Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-05-24

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 24
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 376▼ 90 vs year ago 493 · −18.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 109▲ 24 vs year ago 66 · +36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 106▲ 19 vs year ago 66 · +28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 5.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.42/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$141.42
73 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.90
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437151.8966320
Medium and Large 2405149.5560522
Medium and Large 3445128.8957331
One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $90 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 sale73 hd
141.42
—
FL average9 barns · 595 hd
143.32
−1.90
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—Average1,553104.091,6166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16169.8281114
CowsLean 85-90%Low96848.714722thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370184.05/cwt180.00–188.006818
Steers—Medium and Large 3377176.65/cwt176.00–178.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 2427160.67/cwt146.00–170.006865
Steers—Medium and Large 1478176.65/cwt176.00–178.008443
Steers—Medium and Large 1535166.69/cwt164.00–168.008923
Steers—Medium and Large 3580132.95/cwt130.00–136.007712
Steers—Medium and Large 3672122.66/cwt120.00–124.008243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275165.36/cwt164.00–166.004553
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318166.64/cwt164.00–168.005306
Heifers—Medium and Large 3321155.88/cwt150.00–158.005004
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370154.05/cwt150.00–158.005708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374162.44/cwt160.00–166.006085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421155.13/cwt150.00–156.006537
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423142.65/cwt140.00–144.006033
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425132.73/cwt130.00–138.005646
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467135.31/cwt130.00–138.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473122.95/cwt120.00–126.005828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480143.96/cwt142.00–148.006916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518137.97/cwt136.00–140.007152
Heifers—Medium and Large 3524111.02/cwt110.00–114.005828
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575103.90/cwt100.00–108.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2683111.99/cwt110.00–114.007652
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2218211.62/cwt208.00–215.004612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3273193.95/cwt190.00–196.005293
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320181.29/cwt180.00–184.005803
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377176.09/cwt172.00–178.006646
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424172.93/cwt170.00–178.007338
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425164.05/cwt160.00–168.006974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469167.19/cwt166.00–168.007845
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475155.98/cwt154.00–158.007414
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523153.97/cwt152.00–156.008052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525143.03/cwt140.00–146.007514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568142.65/cwt140.00–144.008103
Bulls—Medium and Large 3691122.99/cwt120.00–124.008504
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33395.98/cwt94.00–98.001,2792
Bulls——1,663108.14/cwt104.00–114.001,7984
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96848.71/cwt45.00–52.004722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06168.92/cwt64.00–74.007314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19557.10/cwt55.00–63.006824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20678.91/cwt75.00–84.009526
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-287380.00/cwt76.00–85.006982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,16870.08/cwt68.00–72.008192

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.