Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2022-10-18

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 18
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
594 head
▼ 516 vs last sale 1,110▼ 229 vs year ago 823 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 88▼ 178 vs year ago 241 · −73.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 106▼ 44 vs year ago 156 · −28.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 4.00 to 5.00 lower

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.36/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$128.36
98 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$128
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$0.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.74
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3450128.8258047
Medium and Large 2505127.9364638
Medium and Large 1553127.9170813thin
One grade step is worth $0.92/cwt here — about −$128 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 sale98 hd
128.36
—
FL average9 barns · 1,012 hd
132.10
−3.74
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—High1,39885.931,2018thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21562.7276212
CowsLean 85-90%Low86341.683604thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3427169.36/cwt168.00–170.007233
Steers—Medium and Large 3476153.39/cwt150.00–158.007307
Steers—Medium and Large 2481166.05/cwt160.00–168.007994
Steers—Medium and Large 2516153.52/cwt150.00–158.007929
Steers—Medium and Large 3525142.62/cwt140.00–148.007493
Steers—Medium and Large 1532160.66/cwt160.00–162.008553
Steers—Medium and Large 3568131.04/cwt130.00–134.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 2570142.62/cwt140.00–148.008133
Steers—Medium and Large 1572156.66/cwt156.00–158.008963
Steers—Medium and Large 2643135.99/cwt134.00–138.008742
Steers—Medium and Large 3683124.99/cwt122.00–128.008542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273160.95/cwt160.00–162.004392
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320152.46/cwt150.00–155.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371144.41/cwt140.00–148.0053613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413140.82/cwt140.00–144.005825
Heifers—Medium and Large 3429133.31/cwt130.00–138.005727
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476135.04/cwt130.00–138.006438
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477124.38/cwt120.00–128.005939
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525125.38/cwt120.00–128.0065821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528131.18/cwt130.00–138.006937
Heifers—Medium and Large 3531110.41/cwt110.00–114.0058610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576111.03/cwt110.00–114.006404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583124.09/cwt120.00–128.007236
Heifers—Medium and Large 3583102.94/cwt100.00–106.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 369494.02/cwt90.00–98.006522
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3416168.31/cwt166.00–170.007007
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466161.48/cwt160.00–164.007528
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470155.03/cwt152.00–158.007294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524152.04/cwt150.00–158.007974
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525143.67/cwt140.00–146.007545
Bulls—Medium and Large 3567132.58/cwt130.00–136.007527
Bulls—Medium and Large 3633126.01/cwt124.00–128.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643135.00/cwt134.00–136.008682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34981.06/cwt78.00–84.001,0936
Bulls——1,543100.55/cwt98.00–103.001,5512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86341.68/cwt40.00–45.003604
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05655.13/cwt51.00–59.005824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24565.21/cwt60.00–69.008126
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44370.46/cwt70.00–71.001,0172
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-290585.13/cwt84.00–86.007702
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295392.65/cwt88.00–97.008832

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.