Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-05-16

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
554 head
87 vs last sale 467 178 vs year ago 376 · +47.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
14 vs last sale 112 11 vs year ago 109 · 10.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
28 vs last sale 81 3 vs year ago 106 · +2.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers unevenly steady. Replacement cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.99/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$224.99
30 head · 347 lb average
Value per head Derived
$781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.85
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1369236.6787212thin
Medium and Large 3314219.8369015thin
Medium and Large 2430204.058773thin
One grade step is worth $32.62/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale30 hd
224.99
FL average8 barns · 487 hd
211.13
+13.85
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
BullsLow1,511112.261,6964thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11291.731,02014
CowsLean 85-90%Average84869.395884thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)885$7992thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2272266.91/cwt265.00–270.007265
BullsMedium and Large 2227276.54/cwt275.00–280.006283
BullsMedium and Large 3218266.72/cwt265.00–270.005813
BullsMedium and Large 3315252.54/cwt250.00–255.007964
BullsMedium and Large 1425244.05/cwt242.00–248.001,0373
BullsMedium and Large 3538213.99/cwt212.00–218.001,1513
HeifersMedium and Large 1580181.97/cwt180.00–184.001,0552
HeifersMedium and Large 3227241.62/cwt240.00–245.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 3275232.76/cwt230.00–238.006406
HeifersMedium and Large 1325236.52/cwt235.00–238.007694
HeifersMedium and Large 3370204.76/cwt198.00–208.007583
SteersMedium and Large 1430242.97/cwt240.00–246.001,0452
HeifersMedium and Large 1183329.93/cwt325.00–335.006042
BullsMedium and Large 2318262.64/cwt260.00–268.008353
BullsMedium and Large 3368244.04/cwt242.00–248.008983
HeifersMedium and Large 1433213.09/cwt208.00–218.009232
HeifersMedium and Large 2430204.05/cwt200.00–206.008773
HeifersMedium and Large 1365221.97/cwt220.00–224.008102
HeifersMedium and Large 3422187.25/cwt182.00–190.007903
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2885799.29/head775.00–825.007992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2810116.69/cwt114.00–120.009452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03691.28/cwt86.00–96.009464
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18199.84/cwt97.00–103.001,1796
CowsLean 85-90%89074.53/cwt70.00–79.006632
Bulls1,12398.88/cwt97.00–101.001,1102
Bulls1,898125.64/cwt124.00–127.002,3852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08580.01/cwt75.00–85.008684
CowsLean 85-90%80564.25/cwt60.00–69.005172

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.