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

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Aug 8
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
553 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 408▼ 14 vs year ago 567 · −2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 74▲ 64 vs year ago 73 · +87.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 60▲ 23 vs year ago 39 · +59.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 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 $232.25/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$232.25
73 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.62
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418242.461,01330
Medium and Large 2403234.1394421
Medium and Large 3455216.5498522
One grade step is worth $25.92/cwt here — about $27 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 sale73 hd
232.25
—
FL average8 barns · 731 hd
230.63
+1.62
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—High1,490122.011,8188thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,180104.241,23014
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,28586.591,1132thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,103$9492thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368297.45/cwt295.00–300.001,0952
Steers—Medium and Large 3563212.02/cwt210.00–216.001,1943
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1217286.62/cwt285.00–290.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332246.11/cwt245.00–252.008176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336256.90/cwt255.00–265.008635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375248.59/cwt245.00–252.009326
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378239.32/cwt238.00–240.009056
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383229.59/cwt228.00–230.008795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413241.97/cwt238.00–244.009996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413229.59/cwt228.00–230.009485
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437221.30/cwt220.00–226.009679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470233.03/cwt230.00–236.001,0952
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477211.36/cwt210.00–212.001,0083
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518201.38/cwt200.00–204.001,0433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520222.04/cwt220.00–226.001,1553
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535214.04/cwt210.00–218.001,1454
Heifers—Medium and Large 3588193.01/cwt190.00–196.001,1352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594210.79/cwt210.00–214.001,2525
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3287323.37/cwt320.00–330.009286
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318302.44/cwt300.00–305.009624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320321.61/cwt320.00–325.001,02912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325312.42/cwt310.00–315.001,0152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368299.90/cwt295.00–305.001,1042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368282.55/cwt280.00–290.001,0404
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373273.30/cwt270.00–275.001,0196
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412278.28/cwt275.00–280.001,1473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418265.93/cwt262.00–270.001,1126
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425256.98/cwt256.00–258.001,0922
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460230.00/cwt230.00–236.001,0584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465252.47/cwt250.00–255.001,1742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473243.35/cwt242.00–246.001,1513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515240.02/cwt238.00–242.001,2362
Bulls—Medium and Large 3519221.62/cwt220.00–224.001,1505
Bulls—Medium and Large 3576214.45/cwt210.00–216.001,2354
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,438119.85/cwt114.00–126.001,7236
Bulls——1,645128.49/cwt127.00–130.002,1142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10094.53/cwt90.00–99.001,0404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183104.78/cwt100.00–109.001,2406
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254113.15/cwt110.00–118.001,4194
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28586.59/cwt84.00–89.001,1132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,013105.27/cwt100.00–109.001,0662
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,063118.61/cwt115.00–122.001,2612
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,103948.98/head900.00–1,000.009492

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.