Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-02-27

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Feb 27
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
359 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 325▼ 52 vs year ago 411 · −12.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 37▲ 25 vs year ago 75 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 76▲ 42 vs year ago 61 · +68.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows slightly lower, slaughter bulls 1.0 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.34/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$241.34
6 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,247
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.44
vs FL average
−27.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520250.651,3033thin
Medium and Large 3513232.031,1903thin
One grade step is worth $18.62/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
241.34
—
FL average2 barns · 10 hd
243.78
−2.44
National average181 barns · 16,149 hd
268.88
−27.54
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—Average1,338123.821,65610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,094108.831,19112
CowsLean 85-90%Low90186.267774thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373392.45/cwt390.00–395.001,4642
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470346.60/cwt340.00–350.001,6293
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533297.49/cwt296.00–298.001,5864
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543309.00/cwt308.00–310.001,6782
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580297.98/cwt296.00–300.001,7282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3324326.94/cwt325.00–330.001,0595
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363326.22/cwt325.00–330.001,1844
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373317.58/cwt315.00–320.001,1852
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378302.45/cwt300.00–305.001,1436
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423293.23/cwt290.00–300.001,2406
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423283.93/cwt280.00–288.001,2014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3429309.48/cwt270.00–364.001,3287
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475262.47/cwt260.00–265.001,2472
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3513232.03/cwt230.00–236.001,1903
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520250.65/cwt250.00–252.001,3033
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3624200.99/cwt200.00–204.001,2544
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370391.71/cwt390.00–395.001,4493
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413341.23/cwt340.00–345.001,4094
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3467322.06/cwt320.00–326.001,5043
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525297.03/cwt294.00–300.001,5596
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538289.49/cwt288.00–290.001,5574
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569287.94/cwt280.00–290.001,6385
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3582265.41/cwt260.00–268.001,5453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,068116.16/cwt113.00–119.001,2412
Bulls——1,405125.73/cwt121.00–130.001,7678
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90186.26/cwt80.00–90.007774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,081119.12/cwt114.00–124.001,2884
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09398.21/cwt94.00–102.001,0734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,108109.17/cwt103.00–113.001,2104
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2843132.94/cwt130.00–136.001,1212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890141.73/cwt140.00–144.001,2612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100124.71/cwt121.00–128.001,3722

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.