Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2023-11-28

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Nov 28
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
541 head
▼ 131 vs last sale 672▼ 235 vs year ago 776 · −30.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 77▼ 22 vs year ago 118 · −18.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 72▼ 39 vs year ago 145 · −26.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: This market was closed last week to observe the Thanksgiving Holiday. No trends reported.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.86/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$221.86
52 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,099
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.60
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487238.171,1606thin
Medium and Large 2470233.531,09713thin
Medium and Large 3507214.301,08633
One grade step is worth $23.87/cwt here — about $74 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 sale52 hd
221.86
—
FL average7 barns · 545 hd
229.46
−7.60
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—Average1,598116.581,8634thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20589.341,07714
CowsLean 85-90%Average80074.525964thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2464261.02/cwt260.00–264.001,2114
Steers—Medium and Large 1470271.01/cwt270.00–272.001,2742
Steers—Medium and Large 1518252.03/cwt250.00–254.001,3062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372251.27/cwt248.00–258.009353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417246.64/cwt240.00–248.001,0286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423254.49/cwt254.00–255.001,0762
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437231.69/cwt230.00–236.001,0127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473245.05/cwt242.00–248.001,1592
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473221.57/cwt220.00–228.001,0485
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478232.70/cwt230.00–238.001,1123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520220.98/cwt220.00–222.001,1492
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535212.76/cwt210.00–216.001,13811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565214.97/cwt212.00–218.001,2152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565208.02/cwt206.00–210.001,1752
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570195.98/cwt194.00–198.001,1172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3632171.20/cwt170.00–172.001,0825
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3267323.50/cwt320.00–330.008643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320327.46/cwt325.00–330.001,0482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320317.54/cwt315.00–320.001,0162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373302.58/cwt300.00–305.001,1292
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430264.54/cwt262.00–270.001,1383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433278.31/cwt275.00–280.001,2053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467261.64/cwt260.00–265.001,2223
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467252.01/cwt250.00–256.001,1773
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468241.02/cwt240.00–244.001,1284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513233.74/cwt232.00–238.001,1997
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528226.70/cwt224.00–228.001,1973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565234.97/cwt232.00–238.001,3282
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575215.03/cwt212.00–218.001,2364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2584221.94/cwt220.00–228.001,2964
Bulls—Medium and Large 3633193.99/cwt192.00–196.001,2282
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,598116.58/cwt113.00–119.001,8634
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78070.48/cwt67.00–74.005502
Cows—Lean 85-90%82078.55/cwt77.00–80.006442
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09982.81/cwt75.00–94.009105
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26189.31/cwt84.00–94.001,1265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26997.55/cwt95.00–100.001,2384
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3838111.87/cwt110.00–114.009372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2958124.05/cwt122.00–126.001,1882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,073132.09/cwt130.00–134.001,4172

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.