Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2018-03-19

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 19
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
211 head
▼ 226 vs last sale 437▲ 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 31▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 51▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls steady in limited test. Most feeder classes 3.00 to 5.00 lower in light test. Feeder and 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 $134.45/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$134.45
51 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443141.5662714thin
Medium and Large 2455131.7660037
One grade step is worth $9.80/cwt here — about $27 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 sale51 hd
134.45
—
FL average9 barns · 721 hd
159.45
−25.00
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—Average2,10384.001,7672thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25259.787487thin

Every lot

24 lots · USDA AMS · Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275208.70/cwt207.50–210.005742
Steers—Medium and Large 1323190.92/cwt189.00–195.006173
Steers—Medium and Large 2335182.54/cwt180.00–185.006126
Steers—Medium and Large 2371166.67/cwt160.00–169.006184
Steers—Medium and Large 1420183.20/cwt179.00–187.507692
Steers—Medium and Large 3428153.99/cwt150.00–156.006594
Steers—Medium and Large 2438167.32/cwt162.00–170.007339
Steers—Medium and Large 1468168.95/cwt167.00–171.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 2470159.45/cwt157.00–162.007496
Steers—Medium and Large 2515152.51/cwt152.00–153.007852
Steers—Medium and Large 1530155.38/cwt155.00–157.008245
Steers—Medium and Large 1630139.01/cwt138.00–140.008762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370134.49/cwt130.00–140.0049811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429141.11/cwt139.00–145.006058
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429138.13/cwt133.00–139.005937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461142.16/cwt138.00–144.006556
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476131.85/cwt130.00–135.006288
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524128.45/cwt125.00–130.006737
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573118.73/cwt115.00–120.006804
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,10384.00/cwt84.00–84.001,7672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25259.78/cwt58.00–64.007487
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0101,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0012,8781
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06566.65/cwt63.00–70.0071010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09080.10/cwt77.50–82.508732

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.