Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2018-06-11

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 11
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
▲ 223 vs last sale 205▲ 428 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 39▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 74▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not tested. Feeder classes unevenly steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.31/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$176.31
51 head · 376 lb average
Value per head Derived
$663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$44.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1367193.7571126
Medium and Large 2385162.3162417thin
Medium and Large 3388149.425808thin
One grade step is worth $44.33/cwt here — about $131 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
176.31
—
FL average10 barns · 946 hd
174.40
+1.91
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19956.706809thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1218247.64/cwt245.00–250.005402
Steers—Medium and Large 2225212.56/cwt210.00–215.004782
Steers—Medium and Large 1265236.04/cwt225.00–240.006264
Steers—Medium and Large 1317215.86/cwt210.00–220.006847
Steers—Medium and Large 3323158.40/cwt155.00–160.005123
Steers—Medium and Large 2329167.72/cwt165.00–172.005525
Steers—Medium and Large 1368177.26/cwt175.00–180.006524
Steers—Medium and Large 2425153.28/cwt150.00–156.006516
Steers—Medium and Large 3427144.03/cwt140.00–145.006155
Steers—Medium and Large 1430160.21/cwt159.00–164.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 1468158.96/cwt157.00–160.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 2473143.95/cwt142.00–146.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 1615130.08/cwt125.00–135.008002
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2218193.59/cwt190.00–200.004223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265145.92/cwt142.00–150.003874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270161.42/cwt155.00–165.004363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315148.81/cwt145.00–152.504694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333137.41/cwt135.00–140.0045812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335127.43/cwt125.00–130.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368131.22/cwt130.00–137.004836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378167.25/cwt165.00–172.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415141.64/cwt140.00–142.505883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1274228.98/cwt225.00–240.006276
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323186.36/cwt183.00–190.006024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330165.91/cwt163.00–172.005486
Bulls—Medium and Large 3333154.81/cwt150.00–160.005164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378149.67/cwt140.00–164.0056612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383176.70/cwt175.00–180.006773
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428143.76/cwt142.00–148.006157
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477144.07/cwt140.00–146.006873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528146.97/cwt145.00–149.007762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15455.33/cwt54.00–57.006397
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35861.51/cwt61.00–62.008352
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,032113.21/cwt110.00–120.001,1683
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16574.47/cwt66.00–85.008685
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,018.87/cwt925.00–1,100.0010,4944

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.