Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-02-06

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 6
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
554 head
▼ 121 vs last sale 675▲ 1 vs year ago 553 · +0.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 135▲ 5 vs year ago 145 · +3.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 77▼ 10 vs year ago 109 · −9.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 to 9.00 higher. replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $301.88/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$301.88
78 head · 387 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.18
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1392313.141,22728
Medium and Large 2396298.811,18427
Medium and Large 3369291.781,07823
One grade step is worth $21.36/cwt here — about $149 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 sale78 hd
301.88
—
FL average6 barns · 444 hd
278.70
+23.18
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—Low1,651130.202,1508thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,171105.861,24016
CowsLean 85-90%Low88684.577494thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1278452.34/cwt450.00–455.001,2582
Steers—Medium and Large 2318422.56/cwt420.00–425.001,3442
Steers—Medium and Large 1330439.92/cwt435.00–445.001,4522
Steers—Medium and Large 2380382.47/cwt380.00–385.001,4532
Steers—Medium and Large 1418361.69/cwt360.00–365.001,5123
Steers—Medium and Large 1570265.09/cwt260.00–270.001,5112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3225347.56/cwt345.00–350.007822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1233391.57/cwt385.00–395.009123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2236372.54/cwt370.00–380.008794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265334.81/cwt330.00–340.008872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268348.29/cwt345.00–350.009333
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318312.56/cwt310.00–315.009946
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321323.68/cwt320.00–325.001,0394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340333.24/cwt330.00–340.001,1336
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364281.51/cwt280.00–290.001,0257
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365303.95/cwt300.00–308.001,1092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373322.55/cwt320.00–325.001,2032
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420276.45/cwt272.00–278.001,1614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426289.08/cwt285.00–292.001,2317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438296.65/cwt296.00–300.001,2996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468274.03/cwt272.00–276.001,2822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475282.02/cwt280.00–284.001,3404
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478266.03/cwt260.00–268.001,2724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510254.97/cwt252.00–258.001,3002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522245.27/cwt240.00–248.001,2803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568242.96/cwt240.00–246.001,3802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575232.71/cwt230.00–238.001,3383
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268450.14/cwt445.00–455.001,2062
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275422.59/cwt420.00–425.001,1622
Bulls—Medium and Large 3332391.73/cwt385.00–395.001,3013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368382.45/cwt380.00–390.001,4074
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375362.92/cwt360.00–365.001,3615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378372.55/cwt370.00–375.001,4082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420357.98/cwt356.00–360.001,5042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423366.23/cwt365.00–370.001,5494
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432341.97/cwt340.00–346.001,4773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471341.95/cwt340.00–348.001,6114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573263.07/cwt260.00–266.001,5072
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,478123.16/cwt121.00–127.001,8204
Bulls——1,650140.49/cwt140.00–141.002,3182
Bulls——1,998134.00/cwt130.00–139.002,6772
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88684.57/cwt80.00–89.007494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05094.55/cwt90.00–99.009934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145104.72/cwt100.00–109.001,1996
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278114.54/cwt110.00–120.001,4646
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2935128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025134.21/cwt130.00–138.001,3762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,053115.42/cwt110.00–120.001,2153

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.