Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-02-22

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 22
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 352 vs last sale 652▼ 110 vs year ago 410 · −26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 81▲ 27 vs year ago 87 · +31.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 73▲ 35 vs year ago 79 · +44.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers slightly higher, feeder bulls slightly higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady. Replacement cows 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.13/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$143.13
91 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.62
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400163.0265334
Medium and Large 2510133.0567826
Medium and Large 3461129.7759831
One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about $55 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 sale91 hd
143.13
—
FL average9 barns · 707 hd
157.75
−14.62
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—Low1,51092.501,3974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14170.1980114
CowsLean 85-90%Low89144.293954thin

Every lot

48 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 3323198.98/cwt198.00–200.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 1327227.39/cwt222.00–230.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 1423191.02/cwt190.00–192.008082
Steers—Medium and Large 3423176.97/cwt176.00–178.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 2485174.90/cwt170.00–178.008485
Steers—Medium and Large 1525174.04/cwt170.00–178.009144
Steers—Medium and Large 1593156.67/cwt154.00–158.009293
Steers—Medium and Large 1644157.01/cwt154.00–158.001,0114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1235194.30/cwt192.00–195.004574
Heifers—Medium and Large 3237183.38/cwt180.00–185.004353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275186.62/cwt184.00–188.005133
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325157.62/cwt155.00–160.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331174.91/cwt174.00–182.005799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375168.88/cwt166.00–172.006334
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379141.54/cwt140.00–146.005364
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384173.25/cwt170.00–178.006655
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418142.95/cwt140.00–146.005988
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423137.03/cwt132.00–138.005806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428158.03/cwt156.00–162.006763
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465125.01/cwt124.00–126.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473145.42/cwt144.00–146.006887
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520115.10/cwt110.00–120.0059910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580113.28/cwt110.00–120.006579
Heifers—Medium and Large 368392.01/cwt90.00–94.006284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2691107.49/cwt100.00–110.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693115.99/cwt112.00–120.008044
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1218232.41/cwt230.00–235.005072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2227223.96/cwt220.00–225.005085
Bulls—Medium and Large 3230212.61/cwt210.00–215.004892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1267227.03/cwt225.00–228.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 2271215.13/cwt214.00–220.005835
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330215.15/cwt210.00–220.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 3334182.37/cwt180.00–184.006095
Bulls—Medium and Large 1362192.04/cwt190.00–200.006955
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377182.69/cwt180.00–184.006893
Bulls—Medium and Large 3380173.30/cwt172.00–176.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429183.80/cwt180.00–186.007898
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430171.30/cwt170.00–174.007373
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430164.98/cwt164.00–166.007092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475162.97/cwt160.00–166.007742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,51092.50/cwt90.00–95.001,3974
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89144.29/cwt40.00–49.003954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08960.96/cwt57.00–64.006644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10068.62/cwt65.00–73.007554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20477.40/cwt76.00–79.009326
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-286885.95/cwt84.00–88.007462
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2920104.43/cwt100.00–108.009612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07592.12/cwt90.00–94.009902

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.