Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-03-29

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Mar 29
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 406▼ 134 vs year ago 443 · −30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 76▼ 31 vs year ago 77 · −40.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 45▼ 37 vs year ago 74 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.57/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$163.57
67 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.76
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1396168.1966547
Medium and Large 2350164.7257711thin
Medium and Large 3414138.005719thin
One grade step is worth $30.19/cwt here — about $94 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 sale67 hd
163.57
—
FL average9 barns · 582 hd
154.80
+8.76
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—High1,650108.331,7876thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,271104.611,3304thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07087.7393910
CowsLean 85-90%Average80360.514862thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325222.91/cwt220.00–226.007242
Steers—Medium and Large 2334215.22/cwt214.00–216.007195
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3278166.86/cwt162.00–172.004642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2282182.33/cwt178.00–184.005147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1289186.53/cwt186.00–192.0053911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342180.33/cwt178.00–184.0061713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371173.90/cwt168.00–176.006454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431162.27/cwt160.00–164.006999
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438134.02/cwt130.00–138.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470150.04/cwt148.00–152.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470133.91/cwt130.00–138.006294
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473124.06/cwt120.00–126.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528140.96/cwt138.00–144.007444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585127.98/cwt126.00–130.007492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693116.49/cwt114.00–119.008072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2274215.63/cwt210.00–218.005917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278226.78/cwt226.00–230.006305
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323220.87/cwt220.00–222.007139
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323211.96/cwt208.00–214.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323200.05/cwt198.00–202.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3367178.65/cwt178.00–180.006563
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373186.51/cwt186.00–188.006968
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430162.60/cwt160.00–168.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438186.82/cwt182.00–188.008185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473175.08/cwt172.00–178.008282
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473153.08/cwt150.00–156.007242
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,580116.03/cwt111.00–121.001,8332
Bulls——1,685104.48/cwt102.00–107.001,7604
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80360.51/cwt60.00–61.004862
Cows—Boner 80-85%92071.45/cwt67.00–76.006572
Cows—Boner 80-85%93585.96/cwt84.00–88.008042
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16593.74/cwt90.00–98.001,0926
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,271104.61/cwt100.00–108.001,3304
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,260962.00/cwt950.00–975.0012,1212
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,068104.90/cwt101.00–110.001,1202
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09890.54/cwt89.00–92.009942

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.