Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-03-16

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 16
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 455▲ 37 vs year ago 355 · +10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 76▲ 54 vs year ago 37 · +145.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 74▼ 28 vs year ago 73 · −38.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers steady. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.68/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$130.68
78 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.38
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461138.2163729
Medium and Large 3409127.8252324
Medium and Large 2468124.6858425
One grade step is worth $13.52/cwt here — about $54 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 sale78 hd
130.68
—
FL average10 barns · 739 hd
137.06
−6.38
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—Average1,67982.691,3884thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20353.0563818

Every lot

43 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3327167.47/cwt162.00–170.005483
Steers—Medium and Large 1331187.47/cwt184.00–190.006217
Steers—Medium and Large 1467154.41/cwt154.00–156.007215
Steers—Medium and Large 2523127.04/cwt124.00–130.006644
Steers—Medium and Large 1525143.96/cwt142.00–148.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 1563132.02/cwt130.00–136.007433
Steers—Medium and Large 3693104.01/cwt100.00–108.007212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270171.11/cwt168.00–174.004622
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322142.31/cwt140.00–144.004585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333166.05/cwt160.00–168.005534
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363135.96/cwt130.00–138.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371151.57/cwt150.00–154.005625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374143.12/cwt140.00–148.005355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425145.27/cwt140.00–148.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435125.39/cwt120.00–128.005459
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467124.81/cwt122.00–132.005837
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475113.96/cwt110.00–118.005416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477135.44/cwt134.00–136.006467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526129.55/cwt122.00–132.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531113.95/cwt110.00–120.006055
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562102.64/cwt100.00–108.005776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578113.98/cwt110.00–118.006596
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2211197.02/cwt196.00–200.004164
Bulls—Medium and Large 1213211.41/cwt210.00–212.004507
Bulls—Medium and Large 1263201.37/cwt196.00–204.005303
Bulls—Medium and Large 3263178.29/cwt175.00–180.004693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318168.69/cwt168.00–172.005366
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368161.92/cwt158.00–166.005966
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375171.95/cwt170.00–176.006456
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378187.32/cwt186.00–188.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417152.72/cwt146.00–156.006373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430177.01/cwt176.00–178.007612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475128.02/cwt126.00–130.006084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478153.97/cwt150.00–156.007363
Bulls—Medium and Large 3514116.47/cwt112.00–118.005994
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523124.06/cwt120.00–128.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535131.01/cwt130.00–132.007016
Bulls—Medium and Large 2693106.66/cwt105.00–110.007396
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67982.69/cwt79.00–88.001,3884
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16444.65/cwt41.00–49.005206
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21960.37/cwt59.00–63.007366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22554.14/cwt50.00–58.006636
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,023688.08/cwt675.00–700.007,0392

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.