Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-01-24

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jan 24
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
516 head
▼ 215 vs last sale 731▼ 63 vs year ago 579 · −10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 151▲ 62 vs year ago 75 · +82.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 132▲ 9 vs year ago 75 · +12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.16/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$174.16
106 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.78
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409182.8074837
Medium and Large 2414169.9770434
Medium and Large 3371169.1162835
One grade step is worth $13.70/cwt here — about $120 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 sale106 hd
174.16
—
FL average8 barns · 836 hd
170.39
+3.78
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—Low1,51190.221,3638thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34893.581,2612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06076.488109thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low80054.894396thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,010$1,0492thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2236278.90/cwt275.00–285.006585
Steers—Medium and Large 1243291.21/cwt290.00–295.007084
Steers—Medium and Large 2275232.45/cwt230.00–235.006394
Steers—Medium and Large 3278222.54/cwt220.00–228.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1325223.94/cwt220.00–228.007282
Steers—Medium and Large 3330212.97/cwt212.00–215.007033
Steers—Medium and Large 2340224.03/cwt222.00–226.007622
Steers—Medium and Large 2420205.27/cwt200.00–208.008623
Steers—Medium and Large 2475187.96/cwt184.00–190.008933
Steers—Medium and Large 1481197.63/cwt194.00–200.009515
Steers—Medium and Large 1533186.70/cwt184.00–192.009953
Steers—Medium and Large 2537176.66/cwt174.00–178.009493
Steers—Medium and Large 1583171.97/cwt170.00–174.001,0032
Steers—Medium and Large 3583148.65/cwt148.00–150.008673
Steers—Medium and Large 1653163.00/cwt162.00–164.001,0642
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1208251.30/cwt250.00–255.005234
Heifers—Medium and Large 3229200.83/cwt200.00–206.004607
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230242.55/cwt240.00–245.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1258216.58/cwt210.00–220.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273193.23/cwt188.00–198.005282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318186.39/cwt186.00–188.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318175.96/cwt172.00–178.005603
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330182.63/cwt180.00–184.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370173.95/cwt172.00–178.006446
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375168.13/cwt166.00–170.0063013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382181.28/cwt180.00–184.006926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418168.98/cwt168.00–170.007066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426174.37/cwt172.00–178.007435
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428159.49/cwt156.00–164.006839
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477162.71/cwt156.00–166.007766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1494168.50/cwt168.00–170.008324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530160.91/cwt156.00–166.008538
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530145.27/cwt142.00–152.007703
Heifers—Medium and Large 3572121.32/cwt120.00–124.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2642114.01/cwt112.00–118.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653127.99/cwt126.00–130.008362
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1194301.23/cwt300.00–305.005844
Bulls—Medium and Large 2220249.60/cwt245.00–254.005492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1230281.52/cwt275.00–285.006473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275232.45/cwt230.00–235.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278222.54/cwt220.00–228.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308231.70/cwt230.00–235.007143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317222.61/cwt220.00–228.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 3383202.03/cwt200.00–206.007743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415212.05/cwt210.00–216.008803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415201.98/cwt200.00–204.008382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468179.21/cwt176.00–180.008395
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479192.76/cwt188.00–196.009235
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515167.01/cwt166.00–168.008602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535179.06/cwt176.00–182.009584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590169.97/cwt166.00–174.001,0036
Bulls—Medium and Large 1642154.66/cwt152.00–156.009933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683145.00/cwt144.00–146.009902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,51190.22/cwt85.00–93.001,3638
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76063.29/cwt60.00–67.004812
Cows—Lean 85-90%79045.96/cwt41.00–50.003632
Cows—Lean 85-90%85055.42/cwt54.00–57.004712
Cows—Boner 80-85%94363.93/cwt60.00–68.006032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08483.91/cwt79.00–89.009104
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10574.93/cwt69.00–78.008283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34893.58/cwt90.00–97.001,2612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299889.04/cwt88.00–90.008892
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13877.41/cwt75.00–80.008812
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0101,049.38/head1,025.00–1,075.001,0492

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.