Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-07-18

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jul 18
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
814 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 629▲ 310 vs year ago 504 · +61.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 109▼ 52 vs year ago 133 · −39.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 81▼ 16 vs year ago 67 · −23.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.00/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$238.00
78 head · 370 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.38
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1391245.4396027
Medium and Large 2351239.6284123
Medium and Large 3366229.5184028
One grade step is worth $15.93/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 sale78 hd
238.00
—
FL average7 barns · 608 hd
227.62
+10.38
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—Average1,338111.401,49010
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,338111.501,4922thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16994.781,10814

Every lot

51 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 1273354.13/cwt350.00–355.009676
Steers—Medium and Large 1330334.85/cwt330.00–340.001,1052
Steers—Medium and Large 1366292.19/cwt290.00–295.001,0697
Steers—Medium and Large 2425269.04/cwt266.00–272.001,1432
Steers—Medium and Large 1436280.76/cwt278.00–285.001,2245
Steers—Medium and Large 1473262.92/cwt258.00–268.001,2442
Steers—Medium and Large 3518221.97/cwt220.00–224.001,1504
Steers—Medium and Large 1525242.35/cwt240.00–244.001,2725
Steers—Medium and Large 2578222.63/cwt220.00–224.001,2873
Steers—Medium and Large 3623205.01/cwt202.00–208.001,2772
Steers—Medium and Large 1633219.00/cwt218.00–220.001,3862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223271.79/cwt270.00–275.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 3223252.64/cwt250.00–255.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275243.93/cwt240.00–248.006714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2281250.94/cwt250.00–255.007055
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315232.54/cwt230.00–235.007332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321257.79/cwt255.00–260.008289
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325243.88/cwt240.00–248.007934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371233.56/cwt230.00–238.008677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377246.73/cwt244.00–250.009309
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388227.51/cwt225.00–228.008836
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419219.41/cwt218.00–220.009197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436238.03/cwt235.00–240.001,0385
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473214.77/cwt210.00–216.001,0165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475222.45/cwt220.00–225.001,0572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525223.96/cwt220.00–228.001,1764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575192.97/cwt190.00–196.001,1102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3213343.28/cwt340.00–345.007313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273351.83/cwt345.00–355.009603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318325.12/cwt320.00–330.001,0342
Bulls—Medium and Large 3335292.54/cwt290.00–295.009802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368287.29/cwt282.00–290.001,0573
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370276.97/cwt275.00–278.001,0253
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373265.29/cwt260.00–268.009903
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423253.93/cwt250.00–258.001,0742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474248.81/cwt248.00–250.001,1795
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475256.48/cwt255.00–258.001,2182
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475241.96/cwt240.00–246.001,1493
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520222.64/cwt220.00–224.001,1583
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525227.01/cwt226.00–228.001,1922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565222.97/cwt220.00–226.001,2604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643215.98/cwt212.00–220.001,3892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,205103.61/cwt100.00–108.001,2494
Bulls——1,410122.88/cwt120.00–126.001,7332
Bulls——1,435113.44/cwt110.00–118.001,6284
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13993.01/cwt88.00–97.001,0594
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16584.09/cwt78.00–87.009804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191103.08/cwt99.00–109.001,2286
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338111.50/cwt111.00–112.001,4922
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995112.82/cwt110.00–116.001,1232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,108105.34/cwt100.00–109.001,1672

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.