Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-06-21

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jun 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
254 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 263▼ 282 vs year ago 536 · −52.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 66▼ 13 vs year ago 93 · −14.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 96▼ 5 vs year ago 48 · −10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.17/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$145.17
58 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.14
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455146.6966812thin
Medium and Large 2416146.6761022
Medium and Large 3374143.0453524
One grade step is worth $3.65/cwt here — about $133 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 sale58 hd
145.17
—
FL average9 barns · 685 hd
145.31
−0.14
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—Average1,630100.281,6356thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,193102.211,2194thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02692.109456thin

Every lot

34 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 3325184.12/cwt180.00–188.005982
Steers—Medium and Large 2368183.06/cwt180.00–186.006742
Steers—Medium and Large 3426166.79/cwt166.00–168.007115
Steers—Medium and Large 1473173.05/cwt170.00–176.008192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3267161.30/cwt160.00–162.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323166.05/cwt160.00–168.005364
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335152.59/cwt150.00–158.005116
Heifers—Medium and Large 3366144.85/cwt140.00–148.005305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383156.04/cwt150.00–158.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390164.94/cwt160.00–170.006432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418152.04/cwt150.00–158.006364
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419134.48/cwt130.00–138.005637
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424143.47/cwt140.00–148.006087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464142.05/cwt140.00–148.006594
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467122.63/cwt120.00–128.005733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480133.43/cwt130.00–138.006407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578127.03/cwt126.00–128.007342
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330185.41/cwt180.00–188.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370184.96/cwt182.00–188.006844
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415172.96/cwt170.00–176.007182
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423165.96/cwt164.00–168.007026
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470163.96/cwt162.00–166.007712
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513142.03/cwt140.00–148.007294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524154.85/cwt150.00–158.008115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566153.56/cwt150.00–156.008695
Bulls—Medium and Large 2692133.34/cwt132.00–136.009233
Bulls—Medium and Large 3693123.99/cwt120.00–128.008592
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,630100.28/cwt98.00–106.001,6356
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95085.15/cwt81.00–89.008092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06495.58/cwt91.00–100.001,0174
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,18897.35/cwt94.00–101.001,1572
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,198107.07/cwt102.00–112.001,2832
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291390.64/cwt87.00–95.008282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010105.89/cwt100.00–110.001,0692

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.