Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-01-23

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jan 23
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
527 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 508▲ 11 vs year ago 516 · +2.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 94▲ 57 vs year ago 137 · +41.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 89▲ 12 vs year ago 84 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows 3.00 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 $266.32/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$266.32
49 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.79
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418271.621,13425
Medium and Large 2386270.501,04514thin
Medium and Large 3430247.191,06210thin
One grade step is worth $24.43/cwt here — about $73 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 sale49 hd
266.32
—
FL average7 barns · 565 hd
258.53
+7.79
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—High1,535118.411,8178thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,203114.171,3732thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14796.781,11014
CowsLean 85-90%Low83175.226256thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258398.42/cwt395.00–405.001,0283
Steers—Medium and Large 3313373.30/cwt370.00–375.001,1683
Steers—Medium and Large 2343382.48/cwt380.00–385.001,3122
Steers—Medium and Large 3375357.47/cwt355.00–360.001,3412
Steers—Medium and Large 2378369.90/cwt365.00–375.001,3984
Steers—Medium and Large 1388381.23/cwt380.00–385.001,4794
Steers—Medium and Large 1423356.27/cwt355.00–360.001,5074
Steers—Medium and Large 1520283.47/cwt282.00–285.001,4742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268308.42/cwt305.00–315.008273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320297.54/cwt295.00–300.009524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328283.95/cwt282.00–286.009316
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328274.04/cwt272.00–278.008993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373286.22/cwt285.00–290.001,0684
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373267.45/cwt265.00–270.009982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386278.79/cwt275.00–280.001,0764
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420252.53/cwt250.00–255.001,0612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432273.64/cwt268.00–275.001,1825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465254.04/cwt250.00–258.001,1814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474242.05/cwt240.00–248.001,1474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569229.19/cwt228.00–230.001,3045
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575203.28/cwt200.00–210.001,1693
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1217413.38/cwt410.00–415.008973
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328362.72/cwt360.00–368.001,1903
Bulls—Medium and Large 3338343.20/cwt340.00–350.001,1603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383361.30/cwt360.00–368.001,3846
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413349.31/cwt346.00–350.001,4436
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424281.03/cwt280.00–284.001,1924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473282.48/cwt278.00–284.001,3364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488272.98/cwt270.00–276.001,3324
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523272.05/cwt270.00–274.001,4234
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535252.52/cwt250.00–255.001,3512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563258.31/cwt255.00–260.001,4543
Bulls—Medium and Large 3588238.99/cwt238.00–240.001,4052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2589245.45/cwt244.00–250.001,4464
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,393116.10/cwt113.00–119.001,6176
Bulls——1,960125.33/cwt122.00–129.002,4562
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76580.34/cwt78.00–83.006152
Cows—Lean 85-90%86472.66/cwt70.00–76.006284
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12185.25/cwt80.00–89.009564
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12694.33/cwt90.00–99.001,0624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178106.10/cwt100.00–110.001,2506
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,203114.17/cwt111.00–117.001,3732
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2730123.45/cwt120.00–126.009012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2818114.18/cwt110.00–118.009342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2935139.05/cwt138.00–140.001,3002

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.