Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-01-10

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jan 10
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
531 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 390▼ 244 vs year ago 775 · −31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 46▲ 16 vs year ago 106 · +15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 39▼ 8 vs year ago 95 · −8.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.62/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$160.62
85 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443165.4073235
Medium and Large 3391157.4261632
Medium and Large 2446157.0170018thin
One grade step is worth $8.40/cwt here — about $32 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
160.62
—
FL average8 barns · 667 hd
165.23
−4.61
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—Low1,49694.471,41312
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37888.921,2252thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12272.8781714
CowsLean 85-90%Low83451.794324thin

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$6852thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
SteersMedium and Large 3—322215.39/cwt214.00–218.006943
SteersMedium and Large 3—280222.59/cwt220.00–225.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320187.29/cwt186.00–190.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478142.95/cwt140.00–146.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 3—268174.49/cwt174.00–176.004684
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425163.52/cwt162.00–164.006954
SteersMedium and Large 1—535184.04/cwt180.00–186.009853
SteersMedium and Large 1—273241.77/cwt240.00–245.006603
SteersMedium and Large 2—414193.25/cwt190.00–198.008005
SteersMedium and Large 1—368218.72/cwt215.00–220.008054
SteersMedium and Large 1—427206.44/cwt204.00–208.008815
SteersMedium and Large 3—380202.92/cwt200.00–206.007714
BullsMedium and Large 3—287210.65/cwt210.00–212.006053
BullsMedium and Large 1—568165.04/cwt162.00–168.009372
BullsMedium and Large 1—280242.54/cwt240.00–245.006792
BullsMedium and Large 1—193310.06/cwt305.00–315.005982
BullsMedium and Large 1—472192.83/cwt188.00–194.009105
BullsMedium and Large 1—329221.18/cwt220.00–225.007284
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37888.92/cwt86.00–92.001,2252
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07363.78/cwt60.00–66.006844
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10170.58/cwt66.00–75.007774
CowsLean 85-90%—83547.62/cwt45.00–50.003982
CowsLean 85-90%—83355.95/cwt54.00–58.004662
Bulls——1,35081.31/cwt78.00–85.001,0982
Bulls——1,45392.28/cwt90.00–94.001,3414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528148.21/cwt146.00–154.007837
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465153.28/cwt148.00–156.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565142.76/cwt138.00–144.008075
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379179.56/cwt178.00–182.006815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468159.37/cwt158.00–166.007466
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333168.05/cwt166.00–170.005608
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588128.99/cwt126.00–132.007582
SteersMedium and Large 1—485193.01/cwt192.00–194.009362
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365161.95/cwt158.00–164.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374169.03/cwt168.00–172.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 3—693105.48/cwt101.00–110.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—173195.07/cwt190.00–200.003372
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428154.54/cwt152.00–156.006618
HeifersMedium and Large 1—282196.57/cwt195.00–200.005543
SteersMedium and Large 2—488185.35/cwt180.00–188.009053
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525128.69/cwt126.00–130.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330176.06/cwt174.00–178.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532141.99/cwt138.00–144.007553
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16880.45/cwt76.00–85.009406
Bulls——1,573100.31/cwt98.00–106.001,5786
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—81377.25/cwt75.00–80.006282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,110684.80/head650.00–725.006852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—86390.80/cwt90.00–92.007842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—958103.08/cwt102.00–104.009882
BullsMedium and Large 3—428186.65/cwt186.00–188.007993
BullsMedium and Large 3—316203.02/cwt200.00–208.0064213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—410172.05/cwt168.00–176.007056
BullsMedium and Large 3—373193.36/cwt192.00–196.007216
BullsMedium and Large 2—383202.64/cwt202.00–206.007766
BullsMedium and Large 2—423192.06/cwt190.00–194.008124

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.