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

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 10
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 663▼ 471 vs year ago 1,110 · −42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 75▲ 15 vs year ago 88 · +17.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 101▼ 25 vs year ago 106 · −23.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 3.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $259.97/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$259.97
64 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,209
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.32
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426287.751,22511thin
Medium and Large 2438274.021,19924
Medium and Large 3503237.801,19629
One grade step is worth $49.95/cwt here — about $29 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 sale64 hd
259.97
—
FL average8 barns · 277 hd
236.65
+23.32
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—Average1,692114.441,9364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16392.681,07814
CowsLean 85-90%Low99779.567934thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—643225.35/cwt220.00–228.001,4493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523228.45/cwt225.00–232.001,1952
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476240.85/cwt238.00–245.001,1465
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273278.29/cwt275.00–280.007603
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383260.49/cwt260.00–262.009984
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523222.03/cwt220.00–224.001,1612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433252.54/cwt250.00–260.001,0934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330283.81/cwt280.00–285.009374
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330262.42/cwt260.00–265.008662
SteersMedium and Large 3—585224.95/cwt222.00–228.001,3162
SteersMedium and Large 2—568235.04/cwt232.00–238.001,3352
SteersMedium and Large 2—478260.98/cwt260.00–262.001,2472
SteersMedium and Large 1—384336.09/cwt330.00–340.001,2915
SteersMedium and Large 1—280362.59/cwt360.00–365.001,0154
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415246.63/cwt244.00–248.001,0243
SteersMedium and Large 3—465252.97/cwt250.00–256.001,1762
SteersMedium and Large 2—275347.41/cwt345.00–350.009552
SteersMedium and Large 1—323346.70/cwt345.00–350.001,1203
BullsMedium and Large 3—470244.04/cwt240.00–248.001,1476
BullsMedium and Large 2—475255.28/cwt250.00–258.001,2133
BullsMedium and Large 1—478260.51/cwt260.00–262.001,2454
BullsMedium and Large 1—374323.27/cwt318.00–325.001,2094
BullsMedium and Large 2—633211.00/cwt210.00–212.001,3362
BullsMedium and Large 1—425276.71/cwt275.00–280.001,1763
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15892.77/cwt89.00–98.001,0746
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10483.78/cwt79.00–88.009254
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01875.44/cwt74.00–77.007682
CowsLean 85-90%—97583.68/cwt79.00–88.008162
Bulls——1,585107.45/cwt105.00–110.001,7032
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,231101.46/cwt99.00–106.001,2494
Bulls——1,798121.42/cwt118.00–125.002,1832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—94390.93/cwt90.00–92.008572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—838104.11/cwt102.00–106.008722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,150114.51/cwt112.00–117.001,3172
BullsMedium and Large 3—530223.11/cwt220.00–228.001,1825
BullsMedium and Large 2—322321.63/cwt320.00–325.001,0363
BullsMedium and Large 2—280332.46/cwt330.00–335.009312
BullsMedium and Large 3—330312.75/cwt310.00–318.001,0323
BullsMedium and Large 2—428270.51/cwt270.00–272.001,1584
BullsMedium and Large 3—577212.73/cwt210.00–218.001,2276
BullsMedium and Large 2—578224.09/cwt220.00–228.001,2954
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373251.94/cwt250.00–255.009408
BullsMedium and Large 3—661192.01/cwt190.00–198.001,2694
BullsMedium and Large 3—420260.63/cwt258.00–262.001,0953
BullsMedium and Large 2—377296.73/cwt290.00–300.001,1196
BullsMedium and Large 3—378275.92/cwt272.00–280.001,0432
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415237.41/cwt230.00–240.009854
HeifersMedium and Large 3—623191.99/cwt190.00–194.001,1962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372266.43/cwt265.00–272.009915

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.