Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-02-07

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 7
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
553 head
33 vs last sale 520 115 vs year ago 438 · +26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
31 vs last sale 114 68 vs year ago 77 · +88.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
55 vs last sale 54 16 vs year ago 93 · +17.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.06/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$177.06
78 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.19
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423179.3775837
Medium and Large 2367178.0565325
Medium and Large 3344170.1758516thin
One grade step is worth $9.20/cwt here — about $174 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
177.06
FL average8 barns · 659 hd
178.24
−1.19
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
BullsHigh1,65696.821,60310
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,118100.971,1292thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12079.1288614
CowsLean 85-90%Average85562.995396thin

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 (2-4 yrs)1,145$1,0022thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)870$8392thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 2376177.69/cwt174.00–180.006688
HeifersMedium and Large 1434177.72/cwt174.00–180.007718
HeifersMedium and Large 3373166.90/cwt164.00–170.006234
HeifersMedium and Large 2276191.13/cwt190.00–196.005285
BullsMedium and Large 2323224.88/cwt220.00–230.007264
SteersMedium and Large 1218307.36/cwt305.00–310.006702
SteersMedium and Large 2287241.63/cwt240.00–245.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 3422157.94/cwt154.00–160.006673
HeifersMedium and Large 3273181.59/cwt180.00–185.004963
HeifersMedium and Large 2463162.98/cwt160.00–164.007554
HeifersMedium and Large 1482169.63/cwt168.00–172.0081812
SteersMedium and Large 1385232.56/cwt230.00–235.008954
SteersMedium and Large 1570178.69/cwt176.00–180.001,0193
HeifersMedium and Large 2430169.35/cwt168.00–170.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 1266202.68/cwt200.00–210.005394
HeifersMedium and Large 1592161.36/cwt156.00–164.009553
HeifersMedium and Large 3320172.75/cwt170.00–178.005536
SteersMedium and Large 2223288.07/cwt286.00–290.006422
SteersMedium and Large 2330232.46/cwt230.00–235.007674
SteersMedium and Large 1290251.61/cwt250.00–255.007303
SteersMedium and Large 2380222.53/cwt220.00–225.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1334240.52/cwt236.00–242.008034
BullsMedium and Large 2373214.07/cwt210.00–216.007983
BullsMedium and Large 2420203.02/cwt202.00–204.008532
BullsMedium and Large 1480200.02/cwt198.00–202.009602
BullsMedium and Large 1313240.87/cwt240.00–245.007546
BullsMedium and Large 1278252.57/cwt250.00–255.007028
BullsMedium and Large 1565175.01/cwt174.00–176.009892
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20688.10/cwt83.00–93.001,0626
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04677.64/cwt72.00–82.008124
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06667.14/cwt63.00–71.007164
CowsLean 85-90%84360.03/cwt59.00–61.005062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,118100.97/cwt96.00–106.001,1292
CowsLean 85-90%85555.44/cwt54.00–57.004742
CowsLean 85-90%86873.49/cwt71.00–76.006382
Bulls1,831104.90/cwt101.00–109.001,9214
Bulls1,40385.91/cwt83.00–89.001,2052
Bulls1,60894.19/cwt90.00–99.001,5154
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1451,002.18/head950.00–1,050.001,0022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298886.60/cwt82.00–91.008562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10598.60/cwt95.00–102.001,0902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06378.72/cwt76.00–82.008372
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2870839.44/head800.00–875.008392
BullsMedium and Large 3374201.29/cwt200.00–205.007534
BullsMedium and Large 2693143.00/cwt142.00–144.009912
BullsMedium and Large 3425190.98/cwt190.00–192.008122
BullsMedium and Large 3270234.15/cwt230.00–238.006322
BullsMedium and Large 2183275.07/cwt270.00–280.005032
BullsMedium and Large 3320211.03/cwt210.00–212.006754
BullsMedium and Large 2273242.57/cwt240.00–245.006628
HeifersMedium and Large 1373185.36/cwt184.00–188.006916
HeifersMedium and Large 1328193.07/cwt190.00–196.006334
BullsMedium and Large 2230262.39/cwt260.00–265.006032
BullsMedium and Large 2588161.00/cwt160.00–162.009472
BullsMedium and Large 3230238.48/cwt235.00–240.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 2328182.83/cwt182.00–186.006005

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.