Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-08-08

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 8
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
553 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 408▼ 14 vs year ago 567 · −2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 74▲ 64 vs year ago 73 · +87.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 60▲ 23 vs year ago 39 · +59.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls, feeder heifers 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 $232.25/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$232.25
73 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.62
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418242.461,01330
Medium and Large 2403234.1394421
Medium and Large 3455216.5498522
One grade step is worth $25.92/cwt here — about $27 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 sale73 hd
232.25
—
FL average8 barns · 731 hd
230.63
+1.62
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—High1,490122.011,8188thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,180104.241,23014
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,28586.591,1132thin

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)1,103$9492thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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—477211.36/cwt210.00–212.001,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413229.59/cwt228.00–230.009485
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470233.03/cwt230.00–236.001,0952
HeifersMedium and Large 2—332246.11/cwt245.00–252.008176
HeifersMedium and Large 1—594210.79/cwt210.00–214.001,2525
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378239.32/cwt238.00–240.009056
HeifersMedium and Large 1—336256.90/cwt255.00–265.008635
HeifersMedium and Large 3—518201.38/cwt200.00–204.001,0433
HeifersMedium and Large 3—588193.01/cwt190.00–196.001,1352
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375248.59/cwt245.00–252.009326
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383229.59/cwt228.00–230.008795
SteersMedium and Large 1—368297.45/cwt295.00–300.001,0952
SteersMedium and Large 3—563212.02/cwt210.00–216.001,1943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—217286.62/cwt285.00–290.006223
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535214.04/cwt210.00–218.001,1454
BullsMedium and Large 2—325312.42/cwt310.00–315.001,0152
BullsMedium and Large 1—368299.90/cwt295.00–305.001,1042
BullsMedium and Large 1—465252.47/cwt250.00–255.001,1742
BullsMedium and Large 1—515240.02/cwt238.00–242.001,2362
BullsMedium and Large 1—320321.61/cwt320.00–325.001,02912
BullsMedium and Large 1—412278.28/cwt275.00–280.001,1473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520222.04/cwt220.00–226.001,1553
BullsMedium and Large 3—425256.98/cwt256.00–258.001,0922
BullsMedium and Large 2—368282.55/cwt280.00–290.001,0404
BullsMedium and Large 2—418265.93/cwt262.00–270.001,1126
BullsMedium and Large 3—519221.62/cwt220.00–224.001,1505
BullsMedium and Large 3—287323.37/cwt320.00–330.009286
HeifersMedium and Large 3—437221.30/cwt220.00–226.009679
BullsMedium and Large 3—318302.44/cwt300.00–305.009624
BullsMedium and Large 2—473243.35/cwt242.00–246.001,1513
BullsMedium and Large 3—576214.45/cwt210.00–216.001,2354
BullsMedium and Large 3—460230.00/cwt230.00–236.001,0584
BullsMedium and Large 3—373273.30/cwt270.00–275.001,0196
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413241.97/cwt238.00–244.009996
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,063118.61/cwt115.00–122.001,2612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,013105.27/cwt100.00–109.001,0662
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,103948.98/head900.00–1,000.009492
Bulls——1,645128.49/cwt127.00–130.002,1142
Bulls——1,438119.85/cwt114.00–126.001,7236
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10094.53/cwt90.00–99.001,0404
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28586.59/cwt84.00–89.001,1132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,183104.78/cwt100.00–109.001,2406
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,254113.15/cwt110.00–118.001,4194

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.