Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2021-10-19

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 19
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
823 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 662▲ 232 vs year ago 591 · +39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
241 head
▲ 172 vs last sale 69▲ 155 vs year ago 86 · +180.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
156 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 107▲ 82 vs year ago 74 · +110.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.13/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$122.13
54 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$24.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.41
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3463125.4358139
Medium and Large 1549122.026709thin
Medium and Large 2615100.866206thin
One grade step is worth $24.57/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale54 hd
122.13
—
FL average9 barns · 829 hd
126.54
−4.41
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—Low1,63075.441,2304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18753.256326thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04444.184616thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330174.06/cwt170.00–178.005742
Steers—Medium and Large 2427153.36/cwt150.00–154.006556
Steers—Medium and Large 3430144.05/cwt140.00–148.006198
Steers—Medium and Large 3462129.03/cwt128.00–136.005968
Steers—Medium and Large 3513121.52/cwt120.00–126.006234
Steers—Medium and Large 2523132.65/cwt130.00–134.006943
Steers—Medium and Large 1568132.03/cwt130.00–138.007504
Steers—Medium and Large 2584121.84/cwt119.00–123.007127
Steers—Medium and Large 1643123.01/cwt119.00–125.007913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363144.25/cwt140.00–146.005247
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425134.05/cwt130.00–138.0057010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3464124.95/cwt120.00–129.005809
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519113.79/cwt110.00–119.005917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520125.03/cwt124.00–128.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572119.61/cwt118.00–120.006845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578112.53/cwt110.00–115.006502
Heifers—Medium and Large 3578103.39/cwt100.00–107.005986
Heifers—Medium and Large 263395.02/cwt90.00–100.006014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3274171.58/cwt170.00–172.004705
Bulls—Medium and Large 3321165.53/cwt162.00–168.005315
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363155.32/cwt154.00–156.005643
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378162.61/cwt160.00–166.006159
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423146.47/cwt145.00–148.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468143.34/cwt142.00–144.006716
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468129.18/cwt128.00–134.006055
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513125.30/cwt120.00–128.006433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531131.68/cwt130.00–136.006997
Bulls—Medium and Large 2583121.96/cwt120.00–124.007114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2662106.65/cwt100.00–110.007063
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,63075.44/cwt72.00–79.001,2304
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04444.18/cwt40.00–49.004616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18753.25/cwt50.00–58.006326
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,220713.52/cwt700.00–725.008,7052

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.