Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-05-31

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 31
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▼ 197 vs last sale 403▼ 56 vs year ago 262 · −21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 90▲ 22 vs year ago 44 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 85▼ 46 vs year ago 94 · −48.9%
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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 slightly higher. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $173.50/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$173.50
62 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.21
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445179.8080020
Medium and Large 2458170.5478119thin
Medium and Large 3389170.4766223
One grade step is worth $9.33/cwt here — about $138 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 sale62 hd
173.50
—
FL average6 barns · 238 hd
159.29
+14.21
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—Average1,704102.791,7518thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14170.4680414
CowsLean 85-90%Low90149.224434thin

Every lot

35 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 2418175.68/cwt170.00–178.007347
Steers—Medium and Large 2583145.30/cwt140.00–148.008473
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277172.65/cwt172.00–174.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333166.47/cwt162.00–168.005548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334174.58/cwt170.00–176.005838
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370145.41/cwt140.00–148.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378153.96/cwt152.00–156.005822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387165.58/cwt160.00–168.0064110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427134.42/cwt132.00–138.005745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435156.99/cwt156.00–158.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475127.03/cwt124.00–130.006032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480149.52/cwt148.00–150.007184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529138.78/cwt136.00–146.007347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580128.03/cwt126.00–130.007432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268191.54/cwt190.00–196.005134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1314201.48/cwt200.00–202.006334
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323182.05/cwt180.00–184.005888
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368196.76/cwt192.00–198.007245
Bulls—Medium and Large 3374172.44/cwt170.00–176.006455
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428177.86/cwt172.00–179.0076112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465167.48/cwt166.00–168.007794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468174.52/cwt170.00–176.008174
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520145.98/cwt144.00–148.007592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530164.45/cwt162.00–166.008725
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567145.36/cwt140.00–148.008243
Bulls—Medium and Large 3593136.03/cwt130.00–138.008074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643143.02/cwt138.00–148.009202
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,555103.03/cwt100.00–105.001,6024
Bulls——1,78596.52/cwt96.00–97.001,7232
Bulls——1,920108.56/cwt106.00–111.002,0842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90149.22/cwt45.00–53.004434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07360.39/cwt56.00–63.006484
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10868.46/cwt64.00–73.007594
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20878.50/cwt74.00–81.009486
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295376.86/cwt74.00–79.007322

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.