Name: Sumter County Farmers Market livestock auction prices — 2024-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not reported the previous week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $254.58/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$254.58

9 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$31.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.18

vs FL average

−44.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	261.63	1,467	7thin
Medium and Large 2	535	229.91	1,230	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.72/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

254.58

—

FL average6 barns · 67 hd

272.76

−18.18

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

−44.68

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	1,421	157.63	2,239	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,337	149.52	1,998	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,098	143.02	1,571	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	935	130.50	1,220	27

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	288.99/cwt	270.00–315.00	786	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	357.82/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,149	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	238.08/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	279.67/cwt	270.00–310.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	292.02/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,221	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	282.43/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	273.01/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,149	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	207.52/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,328	2
Bulls	—	—	1,536	161.05/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,474	13
Bulls	—	—	1,553	172.58/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,680	4
Bulls	—	—	1,236	148.16/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,831	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,347	141.71/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,909	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,326	157.33/cwt	156.00–160.00	2,086	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	130.50/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,220	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,051	139.19/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,463	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	148.33/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,727	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	303.58/cwt	274.00–325.00	1,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	324.67/cwt	320.00–330.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	345.67/cwt	330.00–355.00	899	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	266.40/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	233	261.32/cwt	250.00–270.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	313.77/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,431	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	296.36/cwt	290.00–305.00	942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	229.91/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,230	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	261.48/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	277.20/cwt	264.00–290.00	1,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	261.99/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	289.09/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	229	388.62/cwt	360.00–430.00	890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	308.74/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,040	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	381.29/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,064	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	343.19/cwt	310.00–370.00	1,253	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	252.99/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,720	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 Jun 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 454Last week 359Year ago 351

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 100Year ago 81

Market not reported the previous week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	228	270.00–310.00	279.67
5	250–300	272	270.00–315.00	288.99
4	300–350	318	290.00–305.00	296.36
3	350–400	367	280.00–300.00	289.09
4	400–450	418	264.00–290.00	277.20
4	450–500	469	278.00–290.00	282.43
2	500–550	535	220.00–240.00	229.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	229	360.00–430.00	388.62
9	250–300	279	360.00–400.00	381.29
10	300–350	321	340.00–370.00	357.82
12	350–400	365	310.00–370.00	343.19
6	400–450	418	282.00–300.00	292.02
6	450–500	456	280.00–330.00	313.77
2	500–550	533	260.00–264.00	261.99
5	550–600	572	250.00–266.00	261.48
2	650–700	680	252.00–254.00	252.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	320.00–330.00	324.67
8	250–300	260	330.00–355.00	345.67
13	300–350	337	285.00–340.00	308.74
6	350–400	381	274.00–325.00	303.58
11	400–450	421	260.00–284.00	273.01
5	450–500	486	266.00–268.00	266.40
5	500–550	527	230.00–244.00	238.08
2	600–650	640	205.00–210.00	207.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	250.00–270.00	261.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,536	156.00–166.00	161.05
4	—	1,553	169.00–178.00	172.58
11	—	1,236	143.00–153.00	148.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,347	135.00–145.00	141.71
7	—	1,326	156.00–160.00	157.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	935	126.00–135.00	130.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,051	135.00–145.00	139.19
18	—	1,164	145.00–155.00	148.33

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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