Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-05-03

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
353 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 485▼ 112 vs year ago 465 · −24.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 144▲ 13 vs year ago 99 · +13.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 96▲ 10 vs year ago 91 · +11.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls slightly higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.18/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$145.18
83 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.37
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459154.8871132
Medium and Large 3381143.8754719thin
Medium and Large 2487136.2566332
One grade step is worth $18.63/cwt here — about $48 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 sale83 hd
145.18
—
FL average9 barns · 731 hd
147.54
−2.37
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—Average1,615100.911,6296thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15973.5685216
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00555.705606thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3315185.97/cwt184.00–188.005864
Steers—Medium and Large 3370176.68/cwt176.00–178.006543
Steers—Medium and Large 1375192.74/cwt190.00–198.0072315
Steers—Medium and Large 2585147.98/cwt146.00–150.008662
Steers—Medium and Large 2693130.50/cwt130.00–131.009042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3270162.89/cwt160.00–166.004404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321164.11/cwt160.00–170.005275
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323153.91/cwt150.00–158.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374141.67/cwt140.00–148.005305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378155.52/cwt154.00–158.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393169.43/cwt164.00–170.0066610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422151.18/cwt148.00–152.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436159.46/cwt156.00–162.006957
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473131.35/cwt130.00–134.006213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479149.44/cwt148.00–152.007168
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523130.49/cwt130.00–132.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523121.30/cwt120.00–124.006343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528141.94/cwt138.00–146.007494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585127.42/cwt122.00–130.007453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2589119.26/cwt118.00–120.007028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2632105.98/cwt100.00–110.006705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3283197.68/cwt196.00–198.005596
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318197.68/cwt196.00–198.006296
Bulls—Medium and Large 3367176.62/cwt174.00–178.006483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369196.88/cwt190.00–198.007267
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375186.63/cwt184.00–188.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422176.62/cwt174.00–178.007453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533162.99/cwt162.00–164.008692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533157.35/cwt156.00–160.008393
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575132.97/cwt130.00–136.007654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580158.66/cwt158.00–160.009203
Bulls—Medium and Large 3692111.67/cwt110.00–115.007733
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39896.34/cwt91.00–100.001,3474
Bulls——2,048110.05/cwt109.00–111.002,2542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00555.70/cwt53.00–59.005606
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08563.52/cwt60.00–67.006894
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16672.77/cwt68.00–76.008486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20081.04/cwt77.00–86.009726
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-281881.27/cwt78.00–84.006652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850107.08/cwt103.00–110.009102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00097.09/cwt95.00–99.009712

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.