Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-10-18

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 18
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
594 head
▼ 516 vs last sale 1,110▼ 229 vs year ago 823 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 88▼ 178 vs year ago 241 · −73.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 106▼ 44 vs year ago 156 · −28.2%
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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 4.00 to 5.00 lower

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.36/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$128.36
98 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$128
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$0.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.74
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3450128.8258047
Medium and Large 2505127.9364638
Medium and Large 1553127.9170813thin
One grade step is worth $0.92/cwt here — about −$128 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 sale98 hd
128.36
—
FL average9 barns · 1,012 hd
132.10
−3.74
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—High1,39885.931,2018thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21562.7276212
CowsLean 85-90%Low86341.683604thin

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 3—567132.58/cwt130.00–136.007527
BullsMedium and Large 2—524152.04/cwt150.00–158.007974
BullsMedium and Large 2—643135.00/cwt134.00–136.008682
BullsMedium and Large 3—633126.01/cwt124.00–128.007982
BullsMedium and Large 2—466161.48/cwt160.00–164.007528
BullsMedium and Large 3—470155.03/cwt152.00–158.007294
SteersMedium and Large 1—572156.66/cwt156.00–158.008963
SteersMedium and Large 1—532160.66/cwt160.00–162.008553
SteersMedium and Large 2—516153.52/cwt150.00–158.007929
SteersMedium and Large 3—476153.39/cwt150.00–158.007307
SteersMedium and Large 3—525142.62/cwt140.00–148.007493
SteersMedium and Large 3—683124.99/cwt122.00–128.008542
SteersMedium and Large 3—427169.36/cwt168.00–170.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528131.18/cwt130.00–138.006937
SteersMedium and Large 2—570142.62/cwt140.00–148.008133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476135.04/cwt130.00–138.006438
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320152.46/cwt150.00–155.004882
SteersMedium and Large 2—643135.99/cwt134.00–138.008742
SteersMedium and Large 2—481166.05/cwt160.00–168.007994
HeifersMedium and Large 3—531110.41/cwt110.00–114.0058610
SteersMedium and Large 3—568131.04/cwt130.00–134.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 3—69494.02/cwt90.00–98.006522
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371144.41/cwt140.00–148.0053613
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477124.38/cwt120.00–128.005939
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273160.95/cwt160.00–162.004392
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429133.31/cwt130.00–138.005727
HeifersMedium and Large 3—583102.94/cwt100.00–106.006002
BullsMedium and Large 3—416168.31/cwt166.00–170.007007
BullsMedium and Large 3—525143.67/cwt140.00–146.007545
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583124.09/cwt120.00–128.007236
HeifersMedium and Large 2—576111.03/cwt110.00–114.006404
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413140.82/cwt140.00–144.005825
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525125.38/cwt120.00–128.0065821
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—90585.13/cwt84.00–86.007702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95392.65/cwt88.00–97.008832
Bulls——1,543100.55/cwt98.00–103.001,5512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24565.21/cwt60.00–69.008126
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44370.46/cwt70.00–71.001,0172
CowsLean 85-90%—86341.68/cwt40.00–45.003604
Bulls——1,34981.06/cwt78.00–84.001,0936
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05655.13/cwt51.00–59.005824

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.