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
Bulls—High1,65696.821,60310
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 2—376177.69/cwt174.00–180.006688
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434177.72/cwt174.00–180.007718
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373166.90/cwt164.00–170.006234
HeifersMedium and Large 2—276191.13/cwt190.00–196.005285
BullsMedium and Large 2—323224.88/cwt220.00–230.007264
SteersMedium and Large 1—218307.36/cwt305.00–310.006702
SteersMedium and Large 2—287241.63/cwt240.00–245.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422157.94/cwt154.00–160.006673
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273181.59/cwt180.00–185.004963
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463162.98/cwt160.00–164.007554
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482169.63/cwt168.00–172.0081812
SteersMedium and Large 1—385232.56/cwt230.00–235.008954
SteersMedium and Large 1—570178.69/cwt176.00–180.001,0193
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430169.35/cwt168.00–170.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 1—266202.68/cwt200.00–210.005394
HeifersMedium and Large 1—592161.36/cwt156.00–164.009553
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320172.75/cwt170.00–178.005536
SteersMedium and Large 2—223288.07/cwt286.00–290.006422
SteersMedium and Large 2—330232.46/cwt230.00–235.007674
SteersMedium and Large 1—290251.61/cwt250.00–255.007303
SteersMedium and Large 2—380222.53/cwt220.00–225.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1—334240.52/cwt236.00–242.008034
BullsMedium and Large 2—373214.07/cwt210.00–216.007983
BullsMedium and Large 2—420203.02/cwt202.00–204.008532
BullsMedium and Large 1—480200.02/cwt198.00–202.009602
BullsMedium and Large 1—313240.87/cwt240.00–245.007546
BullsMedium and Large 1—278252.57/cwt250.00–255.007028
BullsMedium and Large 1—565175.01/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
Bulls——1,831104.90/cwt101.00–109.001,9214
Bulls——1,40385.91/cwt83.00–89.001,2052
Bulls——1,60894.19/cwt90.00–99.001,5154
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1451,002.18/head950.00–1,050.001,0022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98886.60/cwt82.00–91.008562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10598.60/cwt95.00–102.001,0902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06378.72/cwt76.00–82.008372
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—870839.44/head800.00–875.008392
BullsMedium and Large 3—374201.29/cwt200.00–205.007534
BullsMedium and Large 2—693143.00/cwt142.00–144.009912
BullsMedium and Large 3—425190.98/cwt190.00–192.008122
BullsMedium and Large 3—270234.15/cwt230.00–238.006322
BullsMedium and Large 2—183275.07/cwt270.00–280.005032
BullsMedium and Large 3—320211.03/cwt210.00–212.006754
BullsMedium and Large 2—273242.57/cwt240.00–245.006628
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373185.36/cwt184.00–188.006916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328193.07/cwt190.00–196.006334
BullsMedium and Large 2—230262.39/cwt260.00–265.006032
BullsMedium and Large 2—588161.00/cwt160.00–162.009472
BullsMedium and Large 3—230238.48/cwt235.00–240.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328182.83/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.