Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-05-23

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 23
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
384 head
▼ 170 vs last sale 554▼ 19 vs year ago 403 · −4.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 98▼ 17 vs year ago 90 · −18.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 109▼ 44 vs year ago 85 · −51.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.70/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$215.70
94 head · 393 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.24
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1394230.1690734
Medium and Large 2377217.2982030
Medium and Large 3408197.7180730
One grade step is worth $32.46/cwt here — about $100 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 sale94 hd
215.70
—
FL average8 barns · 661 hd
214.46
+1.24
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—High1,427114.741,6378thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,341111.881,5004thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08893.891,02110

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 3—428192.03/cwt190.00–196.008223
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273243.78/cwt240.00–245.006664
HeifersMedium and Large 1—693163.99/cwt160.00–168.001,1362
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470184.97/cwt182.00–186.008694
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588171.35/cwt170.00–174.001,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321223.31/cwt220.00–226.007177
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365212.05/cwt210.00–216.007743
SteersMedium and Large 1—284291.17/cwt290.00–295.008274
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525180.99/cwt180.00–182.009502
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371204.50/cwt200.00–208.007599
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428220.36/cwt218.00–222.009435
HeifersMedium and Large 1—218273.44/cwt270.00–280.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465210.97/cwt208.00–214.009814
SteersMedium and Large 1—323282.56/cwt280.00–285.009132
SteersMedium and Large 2—430244.05/cwt240.00–248.001,0494
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369225.16/cwt220.00–226.008317
SteersMedium and Large 1—482242.63/cwt240.00–248.001,1693
SteersMedium and Large 2—365252.53/cwt250.00–255.009222
SteersMedium and Large 3—370243.89/cwt240.00–248.009024
SteersMedium and Large 1—213350.06/cwt345.00–355.007462
SteersMedium and Large 1—430252.53/cwt250.00–255.001,0864
HeifersMedium and Large 1—324235.55/cwt234.00–240.007634
BullsMedium and Large 2—478236.98/cwt234.00–238.001,1334
BullsMedium and Large 1—573211.91/cwt208.00–216.001,2142
BullsMedium and Large 1—234302.30/cwt300.00–310.007074
BullsMedium and Large 1—423252.58/cwt250.00–258.001,0686
BullsMedium and Large 2—381256.43/cwt254.00–258.009775
BullsMedium and Large 1—467242.63/cwt240.00–248.001,1333
CowsBoner 80-85%—94579.87/cwt75.00–85.007552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,139103.18/cwt98.00–108.001,1754
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10891.60/cwt87.00–97.001,0154
Bulls——1,343128.98/cwt126.00–132.001,7322
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,341111.88/cwt109.00–116.001,5004
Bulls——1,158102.49/cwt99.00–107.001,1872
Bulls——1,603113.74/cwt110.00–119.001,8234
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—818115.86/cwt114.00–118.009482
BullsMedium and Large 3—530205.38/cwt200.00–208.001,0896
BullsMedium and Large 3—328252.56/cwt250.00–258.008283
BullsMedium and Large 2—516213.56/cwt210.00–216.001,1025
BullsMedium and Large 3—432232.63/cwt230.00–238.001,0053
BullsMedium and Large 3—370241.71/cwt240.00–245.008943
BullsMedium and Large 3—568184.96/cwt182.00–188.001,0512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—654141.59/cwt140.00–148.009265
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225242.44/cwt240.00–245.005452
BullsMedium and Large 1—318273.19/cwt270.00–280.008693
BullsMedium and Large 2—328263.91/cwt260.00–268.008664
BullsMedium and Large 2—281279.04/cwt276.00–280.007844
HeifersMedium and Large 1—288256.82/cwt250.00–260.007403
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535191.96/cwt190.00–194.001,0272
HeifersMedium and Large 1—193347.40/cwt340.00–355.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578182.04/cwt180.00–184.001,0522
HeifersMedium and Large 2—225256.52/cwt250.00–260.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 3—322215.39/cwt210.00–218.006943
BullsMedium and Large 3—280262.46/cwt260.00–265.007352
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424212.33/cwt206.00–216.009008
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265233.92/cwt230.00–238.006204

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.