Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-10-25

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 25
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
738 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 594▲ 77 vs year ago 661 · +11.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 63▲ 52 vs year ago 93 · +55.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 112▼ 19 vs year ago 144 · −13.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.42/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$138.42
96 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.83
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491143.2270323
Medium and Large 2468139.1165135
Medium and Large 3432134.8758338
One grade step is worth $8.35/cwt here — about $120 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 sale96 hd
138.42
—
FL average9 barns · 909 hd
140.25
−1.83
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—Low1,73091.811,5884thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26161.6277712
CowsLean 85-90%Low91843.924034thin

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)985$9902thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 3—276164.56/cwt160.00–166.004544
HeifersMedium and Large 3—68394.01/cwt90.00–98.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575127.97/cwt124.00–132.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524139.05/cwt134.00–142.007298
SteersMedium and Large 2—575141.02/cwt140.00–142.008114
SteersMedium and Large 3—694121.49/cwt120.00–126.008434
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481139.21/cwt132.00–142.006707
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370144.05/cwt142.00–146.005336
SteersMedium and Large 3—580136.64/cwt134.00–138.007933
SteersMedium and Large 1—623145.00/cwt144.00–146.009032
SteersMedium and Large 1—575152.95/cwt150.00–156.008792
SteersMedium and Large 2—525152.94/cwt150.00–156.008032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480144.48/cwt144.00–146.006944
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523118.03/cwt116.00–120.006176
SteersMedium and Large 3—366174.85/cwt170.00–178.006405
SteersMedium and Large 1—468184.95/cwt182.00–188.008662
SteersMedium and Large 3—530142.02/cwt140.00–144.007534
SteersMedium and Large 3—467152.63/cwt150.00–158.007133
SteersMedium and Large 3—413165.02/cwt164.00–168.006824
BullsMedium and Large 2—568141.01/cwt140.00–144.008014
BullsMedium and Large 3—517142.19/cwt140.00–144.007359
BullsMedium and Large 2—414176.46/cwt172.00–178.007314
BullsMedium and Large 3—475154.55/cwt150.00–156.007344
BullsMedium and Large 2—683136.01/cwt132.00–138.009293
BullsMedium and Large 1—483174.06/cwt170.00–178.008412
CowsLean 85-90%—91843.92/cwt40.00–48.004034
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,65071.07/cwt69.00–73.001,1732
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21363.62/cwt59.00–68.007726
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13853.89/cwt50.00–58.006134
Bulls——1,63088.10/cwt85.00–91.001,4362
Bulls——1,83095.52/cwt95.00–96.001,7482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,26897.31/cwt95.00–100.001,2342
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98085.25/cwt84.00–86.008352
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—985989.72/head975.00–1,000.009902
BullsMedium and Large 3—368176.70/cwt170.00–178.006506
BullsMedium and Large 3—583136.08/cwt130.00–138.007934
BullsMedium and Large 3—428165.42/cwt160.00–168.007086
BullsMedium and Large 2—468166.36/cwt160.00–168.007795
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417153.97/cwt152.00–158.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—643117.01/cwt114.00–120.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323161.47/cwt160.00–166.005224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374162.97/cwt160.00–164.006104
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429136.61/cwt134.00–140.005867
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468127.02/cwt124.00–130.005946
HeifersMedium and Large 3—588105.06/cwt100.00–110.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323155.59/cwt154.00–156.005035
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425146.05/cwt142.00–148.006216
HeifersMedium and Large 2—691106.79/cwt102.00–108.007385
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369151.76/cwt150.00–156.005607
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523129.34/cwt126.00–130.006766

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.