Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-09-28

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Sep 28
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
480 head
▼ 336 vs last sale 816▼ 227 vs year ago 707 · −32.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 119▲ 30 vs year ago 69 · +43.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 71▲ 42 vs year ago 60 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.47/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$127.47
74 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.86
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2498128.8964215thin
Medium and Large 1553128.0870826
Medium and Large 3472126.3559733
One grade step is worth $2.54/cwt here — about $45 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 sale74 hd
127.47
—
FL average9 barns · 1,098 hd
129.33
−1.86
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—Low1,44182.281,1864thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12758.2465610
CowsLean 85-90%Low90950.534594thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2318172.24/cwt172.00–173.005484
Steers—Medium and Large 3323164.09/cwt160.00–168.005302
Steers—Medium and Large 3368153.99/cwt152.00–156.005672
Steers—Medium and Large 2376164.31/cwt162.00–168.006188
Steers—Medium and Large 3415143.04/cwt140.00–146.005942
Steers—Medium and Large 1431163.23/cwt160.00–164.007045
Steers—Medium and Large 3470134.04/cwt130.00–138.006306
Steers—Medium and Large 2524133.59/cwt130.00–138.007009
Steers—Medium and Large 3525122.62/cwt120.00–128.006443
Steers—Medium and Large 1528142.96/cwt140.00–146.007558
Steers—Medium and Large 1577135.95/cwt132.00–138.007846
Steers—Medium and Large 2580125.97/cwt124.00–128.007312
Steers—Medium and Large 1683129.00/cwt128.00–130.008812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3324152.33/cwt150.00–156.004945
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383141.96/cwt140.00–148.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425134.09/cwt130.00–138.005706
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427142.78/cwt142.00–146.006105
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467126.53/cwt118.00–128.005917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513131.01/cwt130.00–134.0067212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516125.06/cwt118.00–128.006457
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525113.96/cwt110.00–116.005986
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575114.68/cwt114.00–116.006593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576126.66/cwt120.00–128.0073012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653119.01/cwt116.00–122.007772
Heifers—Medium and Large 369393.19/cwt90.00–98.006465
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1277195.95/cwt194.00–200.005433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318191.01/cwt190.00–192.006074
Bulls—Medium and Large 3334164.74/cwt160.00–168.005505
Bulls—Medium and Large 3367156.04/cwt152.00–158.005733
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374164.39/cwt160.00–168.006159
Bulls—Medium and Large 3429143.13/cwt140.00–148.006145
Bulls—Medium and Large 3474133.60/cwt130.00–138.006339
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478143.94/cwt140.00–148.006884
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523124.06/cwt120.00–128.006496
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538134.02/cwt130.00–138.007216
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568125.04/cwt122.00–128.007104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1584133.61/cwt130.00–134.0078010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2642115.32/cwt110.00–118.007403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1693123.99/cwt120.00–128.008592
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,44182.28/cwt81.00–84.001,1864
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81353.51/cwt53.00–54.004352
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00547.54/cwt45.00–50.004782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07354.10/cwt51.00–57.005804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16361.00/cwt58.00–64.007096
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-286384.22/cwt80.00–88.007272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-288070.86/cwt66.00–75.006242

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.