Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-08-01

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 1
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
408 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 497▲ 22 vs year ago 386 · +5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 53▼ 1 vs year ago 75 · −1.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 30▼ 7 vs year ago 67 · −10.4%
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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 unevenly steady. Replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.38/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$231.38
68 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.22
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449236.501,06216thin
Medium and Large 2423231.4097836
Medium and Large 3408226.2392316thin
One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $139 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 sale68 hd
231.38
—
FL average8 barns · 641 hd
227.16
+4.22
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—Average1,348109.081,4708thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,202104.141,25214
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01178.537944thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3318292.44/cwt290.00–295.009302
Steers—Medium and Large 3425255.98/cwt254.00–258.001,0884
Steers—Medium and Large 2463250.62/cwt244.00–254.001,1603
Steers—Medium and Large 3475242.64/cwt240.00–244.001,1533
Steers—Medium and Large 1477265.37/cwt260.00–268.001,2663
Steers—Medium and Large 1523241.01/cwt240.00–242.001,2602
Steers—Medium and Large 2523237.01/cwt236.00–238.001,2404
Steers—Medium and Large 3523221.97/cwt220.00–224.001,1614
Steers—Medium and Large 2577223.27/cwt218.00–226.001,2883
Steers—Medium and Large 1585232.61/cwt226.00–236.001,3613
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3278252.43/cwt250.00–255.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317245.38/cwt245.00–246.007788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323257.56/cwt255.00–260.008324
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367231.31/cwt230.00–232.008493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377239.03/cwt235.00–240.0090110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426223.67/cwt220.00–228.009539
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427233.32/cwt230.00–235.009963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431239.63/cwt238.00–242.001,0335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465234.99/cwt234.00–236.001,0932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479224.55/cwt220.00–228.001,0769
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520203.92/cwt200.00–208.001,0602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528223.91/cwt220.00–228.001,1822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536211.51/cwt210.00–212.001,1344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585212.58/cwt210.00–218.001,2443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590205.03/cwt202.00–208.001,2102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323297.40/cwt295.00–300.009612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377266.55/cwt264.00–272.001,0053
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380279.03/cwt278.00–280.001,0602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425274.60/cwt272.00–280.001,1673
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426249.63/cwt244.00–254.001,0637
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430261.59/cwt255.00–265.001,1253
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466242.45/cwt240.00–246.001,1305
Bulls—Medium and Large 3479234.76/cwt230.00–238.001,1255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520221.96/cwt220.00–224.001,1542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528234.09/cwt230.00–238.001,2362
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530214.04/cwt210.00–216.001,1343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575221.97/cwt220.00–226.001,2763
Bulls—Medium and Large 3584205.67/cwt200.00–208.001,2017
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,198103.75/cwt101.00–107.001,2434
Bulls——1,498114.41/cwt110.00–119.001,7144
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94873.55/cwt72.00–75.006972
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07383.51/cwt82.00–85.008962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12193.89/cwt90.00–98.001,0534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198105.87/cwt101.00–109.001,2686
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,289111.81/cwt110.00–113.001,4414
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2908101.66/cwt97.00–107.009232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050114.62/cwt111.00–118.001,2042

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.