Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-07-25

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jul 25
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
497 head
▼ 317 vs last sale 814▼ 50 vs year ago 547 · −9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 81▼ 41 vs year ago 94 · −43.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 51▼ 8 vs year ago 38 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 5.00 to 9.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers slightly higher. Replacement 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $227.39/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$227.39
96 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.50
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481237.101,14126
Medium and Large 2429229.3598333
Medium and Large 3444218.8397237
One grade step is worth $18.27/cwt here — about $168 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 sale96 hd
227.39
—
FL average8 barns · 599 hd
225.90
+1.50
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—Low1,339113.811,5248thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,071103.051,10310
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03074.787702thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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—371238.46/cwt236.00–240.008858
HeifersMedium and Large 1—653211.99/cwt210.00–214.001,3842
HeifersMedium and Large 3—268252.43/cwt250.00–255.006772
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382230.84/cwt226.00–232.008825
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533201.70/cwt200.00–208.001,0759
SteersMedium and Large 3—425253.25/cwt250.00–260.001,0763
SteersMedium and Large 3—380272.05/cwt268.00–276.001,0342
HeifersMedium and Large 3—332239.23/cwt236.00–240.007945
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524216.35/cwt210.00–218.001,1345
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326247.53/cwt244.00–250.008075
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467221.69/cwt220.00–226.001,0357
SteersMedium and Large 2—473246.05/cwt244.00–248.001,1644
SteersMedium and Large 2—363282.04/cwt280.00–286.001,0243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568194.96/cwt192.00–198.001,1072
SteersMedium and Large 1—575234.97/cwt232.00–238.001,3512
SteersMedium and Large 3—563212.70/cwt210.00–218.001,1983
SteersMedium and Large 2—585221.34/cwt220.00–222.001,2953
SteersMedium and Large 2—428267.29/cwt262.00–270.001,1443
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568204.93/cwt200.00–210.001,1642
BullsMedium and Large 1—573222.96/cwt220.00–226.001,2784
BullsMedium and Large 3—470232.04/cwt230.00–236.001,0916
BullsMedium and Large 2—583213.96/cwt212.00–216.001,2472
BullsMedium and Large 2—526222.14/cwt220.00–228.001,16811
BullsMedium and Large 2—382280.72/cwt274.00–284.001,0723
BullsMedium and Large 1—368292.98/cwt292.00–296.001,0784
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420229.95/cwt226.00–234.009666
HeifersMedium and Large 1—193345.06/cwt340.00–350.006662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434236.96/cwt235.00–240.001,0285
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567218.68/cwt216.00–220.001,2406
BullsMedium and Large 2—633214.01/cwt212.00–216.001,3552
BullsMedium and Large 3—533213.94/cwt210.00–218.001,1404
BullsMedium and Large 2—473241.97/cwt240.00–244.001,1454
BullsMedium and Large 2—310317.54/cwt315.00–320.009842
HeifersMedium and Large 3—474213.04/cwt210.00–218.001,0108
HeifersMedium and Large 3—435221.98/cwt220.00–224.009666
BullsMedium and Large 1—330331.72/cwt330.00–335.001,0953
BullsMedium and Large 3—376268.54/cwt264.00–270.001,0104
BullsMedium and Large 3—420252.96/cwt250.00–254.001,0624
BullsMedium and Large 2—428264.07/cwt260.00–268.001,1304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322257.92/cwt254.00–260.008313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535222.49/cwt222.00–224.001,1908
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,035102.48/cwt100.00–106.001,0612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—948116.90/cwt114.00–120.001,1082
Bulls——1,100105.31/cwt101.00–109.001,1582
CowsBoner 80-85%—96394.53/cwt90.00–99.009104
Bulls——1,436113.63/cwt110.00–115.001,6324
Bulls——1,385122.67/cwt120.00–125.001,6992
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,091106.03/cwt102.00–109.001,1574
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,245114.11/cwt110.00–118.001,4212
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03074.78/cwt70.00–79.007702

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.