Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-05-18

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
386 head
▼ 177 vs last sale 563▼ 10 vs year ago 396 · −2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 151▲ 46 vs year ago 66 · +69.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 101▲ 3 vs year ago 73 · +4.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 4.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.08/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$141.08
65 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$3.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.40
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3378142.5653829
Medium and Large 2443140.1662126
Medium and Large 1495139.1568810thin
One grade step is worth $3.41/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale65 hd
141.08
—
FL average10 barns · 520 hd
137.68
+3.40
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—High1,55987.521,36410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29569.469004thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17364.4675612

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3373145.06/cwt142.00–148.005412
Steers—Medium and Large 2375155.52/cwt154.00–157.005836
Steers—Medium and Large 3413136.01/cwt134.00–138.005622
Steers—Medium and Large 1468147.03/cwt146.00–148.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 2470135.98/cwt134.00–138.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 2523125.04/cwt122.00–128.006542
Steers—Medium and Large 1543131.49/cwt130.00–133.007142
Steers—Medium and Large 1568127.62/cwt122.00–129.007255
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312146.70/cwt142.00–148.0045819
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372141.63/cwt140.00–148.005275
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376133.28/cwt130.00–138.005015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415133.95/cwt130.00–138.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417141.97/cwt140.00–146.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425123.95/cwt120.00–128.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463133.35/cwt132.00–136.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468114.72/cwt110.00–118.005375
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472125.37/cwt120.00–128.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525112.57/cwt110.00–118.005919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578103.97/cwt102.00–106.006012
Heifers—Medium and Large 264295.32/cwt90.00–98.006123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3274163.55/cwt160.00–166.004485
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323161.95/cwt160.00–164.005236
Bulls—Medium and Large 3324153.54/cwt150.00–156.004977
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371155.69/cwt154.00–158.005787
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373145.43/cwt140.00–148.005423
Bulls—Medium and Large 3416135.05/cwt130.00–139.005629
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417145.38/cwt140.00–148.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418155.39/cwt154.00–158.006503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463145.35/cwt144.00–148.006733
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473122.03/cwt120.00–126.005773
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515111.98/cwt110.00–114.005772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523122.03/cwt120.00–128.006384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575112.76/cwt110.00–118.006483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576122.32/cwt120.00–129.007054
Bulls—Medium and Large 2642106.67/cwt106.00–108.006853
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,01864.99/cwt64.00–66.006622
Bulls——1,58589.40/cwt85.00–92.001,4174
Bulls——1,80396.91/cwt93.00–103.001,7474
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17168.15/cwt65.00–73.007986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17560.76/cwt56.00–64.007146
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29569.46/cwt67.00–73.009004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-276379.06/cwt78.00–80.006032
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-287888.51/cwt85.00–92.007772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-389568.75/cwt66.00–72.006152

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.