Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-04-19

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 19
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
306 head
▼ 189 vs last sale 495▼ 98 vs year ago 404 · −24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 75▼ 2 vs year ago 73 · −2.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 104▼ 2 vs year ago 76 · −2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly higher, slaughter bulls steady. 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 $146.10/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$146.10
70 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.89
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456151.9269326
Medium and Large 2412150.1061915thin
Medium and Large 3417138.8257829
One grade step is worth $13.10/cwt here — about $115 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 sale70 hd
146.10
—
FL average9 barns · 520 hd
150.99
−4.89
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—Low1,524101.161,5424thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10972.988098thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86057.034902thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3523144.06/cwt140.00–148.007532
Steers—Medium and Large 2525161.05/cwt156.00–166.008462
Steers—Medium and Large 1526170.45/cwt168.00–178.008974
Steers—Medium and Large 1564162.43/cwt160.00–166.009165
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3321155.60/cwt150.00–160.004997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330172.98/cwt172.00–174.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331165.37/cwt162.00–170.005477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368167.96/cwt166.00–170.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377159.35/cwt158.00–160.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377144.03/cwt140.00–147.005439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435159.66/cwt156.00–160.0069512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475149.96/cwt146.00–154.007122
Heifers—Medium and Large 3487129.15/cwt122.00–130.006299
Heifers—Medium and Large 3514119.49/cwt118.00–120.006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517133.22/cwt132.00–138.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533125.95/cwt124.00–130.006713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568118.99/cwt118.00–120.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570128.68/cwt128.00–130.007333
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323201.92/cwt200.00–206.006526
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371181.58/cwt180.00–186.006744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434185.57/cwt182.00–188.008055
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483174.65/cwt174.00–176.008443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565143.96/cwt140.00–148.008132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573152.65/cwt150.00–154.008753
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575128.02/cwt126.00–130.007362
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,524101.16/cwt96.00–105.001,5424
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86057.03/cwt55.00–59.004902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08678.58/cwt75.00–82.008534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13167.37/cwt64.00–73.007624
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2601,128.27/cwt1,100.00–1,150.0014,2162
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05074.22/cwt72.00–76.007792

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.