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
Bulls—Low1,43598.101,4086thin
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 1—533181.07/cwt176.00–186.009652
BullsMedium and Large 1—317231.63/cwt230.00–235.007343
BullsMedium and Large 2—578157.97/cwt156.00–160.009132
BullsMedium and Large 2—220281.59/cwt280.00–285.006193
BullsMedium and Large 2—280232.54/cwt230.00–235.006512
BullsMedium and Large 2—430203.95/cwt200.00–208.008772
SteersMedium and Large 1—283246.71/cwt245.00–250.006983
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522154.82/cwt152.00–156.008087
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325192.42/cwt190.00–195.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573134.09/cwt130.00–138.007682
SteersMedium and Large 3—428193.96/cwt192.00–196.008302
SteersMedium and Large 2—423204.95/cwt202.00–208.008672
SteersMedium and Large 1—480193.96/cwt190.00–198.009312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378175.10/cwt170.00–180.006624
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379164.65/cwt162.00–168.006247
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475157.96/cwt154.00–160.007506
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424164.52/cwt162.00–168.006987
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320172.58/cwt170.00–178.005526
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468163.31/cwt162.00–170.007646
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428175.94/cwt174.00–180.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—588142.96/cwt140.00–146.008412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320183.31/cwt182.00–184.005876
BullsMedium and Large 2—474188.81/cwt188.00–190.008955
BullsMedium and Large 3—530161.31/cwt160.00–164.008553
BullsMedium and Large 3—280223.39/cwt220.00–225.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633133.99/cwt132.00–138.008483
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423158.26/cwt156.00–160.006699
HeifersMedium and Large 3—683108.01/cwt104.00–110.007383
BullsMedium and Large 3—385202.47/cwt200.00–205.007804
BullsMedium and Large 2—322223.26/cwt220.00–225.007193
BullsMedium and Large 3—430195.40/cwt190.00–198.008403
BullsMedium and Large 3—475182.64/cwt180.00–184.008683
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382183.97/cwt182.00–188.007033
HeifersMedium and Large 1—183257.47/cwt255.00–260.004712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—66075.08/cwt70.00–79.004962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,12084.46/cwt80.00–89.009462
Bulls——1,07384.77/cwt81.00–89.009102
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04575.89/cwt71.00–81.007934
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07687.51/cwt82.00–92.009424
Bulls——1,58597.44/cwt96.00–99.001,5442
Bulls——1,648112.09/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.