Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-05-04

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
465 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 469▲ 174 vs year ago 291 · +59.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 55▲ 49 vs year ago 50 · +98.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 78▲ 32 vs year ago 59 · +54.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers slightly higher. Replacement cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.39/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$126.39
63 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$91
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$12.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.07
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3385130.3850239
Medium and Large 1502125.716317thin
Medium and Large 2504117.5059217thin
One grade step is worth $12.89/cwt here — about −$91 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 sale63 hd
126.39
—
FL average10 barns · 770 hd
125.32
+1.07
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—High1,60284.691,3576thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10658.4164612

Every lot

36 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3374153.56/cwt150.00–156.005745
Steers—Medium and Large 2523122.96/cwt120.00–126.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 3523115.99/cwt114.00–117.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 1580127.34/cwt126.00–128.007393
Steers—Medium and Large 2633107.00/cwt106.00–108.006772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318140.58/cwt140.00–142.004477
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368134.60/cwt130.00–138.0049517
Heifers—Medium and Large 3416122.48/cwt120.00–128.0051010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420144.68/cwt144.00–146.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420133.95/cwt130.00–138.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461122.37/cwt120.00–126.005645
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472117.59/cwt116.00–118.005555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513115.30/cwt110.00–118.005913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564111.49/cwt110.00–116.006294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573105.97/cwt100.00–109.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 266392.99/cwt90.00–96.006172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3361155.69/cwt150.00–158.0056214
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413144.28/cwt138.00–148.005968
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428150.60/cwt150.00–154.0064513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468142.90/cwt140.00–150.006697
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472124.63/cwt122.00–126.005883
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515110.99/cwt110.00–112.005722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527130.68/cwt128.00–136.006893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528117.97/cwt116.00–120.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575110.66/cwt110.00–112.006363
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34876.87/cwt75.00–79.001,0362
Bulls——1,72988.60/cwt87.00–91.001,5324
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%94344.66/cwt40.00–49.004212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05055.42/cwt52.00–59.005824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19864.98/cwt60.00–70.007786
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-276090.28/cwt88.00–92.006862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296575.38/cwt72.00–80.007272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,03865.28/cwt60.00–70.006782
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3783695.37/cwt650.00–750.005,4452
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,180902.54/cwt850.00–950.0010,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2731,113.46/cwt1,075.00–1,150.0014,1742

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.