Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-03-30

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 30
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
443 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 356▲ 126 vs year ago 317 · +39.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 59▲ 7 vs year ago 70 · +10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 52▲ 18 vs year ago 56 · +32.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers 3.00 to 4.00 higher. All feeder classes firm. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.04/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$134.04
96 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.16
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472140.9166453
Medium and Large 2446134.8960216thin
Medium and Large 3463120.0755627
One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $108 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 sale96 hd
134.04
—
FL average10 barns · 769 hd
139.20
−5.16
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—Average1,66785.781,4308thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51862.129432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11158.3464812

Every lot

44 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1316184.88/cwt184.00–186.005847
Steers—Medium and Large 1382176.82/cwt176.00–180.006755
Steers—Medium and Large 3515125.03/cwt122.00–128.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 1522145.32/cwt140.00–146.007599
Steers—Medium and Large 1568129.01/cwt128.00–132.007334
Steers—Medium and Large 1694113.79/cwt112.00–118.0079010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3268161.49/cwt160.00–162.004334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328165.11/cwt162.00–168.005424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330156.03/cwt154.00–158.005158
Heifers—Medium and Large 3362131.35/cwt130.00–134.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376159.30/cwt156.00–160.0059911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413122.65/cwt120.00–128.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428152.68/cwt150.00–154.0065312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466142.79/cwt142.00–144.006655
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474114.96/cwt111.00–118.005457
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522119.32/cwt118.00–122.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525109.51/cwt108.00–110.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530129.63/cwt125.00–134.006876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572116.87/cwt114.00–118.0066811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3578105.27/cwt100.00–107.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 2587110.41/cwt110.00–112.006485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1651111.50/cwt110.00–112.007264
Heifers—Medium and Large 369384.99/cwt81.00–89.005892
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3266171.18/cwt170.00–178.004557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322185.76/cwt180.00–188.005987
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330177.02/cwt176.00–178.005842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368173.22/cwt170.00–174.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424167.17/cwt164.00–168.007095
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424143.25/cwt140.00–148.006075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463153.98/cwt150.00–158.007134
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468130.52/cwt126.00–132.006114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472142.63/cwt140.00–148.006733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535135.98/cwt134.00–138.007274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583123.91/cwt120.00–128.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2693105.00/cwt104.00–106.007282
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51082.41/cwt79.00–85.001,2444
Bulls——1,82389.15/cwt86.00–92.001,6254
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05554.92/cwt50.00–59.005794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07544.49/cwt44.00–45.004782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16165.24/cwt60.00–69.007576
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51862.12/cwt60.00–64.009432
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-281382.73/cwt80.00–86.006732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-293872.61/cwt70.00–75.006812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-398362.72/cwt60.00–65.006172

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.