Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-10-10

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Oct 10
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 663▼ 471 vs year ago 1,110 · −42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 75▲ 15 vs year ago 88 · +17.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 101▼ 25 vs year ago 106 · −23.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows 3.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $259.97/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$259.97
64 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,209
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.32
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426287.751,22511thin
Medium and Large 2438274.021,19924
Medium and Large 3503237.801,19629
One grade step is worth $49.95/cwt here — about $29 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 sale64 hd
259.97
—
FL average8 barns · 277 hd
236.65
+23.32
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—Average1,692114.441,9364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16392.681,07814
CowsLean 85-90%Low99779.567934thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2275347.41/cwt345.00–350.009552
Steers—Medium and Large 1280362.59/cwt360.00–365.001,0154
Steers—Medium and Large 1323346.70/cwt345.00–350.001,1203
Steers—Medium and Large 1384336.09/cwt330.00–340.001,2915
Steers—Medium and Large 3465252.97/cwt250.00–256.001,1762
Steers—Medium and Large 2478260.98/cwt260.00–262.001,2472
Steers—Medium and Large 2568235.04/cwt232.00–238.001,3352
Steers—Medium and Large 3585224.95/cwt222.00–228.001,3162
Steers—Medium and Large 2643225.35/cwt220.00–228.001,4493
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273278.29/cwt275.00–280.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330283.81/cwt280.00–285.009374
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330262.42/cwt260.00–265.008662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372266.43/cwt265.00–272.009915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373251.94/cwt250.00–255.009408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383260.49/cwt260.00–262.009984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415246.63/cwt244.00–248.001,0243
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415237.41/cwt230.00–240.009854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433252.54/cwt250.00–260.001,0934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476240.85/cwt238.00–245.001,1465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523228.45/cwt225.00–232.001,1952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523222.03/cwt220.00–224.001,1612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3623191.99/cwt190.00–194.001,1962
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280332.46/cwt330.00–335.009312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2322321.63/cwt320.00–325.001,0363
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330312.75/cwt310.00–318.001,0323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374323.27/cwt318.00–325.001,2094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377296.73/cwt290.00–300.001,1196
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378275.92/cwt272.00–280.001,0432
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420260.63/cwt258.00–262.001,0953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425276.71/cwt275.00–280.001,1763
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428270.51/cwt270.00–272.001,1584
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470244.04/cwt240.00–248.001,1476
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475255.28/cwt250.00–258.001,2133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478260.51/cwt260.00–262.001,2454
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530223.11/cwt220.00–228.001,1825
Bulls—Medium and Large 3577212.73/cwt210.00–218.001,2276
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578224.09/cwt220.00–228.001,2954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633211.00/cwt210.00–212.001,3362
Bulls—Medium and Large 3661192.01/cwt190.00–198.001,2694
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585107.45/cwt105.00–110.001,7032
Bulls——1,798121.42/cwt118.00–125.002,1832
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97583.68/cwt79.00–88.008162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01875.44/cwt74.00–77.007682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10483.78/cwt79.00–88.009254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15892.77/cwt89.00–98.001,0746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231101.46/cwt99.00–106.001,2494
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2838104.11/cwt102.00–106.008722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294390.93/cwt90.00–92.008572
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150114.51/cwt112.00–117.001,3172

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.