Unit weighted average

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Suppose that I have the following sample

$$\text{Farmer}_{\text{ID}}$$ $$\text{Farmer}_{\text{Size}}$$ $$\text{Range}$$
$1$ $27$ $a) \leq 100$
$2$ $82$ $a) \leq 100$
$3$ $91$ $a) \leq 100$
$4$ $18$ $a) \leq 100$
$5$ $320$ $b) > 100$
$6$ $205$ $b) > 100$
$7$ $92$ $a) \leq 100$
$8$ $48$ $a) \leq 100$
$9$ $180$ $b) > 100$
$10$ $16$ $a) \leq 100$

(original table)

and I have some additional information about the two groups, where $87\%$ of the farmers are in the group $a) \leq 100$ and $13\%$ are in group $b) > 100$. How I could calculate a weighted average farm size?

Base in this sample the simple mean of each group is

Group $a \leq 100$: $$\frac{27 + 82 + 91 + 18 + 92 + 48 + 16}{7}\approx 53.4$$

Group $b > 100$: $$\frac{320 + 205 + 180}{3}\approx 235$$

Now if I use the additional information as weights $$\mu = 0.87 \times 53.4 + 0.13 \times 235 \approx 77$$

this makes any sense?