Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-04-26

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Apr 26
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
▲ 179 vs last sale 306▲ 16 vs year ago 469 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 71▲ 89 vs year ago 55 · +161.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 74▲ 18 vs year ago 78 · +23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers and 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 $155.19/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$155.19
77 head · 392 lb average
Value per head Derived
$608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.58
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1399163.8465336
Medium and Large 2379159.2360319thin
Medium and Large 3391137.5653822
One grade step is worth $26.28/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 sale77 hd
155.19
—
FL average9 barns · 646 hd
152.61
+2.58
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—Low1,42693.451,3336thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14771.5282014
CowsLean 85-90%Low84057.544832thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3319184.82/cwt182.00–186.005907
Steers—Medium and Large 2421185.51/cwt184.00–186.007814
Steers—Medium and Large 3428175.32/cwt174.00–176.007503
Steers—Medium and Large 1538175.35/cwt174.00–178.009433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1311173.41/cwt170.00–174.005397
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325153.09/cwt150.00–156.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326171.32/cwt166.00–172.005599
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363141.13/cwt140.00–146.0051211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372160.62/cwt158.00–162.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373168.08/cwt164.00–172.0062710
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419132.35/cwt130.00–136.005555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424150.75/cwt146.00–154.006395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432160.59/cwt156.00–162.0069413
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468126.48/cwt122.00–128.005924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472152.64/cwt146.00–154.007206
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515123.96/cwt120.00–128.006382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332193.46/cwt190.00–194.006427
Bulls—Medium and Large 3334185.83/cwt184.00–186.0062111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365176.44/cwt172.00–178.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 2381182.86/cwt180.00–188.0069711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415185.04/cwt182.00–188.007684
Bulls—Medium and Large 3421162.13/cwt160.00–168.0068311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428173.28/cwt170.00–176.0074213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468164.03/cwt162.00–166.007682
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468156.69/cwt150.00–158.007336
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,42693.45/cwt90.00–98.001,3336
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84057.54/cwt56.00–59.004832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09870.78/cwt68.00–74.007774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10363.01/cwt60.00–65.006954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20877.68/cwt74.00–83.009386
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,010752.48/cwt725.00–775.007,6002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-276575.06/cwt74.00–76.005742
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-292884.51/cwt80.00–88.007842

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.