Name: Sumter County Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2024-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-20

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	360	334.22	1,203	17thin
Medium and Large 3	373	307.43	1,148	18thin
Medium and Large 2	428	287.67	1,231	14thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,752	132.60	2,323	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	115.69	1,415	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	870	84.53	735	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	293.03/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,509	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	325.37/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	335.06/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	399.93/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,460	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	271.38/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	279.03/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	296.96/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	353.36/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	281.31/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	349.92/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	465.14/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	434.92/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	344.32/cwt	340.00–345.00	974	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	235.04/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	481	316.05/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	262.70/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	269.00/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	271.53/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	283.27/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	234.94/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	285.97/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	270	432.64/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,168	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	293.28/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	245.37/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	361.95/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,169	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	327.37/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	376.71/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,028	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	380.88/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,405	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	369	368.71/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,361	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	332.46/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,097	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	264.76/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,255	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	271	351.20/cwt	350.00–355.00	952	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	352.46/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,491	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	124.76/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,339	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	142.92/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,158	2
Bulls	—	—	1,698	129.36/cwt	125.00–135.00	2,197	6
Bulls	—	—	1,913	142.31/cwt	139.00–146.00	2,722	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	111.91/cwt	102.00–125.00	1,285	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	121.35/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,621	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	84.53/cwt	80.00–89.00	735	2

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sumter County Livestock Auction - Webster, FL

Tue Feb 20, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 325Last week 568Year ago 411

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 127Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 76Last week 75Year ago 61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	290.00–296.00	293.03
6	—	365	395.00–405.00	399.93
2	—	575	276.00–282.00	279.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	320.00–328.00	325.37
2	—	425	330.00–340.00	335.06
3	—	523	270.00–274.00	271.38
4	—	270	430.00–440.00	432.64
4	—	369	365.00–370.00	368.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	369	380.00–385.00	380.88
2	—	423	350.00–355.00	352.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	294.00–300.00	296.96
3	—	580	280.00–284.00	281.31
2	—	473	345.00–355.00	349.92
2	—	268	460.00–470.00	465.14
2	—	320	430.00–440.00	434.92
2	—	633	268.00–270.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	350.00–355.00	353.36
4	—	481	310.00–318.00	316.05
3	—	578	260.00–264.00	262.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	270.00–276.00	271.53
4	—	528	280.00–288.00	285.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	283	340.00–345.00	344.32
2	—	525	232.00–238.00	234.94
4	—	330	330.00–335.00	332.46
5	—	474	260.00–268.00	264.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	232.00–238.00	235.04
5	—	426	280.00–288.00	283.27
3	—	537	240.00–248.00	245.37
4	—	271	350.00–355.00	351.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	290.00–300.00	293.28
5	—	323	360.00–370.00	361.95
3	—	365	326.00–330.00	327.37
3	—	273	375.00–380.00	376.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,073	120.00–130.00	124.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	810	142.00–144.00	142.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,698	125.00–135.00	129.36
2	—	1,913	139.00–146.00	142.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,148	102.00–125.00	111.91
4	—	1,336	117.00–126.00	121.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	80.00–89.00	84.53

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sumter County Livestock Auction - Webster, FL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle