Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-01-16

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jan 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
508 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 545▼ 223 vs year ago 731 · −30.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 151▼ 57 vs year ago 151 · −37.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 109▼ 43 vs year ago 132 · −32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers slightly higher. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $302.77/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$302.77
71 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+50.88
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2400303.501,21522
Medium and Large 1428303.481,29924
Medium and Large 3382301.431,15125
One grade step is worth $2.06/cwt here — about $64 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 sale71 hd
302.77
—
FL average7 barns · 324 hd
251.88
+50.88
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—High1,451110.181,59912
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,155111.981,2932thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11597.511,08812
CowsLean 85-90%Average90576.086886thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 3—338321.28/cwt320.00–325.001,0864
BullsMedium and Large 2—528250.99/cwt250.00–254.001,3254
BullsMedium and Large 1—578242.63/cwt240.00–244.001,4023
BullsMedium and Large 2—430301.21/cwt300.00–305.001,2954
BullsMedium and Large 2—320331.61/cwt330.00–335.001,0613
BullsMedium and Large 2—470272.64/cwt270.00–274.001,2813
SteersMedium and Large 1—333344.14/cwt340.00–350.001,1465
SteersMedium and Large 1—583253.01/cwt252.00–254.001,4752
HeifersMedium and Large 1—263290.89/cwt290.00–295.007656
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273281.47/cwt280.00–285.007687
HeifersMedium and Large 1—391274.27/cwt272.00–275.001,0724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473242.95/cwt240.00–246.001,1494
SteersMedium and Large 3—318321.04/cwt320.00–325.001,0215
SteersMedium and Large 1—535268.53/cwt265.00–272.001,4372
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325262.42/cwt260.00–265.008532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375254.05/cwt250.00–256.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468224.06/cwt220.00–228.001,0494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370262.03/cwt260.00–264.009706
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425267.44/cwt265.00–270.001,1372
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320282.42/cwt280.00–285.009044
BullsMedium and Large 1—333341.28/cwt340.00–345.001,1364
BullsMedium and Large 2—264351.30/cwt350.00–355.009274
BullsMedium and Large 1—369327.03/cwt325.00–330.001,2075
BullsMedium and Large 3—483262.06/cwt258.00–264.001,2663
BullsMedium and Large 3—283342.43/cwt335.00–345.009694
BullsMedium and Large 2—388312.55/cwt310.00–315.001,2134
BullsMedium and Large 1—278362.66/cwt360.00–365.001,0082
BullsMedium and Large 1—433313.38/cwt310.00–315.001,3573
BullsMedium and Large 3—428280.86/cwt280.00–285.001,2026
BullsMedium and Large 3—381301.21/cwt300.00–305.001,1488
BullsMedium and Large 1—472282.70/cwt278.00–285.001,3343
BullsMedium and Large 1—523260.46/cwt258.00–268.001,3624
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—963111.93/cwt110.00–114.001,0782
Bulls——1,888120.27/cwt116.00–125.002,2712
Bulls——1,291106.11/cwt101.00–109.001,3706
Bulls——1,473111.24/cwt110.00–113.001,6394
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08993.96/cwt89.00–98.001,0234
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,183104.31/cwt99.00–109.001,2346
CowsBoner 80-85%—96584.21/cwt80.00–88.008132
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,155111.98/cwt110.00–114.001,2932
CowsLean 85-90%—82381.79/cwt78.00–86.006732
CowsLean 85-90%—94673.22/cwt70.00–77.006934

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.