Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-10-03

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 3
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
663 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 699▼ 52 vs year ago 715 · −7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 115▼ 47 vs year ago 122 · −38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 114▲ 37 vs year ago 64 · +57.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.38/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$247.38
72 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.11
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430254.631,09638
Medium and Large 2440242.491,06718thin
Medium and Large 3436235.641,02816thin
One grade step is worth $18.99/cwt here — about $68 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 sale72 hd
247.38
—
FL average8 barns · 678 hd
242.27
+5.11
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—Low1,479108.801,60912
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22691.761,1254thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95582.127844thin

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)1,090$1,0492thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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—468266.52/cwt265.00–268.001,2472
BullsMedium and Large 1—293346.65/cwt345.00–350.001,0163
BullsMedium and Large 1—433282.62/cwt276.00–286.001,2243
BullsMedium and Large 1—325337.58/cwt335.00–340.001,0974
BullsMedium and Large 2—428272.36/cwt266.00–274.001,1665
BullsMedium and Large 3—427259.17/cwt258.00–264.001,1075
SteersMedium and Large 1—433285.05/cwt282.00–288.001,2342
SteersMedium and Large 1—538257.35/cwt256.00–258.001,3853
SteersMedium and Large 2—483261.30/cwt260.00–268.001,2626
SteersMedium and Large 2—336337.98/cwt330.00–340.001,1365
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379248.10/cwt242.00–250.009404
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516222.52/cwt222.00–224.001,1484
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575222.64/cwt220.00–224.001,2803
SteersMedium and Large 1—337346.93/cwt345.00–355.001,1695
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526230.61/cwt228.00–234.001,2139
SteersMedium and Large 1—368324.97/cwt320.00–330.001,1964
HeifersMedium and Large 3—343262.48/cwt260.00–265.009002
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370255.97/cwt254.00–258.009474
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475225.39/cwt220.00–228.001,0713
SteersMedium and Large 1—633230.98/cwt226.00–236.001,4622
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530213.08/cwt210.00–216.001,1292
HeifersMedium and Large 3—582201.94/cwt200.00–206.001,1753
HeifersMedium and Large 1—287287.62/cwt286.00–290.008255
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474240.98/cwt238.00–242.001,1424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333282.44/cwt280.00–285.009416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373265.10/cwt260.00–270.009894
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419248.97/cwt246.00–250.001,0434
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273272.39/cwt270.00–275.007442
BullsMedium and Large 3—378277.55/cwt275.00–280.001,0492
BullsMedium and Large 3—469246.13/cwt240.00–250.001,1548
BullsMedium and Large 3—585216.03/cwt214.00–218.001,2646
HeifersMedium and Large 2—337271.63/cwt270.00–275.009153
BullsMedium and Large 2—475261.28/cwt256.00–264.001,2413
BullsMedium and Large 2—324322.59/cwt320.00–330.001,0454
BullsMedium and Large 1—378299.75/cwt295.00–302.001,1336
HeifersMedium and Large 1—439253.66/cwt248.00–258.001,1147
BullsMedium and Large 2—372288.62/cwt286.00–290.001,0743
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563213.35/cwt212.00–216.001,2013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0901,049.43/head1,025.00–1,075.001,0492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10599.46/cwt96.00–106.001,0992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—778123.46/cwt119.00–128.009612
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22691.76/cwt89.00–99.001,1254
CowsLean 85-90%—95582.12/cwt77.00–87.007844
Bulls——1,319103.41/cwt95.00–109.001,3648
Bulls——1,798119.58/cwt116.00–126.002,1504

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.