Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-02-20

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 20
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▼ 243 vs last sale 568▼ 86 vs year ago 411 · −20.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 127▼ 38 vs year ago 75 · −50.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 75▲ 15 vs year ago 61 · +24.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers slightly higher. Replacement cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $311.08/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$311.08
49 head · 384 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,196
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.60
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1360334.221,20317thin
Medium and Large 3373307.431,14818thin
Medium and Large 2428287.671,23114thin
One grade step is worth $46.55/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale49 hd
311.08
—
FL average7 barns · 342 hd
298.48
+12.60
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—Average1,752132.602,3238thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,223115.691,41510
CowsLean 85-90%Low87084.537352thin

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—515293.03/cwt290.00–296.001,5092
BullsMedium and Large 3—467325.37/cwt320.00–328.001,5193
BullsMedium and Large 3—425335.06/cwt330.00–340.001,4242
BullsMedium and Large 1—365399.93/cwt395.00–405.001,4606
BullsMedium and Large 3—523271.38/cwt270.00–274.001,4193
BullsMedium and Large 1—575279.03/cwt276.00–282.001,6042
SteersMedium and Large 1—518296.96/cwt294.00–300.001,5382
SteersMedium and Large 3—442353.36/cwt350.00–355.001,5623
SteersMedium and Large 1—580281.31/cwt280.00–284.001,6323
SteersMedium and Large 1—473349.92/cwt345.00–355.001,6552
SteersMedium and Large 1—268465.14/cwt460.00–470.001,2472
SteersMedium and Large 1—320434.92/cwt430.00–440.001,3922
HeifersMedium and Large 3—283344.32/cwt340.00–345.009747
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583235.04/cwt232.00–238.001,3702
SteersMedium and Large 3—481316.05/cwt310.00–318.001,5204
SteersMedium and Large 3—578262.70/cwt260.00–264.001,5183
SteersMedium and Large 1—633269.00/cwt268.00–270.001,7032
SteersMedium and Large 2—579271.53/cwt270.00–276.001,5724
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426283.27/cwt280.00–288.001,2075
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525234.94/cwt232.00–238.001,2332
SteersMedium and Large 2—528285.97/cwt280.00–288.001,5104
BullsMedium and Large 3—270432.64/cwt430.00–440.001,1684
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432293.28/cwt290.00–300.001,2676
HeifersMedium and Large 2—537245.37/cwt240.00–248.001,3183
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323361.95/cwt360.00–370.001,1695
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365327.37/cwt326.00–330.001,1953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273376.71/cwt375.00–380.001,0283
BullsMedium and Large 2—369380.88/cwt380.00–385.001,4056
BullsMedium and Large 3—369368.71/cwt365.00–370.001,3614
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330332.46/cwt330.00–335.001,0974
HeifersMedium and Large 3—474264.76/cwt260.00–268.001,2555
HeifersMedium and Large 2—271351.20/cwt350.00–355.009524
BullsMedium and Large 2—423352.46/cwt350.00–355.001,4912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,073124.76/cwt120.00–130.001,3392
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—810142.92/cwt142.00–144.001,1582
Bulls——1,698129.36/cwt125.00–135.002,1976
Bulls——1,913142.31/cwt139.00–146.002,7222
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,148111.91/cwt102.00–125.001,2856
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,336121.35/cwt117.00–126.001,6214
CowsLean 85-90%—87084.53/cwt80.00–89.007352

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.