Sale reports / Florida / Sumter County Farmers Market / 2024-06-25

Sumter County Farmers Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Webster, Florida · Tue, Jun 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1421
Feeder Cattle receipts
454 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 359▲ 103 vs year ago 351 · +29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 100▲ 74 vs year ago 81 · +91.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not reported the previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $254.58/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$254.58
9 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,413
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.18
vs FL average
−44.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561261.631,4677thin
Medium and Large 2535229.911,2302thin
One grade step is worth $31.72/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale9 hd
254.58
—
FL average6 barns · 67 hd
272.76
−18.18
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
−44.68
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—Average1,421157.632,23928
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,337149.521,99814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,098143.021,57143
CowsLean 85-90%Average935130.501,22027

Every lot

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2228279.67/cwt270.00–310.006384
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1229388.62/cwt360.00–430.008906
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2272288.99/cwt270.00–315.007865
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1279381.29/cwt360.00–400.001,0649
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318296.36/cwt290.00–305.009424
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321357.82/cwt340.00–370.001,14910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365343.19/cwt310.00–370.001,25312
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367289.09/cwt280.00–300.001,0613
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418292.02/cwt282.00–300.001,2216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418277.20/cwt264.00–290.001,1594
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456313.77/cwt280.00–330.001,4316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469282.43/cwt278.00–290.001,3254
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533261.99/cwt260.00–264.001,3962
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535229.91/cwt220.00–240.001,2302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572261.48/cwt250.00–266.001,4965
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680252.99/cwt252.00–254.001,7202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230324.67/cwt320.00–330.007472
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2233261.32/cwt250.00–270.006093
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260345.67/cwt330.00–355.008998
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337308.74/cwt285.00–340.001,04013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381303.58/cwt274.00–325.001,1576
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421273.01/cwt260.00–284.001,14911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486266.40/cwt266.00–268.001,2955
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527238.08/cwt230.00–244.001,2555
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640207.52/cwt205.00–210.001,3282
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,236148.16/cwt143.00–153.001,83111
Bulls——1,536161.05/cwt156.00–166.002,47413
Bulls——1,553172.58/cwt169.00–178.002,6804
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%935130.50/cwt126.00–135.001,22027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,051139.19/cwt135.00–145.001,46325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164148.33/cwt145.00–155.001,72718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,326157.33/cwt156.00–160.002,0867
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,347141.71/cwt135.00–145.001,9097

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.