Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-05-09

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, May 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
467 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 426▲ 61 vs year ago 406 · +15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 88▲ 12 vs year ago 100 · +12.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 55▼ 43 vs year ago 124 · −34.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.93/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$218.93
47 head · 379 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$33.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.66
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2310237.2173612thin
Medium and Large 1396225.1889215thin
Medium and Large 3407203.2882820
One grade step is worth $33.94/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale47 hd
218.93
—
FL average8 barns · 486 hd
211.27
+7.66
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—Average1,557109.091,69910
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13790.991,03512
CowsLean 85-90%Average80868.885574thin

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 · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2173277.54/cwt275.00–280.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1183289.93/cwt285.00–295.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2276243.80/cwt240.00–245.006734
Heifers—Medium and Large 3286231.62/cwt230.00–238.006625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328239.02/cwt238.00–240.007842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328233.36/cwt232.00–236.007653
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328222.62/cwt220.00–224.007306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367231.35/cwt230.00–232.008493
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375215.30/cwt214.00–218.008073
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425194.93/cwt192.00–198.008282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430213.95/cwt212.00–218.009203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430205.40/cwt200.00–208.008833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463206.65/cwt204.00–208.009573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570181.96/cwt180.00–184.001,0372
Heifers—Medium and Large 3693133.99/cwt130.00–138.009294
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2218306.72/cwt305.00–310.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3220282.56/cwt280.00–285.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278273.78/cwt270.00–275.007614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313271.28/cwt270.00–275.008494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365253.04/cwt250.00–256.009242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368262.04/cwt260.00–264.009642
Bulls—Medium and Large 3386246.49/cwt242.00–248.009514
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420237.32/cwt236.00–238.009973
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523223.97/cwt222.00–226.001,1712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28096.54/cwt95.00–98.001,2362
Bulls——1,625119.23/cwt116.00–125.001,9374
Bulls——1,628105.23/cwt103.00–108.001,7134
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78862.72/cwt60.00–66.004942
Cows—Lean 85-90%82875.03/cwt73.00–77.006212
Cows—Boner 80-85%92078.51/cwt77.00–80.007222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14198.39/cwt96.00–102.001,1234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20790.22/cwt85.00–95.001,0896
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-281590.81/cwt88.00–93.007402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-290099.60/cwt97.00–102.008962
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2943113.92/cwt110.00–117.001,0742

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.