,2642
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00369.42/cwt65.00–74.006962
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17189.99/cwt86.00–96.001,0546
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09980.08/cwt75.00–85.008804
Bulls——1,710106.58/cwt104.00–108.001,8234
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98383.57/cwt82.00–85.008212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—90576.15/cwt74.00–78.006892
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,113.48/head1,100.00–1,125.001,1132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,008938.71/head900.00–975.009392
BullsMedium and Large 1—632141.34/cwt140.00–144.008933
BullsMedium and Large 3—530144.04/cwt142.00–148.007633
BullsMedium and Large 3—473154.11/cwt150.00–158.007294
BullsMedium and Large 3—323183.91/cwt180.00–188.005944
BullsMedium and Large 3—580135.97/cwt134.00–138.007892
BullsMedium and Large 3—370174.05/cwt170.00–178.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—692122.01/cwt120.00–126.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528138.49/cwt136.00–144.0073113
BullsMedium and Large 1—282223.25/cwt220.00–225.006303
BullsMedium and Large 2—376184.82/cwt184.00–186.006955
BullsMedium and Large 2—425171.30/cwt170.00–174.007283
BullsMedium and Large 2—651133.51/cwt132.00–138.008694
BullsMedium and Large 2—577141.94/cwt140.00–146.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472149.10/cwt146.00–150.007049
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273176.46/cwt172.00–178.004824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—336166.07/cwt160.00–168.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423137.49/cwt136.00–138.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 3—331156.55/cwt152.00–158.005184

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.