Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-08-15

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
508 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 553▲ 160 vs year ago 348 · +46.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 137▼ 30 vs year ago 94 · −31.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 62▼ 2 vs year ago 60 · −3.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 7.00 to 8.00 lower. feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 5.00 to 9.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.29/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$228.29
55 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$990
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.54
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2403233.9094217thin
Medium and Large 1471230.261,08521
Medium and Large 3418220.2492117thin
One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $21 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 sale55 hd
228.29
—
FL average8 barns · 739 hd
229.83
−1.54
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—Low1,259104.211,3124thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,151108.561,25010
CowsLean 85-90%Low94684.377984thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1—420278.07/cwt275.00–284.001,1683
BullsMedium and Large 3—519221.28/cwt220.00–225.001,1484
BullsMedium and Large 1—330321.72/cwt320.00–325.001,0623
BullsMedium and Large 2—531231.51/cwt230.00–232.001,2294
BullsMedium and Large 3—425262.05/cwt260.00–264.001,1142
BullsMedium and Large 3—262323.38/cwt320.00–330.008473
SteersMedium and Large 1—328331.80/cwt325.00–335.001,0883
SteersMedium and Large 1—423283.93/cwt280.00–288.001,2012
SteersMedium and Large 2—468251.02/cwt250.00–252.001,1752
SteersMedium and Large 3—370282.81/cwt280.00–288.001,0463
SteersMedium and Large 3—478243.94/cwt240.00–248.001,1664
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478222.03/cwt220.00–224.001,0612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373248.64/cwt246.00–250.009273
SteersMedium and Large 1—518245.30/cwt240.00–248.001,2713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415221.98/cwt220.00–224.009214
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420230.99/cwt230.00–232.009702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570211.36/cwt210.00–214.001,2056
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373238.92/cwt238.00–242.008919
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417239.28/cwt236.00–242.009989
SteersMedium and Large 1—578233.06/cwt230.00–236.001,3472
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330248.03/cwt246.00–250.008182
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363230.35/cwt230.00–232.008366
HeifersMedium and Large 3—467210.59/cwt210.00–214.009837
BullsMedium and Large 2—270337.59/cwt335.00–340.009112
BullsMedium and Large 3—373280.98/cwt280.00–284.001,0484
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533222.65/cwt220.00–224.001,1873
BullsMedium and Large 2—431270.54/cwt266.00–272.001,1664
BullsMedium and Large 2—464242.05/cwt240.00–248.001,1234
BullsMedium and Large 3—325301.62/cwt300.00–305.009803
BullsMedium and Large 2—323312.56/cwt310.00–315.001,0102
BullsMedium and Large 3—472230.66/cwt230.00–232.001,0893
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515211.98/cwt210.00–214.001,0922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,005111.26/cwt109.00–113.001,1182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,055132.80/cwt130.00–136.001,4012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,075126.44/cwt125.00–128.001,3592
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,068105.01/cwt101.00–109.001,1222
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,230114.32/cwt110.00–119.001,4066
CowsBoner 80-85%—99894.81/cwt91.00–98.009462
CowsLean 85-90%—94684.37/cwt80.00–89.007984
Bulls——1,259104.21/cwt101.00–109.001,3124

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.