Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-06-20

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jun 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
306 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 407▲ 52 vs year ago 254 · +20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 94▼ 13 vs year ago 80 · −16.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 62▲ 6 vs year ago 43 · +14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers and feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.30/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$231.30
41 head · 365 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$62.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.14
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1359237.6085225
Medium and Large 2329232.1276413thin
Medium and Large 3575175.241,0083thin
One grade step is worth $62.36/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale41 hd
231.30
—
FL average8 barns · 601 hd
226.16
+5.14
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—High1,693112.511,9054thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,205111.541,3442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07697.231,04710
CowsLean 85-90%Low85868.105842thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—97393.06/cwt88.00–98.009052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320235.05/cwt234.00–238.007524
SteersMedium and Large 2—230317.61/cwt315.00–320.007312
SteersMedium and Large 1—327298.73/cwt292.00–302.009773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423220.98/cwt220.00–222.009352
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575175.24/cwt170.00–178.001,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 1—386234.43/cwt232.00–242.009058
HeifersMedium and Large 2—267243.25/cwt240.00–245.006496
SteersMedium and Large 1—420265.40/cwt260.00–268.001,1153
SteersMedium and Large 1—282318.14/cwt315.00–325.008973
SteersMedium and Large 3—270297.59/cwt295.00–300.008032
BullsMedium and Large 3—368256.53/cwt255.00–258.009442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478214.62/cwt212.00–216.001,0263
HeifersMedium and Large 1—277251.75/cwt250.00–255.006976
BullsMedium and Large 1—272321.75/cwt320.00–325.008753
BullsMedium and Large 1—320289.35/cwt288.00–290.009263
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465205.96/cwt202.00–208.009583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,093110.39/cwt108.00–113.001,2072
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,120118.99/cwt116.00–122.001,3332
Bulls——1,818121.64/cwt118.00–125.002,2112
Bulls——1,568103.38/cwt100.00–107.001,6212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,163104.38/cwt99.00–109.001,2146
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,205111.54/cwt110.00–113.001,3442
CowsLean 85-90%—85868.10/cwt65.00–71.005842
CowsBoner 80-85%—92079.95/cwt75.00–85.007362
SteersMedium and Large 2—373267.93/cwt266.00–270.009992
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323244.70/cwt244.00–248.007906
BullsMedium and Large 2—220314.89/cwt310.00–320.006932
BullsMedium and Large 2—583201.28/cwt200.00–204.001,1733
BullsMedium and Large 3—328266.80/cwt260.00–270.008753
BullsMedium and Large 3—470232.45/cwt230.00–235.001,0934
BullsMedium and Large 3—275297.59/cwt295.00–300.008184
BullsMedium and Large 3—525212.64/cwt210.00–214.001,1166
SteersMedium and Large 1—382276.59/cwt275.00–280.001,0573

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.