Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-09-26

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Sep 26
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
699 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 743▲ 94 vs year ago 605 · +15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 102▼ 14 vs year ago 129 · −10.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 68▲ 30 vs year ago 84 · +35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: This market was not recorded last week September 19, 2023.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $251.99/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$251.99
48 head · 380 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.25
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1364264.8696424
Medium and Large 2380251.5395512thin
Medium and Large 3414226.7193812thin
One grade step is worth $38.15/cwt here — about $26 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 sale48 hd
251.99
—
FL average8 barns · 687 hd
241.74
+10.25
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—Average1,758121.712,1404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21094.091,1398thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91579.907315thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1—286286.27/cwt285.00–290.008194
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365231.56/cwt230.00–236.008454
HeifersMedium and Large 3—573203.07/cwt200.00–206.001,1642
SteersMedium and Large 1—322333.26/cwt330.00–340.001,0733
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523221.35/cwt220.00–224.001,1583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475234.06/cwt232.00–236.001,1122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414247.57/cwt244.00–250.001,0255
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325276.67/cwt270.00–280.008996
SteersMedium and Large 2—368302.45/cwt300.00–305.001,1132
SteersMedium and Large 3—418264.61/cwt258.00–268.001,1063
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423224.07/cwt220.00–228.009484
HeifersMedium and Large 2—287273.37/cwt270.00–275.007853
BullsMedium and Large 3—425260.88/cwt256.00–266.001,1092
BullsMedium and Large 1—331322.42/cwt320.00–330.001,0674
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335266.12/cwt262.00–268.008923
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333245.91/cwt242.00–250.008192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—800104.08/cwt100.00–108.008332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—888112.15/cwt110.00–114.009962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—795121.38/cwt118.00–124.009652
Bulls——1,758121.71/cwt119.00–126.002,1404
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,175100.47/cwt100.00–101.001,1812
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02386.13/cwt84.00–88.008812
CowsLean 85-90%—84375.74/cwt70.00–78.006383
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22291.96/cwt87.00–97.001,1246
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373245.29/cwt240.00–248.009153
BullsMedium and Large 1—278342.66/cwt340.00–345.009532
BullsMedium and Large 1—433280.91/cwt276.00–286.001,2162
BullsMedium and Large 2—425271.01/cwt270.00–272.001,1524
BullsMedium and Large 1—383291.36/cwt290.00–294.001,1163
BullsMedium and Large 1—473268.03/cwt266.00–270.001,2682
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374263.65/cwt258.00–268.009867
SteersMedium and Large 1—525249.27/cwt246.00–256.001,3093
SteersMedium and Large 1—365312.47/cwt310.00–315.001,1412

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.