Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-01-31

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jan 31
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
520 head
4 vs last sale 516 86 vs year ago 606 · 14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
23 vs last sale 137 15 vs year ago 99 · +15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
30 vs last sale 84 36 vs year ago 90 · 40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $164.55/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$164.55
78 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.75
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464168.9678328
Medium and Large 2416166.7169325
Medium and Large 3417157.4665725
One grade step is worth $11.51/cwt here — about $127 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 sale78 hd
164.55
FL average8 barns · 747 hd
172.30
−7.75
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
BullsLow1,43598.101,4086thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28197.221,2454thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03878.4081410
CowsLean 85-90%Low84462.075244thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1533181.07/cwt176.00–186.009652
BullsMedium and Large 1317231.63/cwt230.00–235.007343
BullsMedium and Large 2578157.97/cwt156.00–160.009132
BullsMedium and Large 2220281.59/cwt280.00–285.006193
BullsMedium and Large 2280232.54/cwt230.00–235.006512
BullsMedium and Large 2430203.95/cwt200.00–208.008772
SteersMedium and Large 1283246.71/cwt245.00–250.006983
HeifersMedium and Large 1522154.82/cwt152.00–156.008087
HeifersMedium and Large 1325192.42/cwt190.00–195.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 2573134.09/cwt130.00–138.007682
SteersMedium and Large 3428193.96/cwt192.00–196.008302
SteersMedium and Large 2423204.95/cwt202.00–208.008672
SteersMedium and Large 1480193.96/cwt190.00–198.009312
HeifersMedium and Large 2378175.10/cwt170.00–180.006624
HeifersMedium and Large 3379164.65/cwt162.00–168.006247
HeifersMedium and Large 2475157.96/cwt154.00–160.007506
HeifersMedium and Large 2424164.52/cwt162.00–168.006987
HeifersMedium and Large 3320172.58/cwt170.00–178.005526
HeifersMedium and Large 1468163.31/cwt162.00–170.007646
HeifersMedium and Large 1428175.94/cwt174.00–180.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 1588142.96/cwt140.00–146.008412
HeifersMedium and Large 2320183.31/cwt182.00–184.005876
BullsMedium and Large 2474188.81/cwt188.00–190.008955
BullsMedium and Large 3530161.31/cwt160.00–164.008553
BullsMedium and Large 3280223.39/cwt220.00–225.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 1633133.99/cwt132.00–138.008483
HeifersMedium and Large 3423158.26/cwt156.00–160.006699
HeifersMedium and Large 3683108.01/cwt104.00–110.007383
BullsMedium and Large 3385202.47/cwt200.00–205.007804
BullsMedium and Large 2322223.26/cwt220.00–225.007193
BullsMedium and Large 3430195.40/cwt190.00–198.008403
BullsMedium and Large 3475182.64/cwt180.00–184.008683
HeifersMedium and Large 1382183.97/cwt182.00–188.007033
HeifersMedium and Large 1183257.47/cwt255.00–260.004712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-266075.08/cwt70.00–79.004962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12084.46/cwt80.00–89.009462
Bulls1,07384.77/cwt81.00–89.009102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04575.89/cwt71.00–81.007934
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07687.51/cwt82.00–92.009424
Bulls1,58597.44/cwt96.00–99.001,5442
Bulls1,648112.09/cwt108.00–116.001,8472
CowsLean 85-90%87552.05/cwt49.00–55.004552
CowsBoner 80-85%95065.18/cwt60.00–70.006192
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28197.22/cwt93.00–102.001,2454
CowsLean 85-90%81372.10/cwt70.00–74.005862

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.