Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-03-02

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 2
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
318 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 410▼ 82 vs year ago 400 · −20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 87▲ 3 vs year ago 56 · +5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 79▲ 12 vs year ago 57 · +21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaugther cows steady, slaughter bulls slightly lower. Feeder steers no trend, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.04/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$140.04
72 head · 360 lb average
Value per head Derived
$504
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$148
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$10.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.73
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3321143.7646143
Medium and Large 2406134.9754822
Medium and Large 1457133.126097thin
One grade step is worth $10.64/cwt here — about −$148 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 sale72 hd
140.04
—
FL average10 barns · 840 hd
132.31
+7.73
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—Average1,46879.961,1744thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26064.988192thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07361.776636thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3418132.98/cwt132.00–134.005562
Steers—Medium and Large 1633114.02/cwt110.00–118.007222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3223168.07/cwt162.00–170.0037516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2257159.83/cwt158.00–166.004119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1258173.96/cwt170.00–178.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 3278149.98/cwt148.00–154.004173
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318141.07/cwt138.00–144.0044910
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365131.37/cwt130.00–134.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413124.99/cwt124.00–126.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417131.66/cwt130.00–132.005496
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467112.63/cwt110.00–118.005263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518110.99/cwt110.00–114.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518100.03/cwt94.00–102.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522119.97/cwt118.00–124.006263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560112.02/cwt110.00–114.006272
Heifers—Medium and Large 268299.00/cwt97.00–100.006753
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1218215.90/cwt215.00–216.004719
Bulls—Medium and Large 2263177.32/cwt176.00–178.004663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275185.02/cwt184.00–186.005092
Bulls—Medium and Large 3277161.30/cwt160.00–164.004473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313162.68/cwt160.00–164.005093
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318151.66/cwt150.00–158.004825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1331173.14/cwt170.00–178.005735
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368145.96/cwt144.00–148.005372
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413124.99/cwt124.00–126.005164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433139.51/cwt138.00–140.006044
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470131.96/cwt130.00–136.006203
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471119.51/cwt118.00–120.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518120.49/cwt120.00–122.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522119.97/cwt118.00–124.006263
Bulls—Medium and Large 3571103.02/cwt100.00–104.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576120.49/cwt120.00–122.006944
Bulls—Medium and Large 369393.51/cwt90.00–97.006482
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,46879.96/cwt77.00–85.001,1744
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00054.68/cwt51.00–58.005472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10965.32/cwt60.00–70.007244
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26064.98/cwt64.00–66.008192
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-284084.05/cwt80.00–88.007062
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015101.02/cwt100.00–102.001,0252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16596.77/cwt94.00–99.001,1272

This sale against other markets

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.