Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-04-06

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 6
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
286 head
▼ 157 vs last sale 443▲ 129 vs year ago 157 · +82.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 77▲ 136 vs year ago 37 · +367.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 74▲ 43 vs year ago 39 · +110.3%
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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 no trend, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 4.00 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 $158.74/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$158.74
119 head · 339 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$31.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.41
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3263161.6442516thin
Medium and Large 1344160.0155197
Medium and Large 2454130.505926thin
One grade step is worth $31.14/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale119 hd
158.74
—
FL average9 barns · 714 hd
145.32
+13.41
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—Low1,59381.011,29014
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10360.6366912

Every lot

26 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373175.29/cwt170.00–178.006546
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3208169.34/cwt168.00–170.003523
Heifers—Medium and Large 3266163.29/cwt162.00–164.0043411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322152.61/cwt150.00–158.004913
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330141.02/cwt140.00–142.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334162.07/cwt162.00–164.0054179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368155.49/cwt150.00–158.0057213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415144.96/cwt142.00–148.006022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467135.26/cwt130.00–138.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585108.39/cwt105.00–110.006343
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2267182.17/cwt180.00–184.004869
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325163.94/cwt160.00–168.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333172.05/cwt170.00–178.005738
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368173.36/cwt172.00–176.006386
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413141.98/cwt140.00–146.005863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422164.83/cwt160.00–166.006965
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465144.02/cwt142.00–146.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468135.51/cwt134.00–136.006344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515128.99/cwt128.00–130.006642
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48674.89/cwt70.00–78.001,1138
Bulls——1,60583.51/cwt83.00–84.001,3402
Bulls——1,80192.00/cwt89.00–97.001,6574
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%98347.37/cwt45.00–50.004662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08958.17/cwt53.00–61.006334
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15266.68/cwt62.00–72.007686
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-362873.72/cwt72.00–75.004632

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.