Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-01-16

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jan 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
508 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 545▼ 223 vs year ago 731 · −30.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 151▼ 57 vs year ago 151 · −37.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 109▼ 43 vs year ago 132 · −32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers slightly higher. Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $302.77/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$302.77
71 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+50.88
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2400303.501,21522
Medium and Large 1428303.481,29924
Medium and Large 3382301.431,15125
One grade step is worth $2.06/cwt here — about $64 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 sale71 hd
302.77
—
FL average7 barns · 324 hd
251.88
+50.88
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—High1,451110.181,59912
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,155111.981,2932thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11597.511,08812
CowsLean 85-90%Average90576.086886thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3318321.04/cwt320.00–325.001,0215
Steers—Medium and Large 1333344.14/cwt340.00–350.001,1465
Steers—Medium and Large 1535268.53/cwt265.00–272.001,4372
Steers—Medium and Large 1583253.01/cwt252.00–254.001,4752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263290.89/cwt290.00–295.007656
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273281.47/cwt280.00–285.007687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320282.42/cwt280.00–285.009044
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325262.42/cwt260.00–265.008532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370262.03/cwt260.00–264.009706
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375254.05/cwt250.00–256.009533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391274.27/cwt272.00–275.001,0724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425267.44/cwt265.00–270.001,1372
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468224.06/cwt220.00–228.001,0494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473242.95/cwt240.00–246.001,1494
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2264351.30/cwt350.00–355.009274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278362.66/cwt360.00–365.001,0082
Bulls—Medium and Large 3283342.43/cwt335.00–345.009694
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320331.61/cwt330.00–335.001,0613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333341.28/cwt340.00–345.001,1364
Bulls—Medium and Large 3338321.28/cwt320.00–325.001,0864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369327.03/cwt325.00–330.001,2075
Bulls—Medium and Large 3381301.21/cwt300.00–305.001,1488
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388312.55/cwt310.00–315.001,2134
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428280.86/cwt280.00–285.001,2026
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430301.21/cwt300.00–305.001,2954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433313.38/cwt310.00–315.001,3573
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470272.64/cwt270.00–274.001,2813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472282.70/cwt278.00–285.001,3343
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483262.06/cwt258.00–264.001,2663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523260.46/cwt258.00–268.001,3624
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528250.99/cwt250.00–254.001,3254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578242.63/cwt240.00–244.001,4023
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,291106.11/cwt101.00–109.001,3706
Bulls——1,473111.24/cwt110.00–113.001,6394
Bulls——1,888120.27/cwt116.00–125.002,2712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82381.79/cwt78.00–86.006732
Cows—Lean 85-90%94673.22/cwt70.00–77.006934
Cows—Boner 80-85%96584.21/cwt80.00–88.008132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08993.96/cwt89.00–98.001,0234
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,155111.98/cwt110.00–114.001,2932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183104.31/cwt99.00–109.001,2346
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2963111.93/cwt110.00–114.001,0782

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.