Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-05-11

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 11
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
563 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 465▲ 273 vs year ago 290 · +94.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 99▲ 117 vs year ago 34 · +344.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 91▲ 42 vs year ago 59 · +71.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady. Replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.88/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$129.88
57 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.48
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446139.346219thin
Medium and Large 2406139.1556526
Medium and Large 3459115.0752822
One grade step is worth $24.27/cwt here — about $93 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 sale57 hd
129.88
—
FL average10 barns · 604 hd
127.41
+2.48
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—Low1,51380.921,2248thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14357.7166014

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 3368153.92/cwt150.00–158.0056614
Steers—Medium and Large 2427156.78/cwt152.00–158.006695
Steers—Medium and Large 3437145.98/cwt142.00–148.006383
Steers—Medium and Large 2474143.51/cwt140.00–148.006807
Steers—Medium and Large 1578124.99/cwt124.00–126.007222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367135.38/cwt130.00–138.004976
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376144.72/cwt140.00–148.0054412
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415124.02/cwt122.00–126.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418144.82/cwt144.00–146.006055
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425135.93/cwt130.00–139.0057812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3456111.44/cwt111.00–114.005087
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470125.03/cwt122.00–128.005882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481132.49/cwt132.00–134.006374
Heifers—Medium and Large 3514104.01/cwt100.00–105.005355
Heifers—Medium and Large 365385.49/cwt83.00–88.005582
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1158246.04/cwt245.00–248.003893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2210194.05/cwt192.00–196.004082
Bulls—Medium and Large 3262171.38/cwt170.00–178.004496
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318175.02/cwt172.00–178.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370154.05/cwt150.00–158.005704
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425145.04/cwt142.00–148.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473135.97/cwt134.00–138.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477122.63/cwt120.00–128.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512120.66/cwt118.00–122.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518110.49/cwt110.00–112.005724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643109.00/cwt108.00–110.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 365396.68/cwt90.00–100.006313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28371.09/cwt68.00–74.009122
Bulls——1,58984.20/cwt80.00–88.001,3386
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%94843.84/cwt40.00–48.004162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14854.05/cwt50.00–59.006206
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20366.00/cwt60.00–70.007946
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,04863.86/cwt60.00–68.006692
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,135943.94/cwt900.00–975.0010,7142
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,140806.91/cwt775.00–850.009,1992
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,148721.46/cwt700.00–750.008,2822

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.