Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-01-09

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jan 9
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 519▲ 14 vs year ago 531 · +2.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 89▲ 29 vs year ago 122 · +23.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 95▲ 22 vs year ago 87 · +25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: This market has been closed for the Christmas and New year holidays. No trends were reported.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $253.30/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$253.30
66 head · 388 lb average
Value per head Derived
$982
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.20
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1392263.661,03320
Medium and Large 3351251.7788425
Medium and Large 2427245.251,04821
One grade step is worth $18.42/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale66 hd
253.30
—
FL average7 barns · 486 hd
248.10
+5.20
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—High1,606120.731,93910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19793.951,12414
CowsLean 85-90%Average89470.396296thin

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)943$7872thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1428301.61/cwt300.00–305.001,2913
Steers—Medium and Large 1465283.96/cwt280.00–288.001,3202
Steers—Medium and Large 2465275.01/cwt274.00–276.001,2794
Steers—Medium and Large 3473261.56/cwt258.00–265.001,2372
Steers—Medium and Large 2520242.72/cwt240.00–248.001,2623
Steers—Medium and Large 1530257.03/cwt254.00–260.001,3622
Steers—Medium and Large 1578245.06/cwt242.00–248.001,4162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3227283.24/cwt280.00–285.006433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1230301.59/cwt300.00–305.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275272.45/cwt270.00–275.007494
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278282.61/cwt280.00–285.007862
Heifers—Medium and Large 3316258.92/cwt255.00–265.008185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317283.37/cwt280.00–285.008983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368246.61/cwt240.00–250.009086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373267.10/cwt264.00–270.009964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378259.51/cwt259.00–260.009814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420234.05/cwt230.00–238.009832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426243.34/cwt240.00–248.001,0377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435256.59/cwt250.00–260.001,1163
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473222.46/cwt220.00–226.001,0525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474243.24/cwt240.00–248.001,1535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476234.74/cwt230.00–238.001,1175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515232.02/cwt230.00–234.001,1952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515223.28/cwt218.00–226.001,1503
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3269323.19/cwt320.00–325.008698
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270330.91/cwt330.00–335.008936
Bulls—Medium and Large 3322303.26/cwt300.00–310.009763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323330.81/cwt330.00–335.001,0696
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325323.28/cwt320.00–325.001,0513
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378291.02/cwt290.00–294.001,1004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417293.94/cwt290.00–296.001,2263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425302.53/cwt300.00–305.001,2862
Bulls—Medium and Large 3436283.16/cwt280.00–288.001,2355
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468263.05/cwt260.00–266.001,2314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478271.24/cwt268.00–278.001,2973
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485252.53/cwt250.00–255.001,2252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523235.07/cwt232.00–238.001,2292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535241.46/cwt240.00–246.001,2924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572236.02/cwt232.00–238.001,3503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588220.99/cwt220.00–222.001,2994
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,583116.05/cwt111.00–120.001,8376
Bulls——1,640127.76/cwt122.00–132.002,0954
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85575.44/cwt73.00–78.006452
Cows—Lean 85-90%91467.86/cwt62.00–70.006204
Cows—Boner 80-85%98380.01/cwt75.00–85.007862
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22491.13/cwt86.00–96.001,1156
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241101.41/cwt97.00–107.001,2586
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2943787.00/head750.00–825.007872
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2830131.42/cwt129.00–134.001,0912

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.