Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2018-06-25

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 25
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
346 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 428▲ 346 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 25▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 38▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.77/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$133.77
58 head · 377 lb average
Value per head Derived
$504
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.07
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1385135.9552411thin
Medium and Large 2374133.2749947
One grade step is worth $2.68/cwt here — about $25 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 sale58 hd
133.77
—
FL average10 barns · 1,034 hd
141.84
−8.07
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—Average1,68588.851,4974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16958.796879thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99252.005164thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330177.27/cwt172.50–182.505852
Steers—Medium and Large 1370163.43/cwt161.00–166.006054
Steers—Medium and Large 2370152.57/cwt150.00–155.005654
Steers—Medium and Large 1425165.35/cwt164.00–167.007033
Steers—Medium and Large 2468140.35/cwt139.00–141.006573
Steers—Medium and Large 1474143.98/cwt142.00–146.006825
Steers—Medium and Large 1528141.88/cwt138.00–143.007499
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2228152.75/cwt150.00–155.003487
Heifers—Medium and Large 2262141.55/cwt140.00–147.503715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321136.92/cwt133.00–140.004407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370136.92/cwt136.00–139.005078
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375130.37/cwt129.00–133.004896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426133.36/cwt130.00–135.005683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430127.56/cwt125.00–130.005496
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476123.78/cwt120.00–128.0058916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1230217.66/cwt210.00–220.005014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268204.43/cwt200.00–212.505483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422155.96/cwt154.00–158.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427142.54/cwt140.00–145.006094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471123.47/cwt120.00–128.005829
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475138.03/cwt135.00–139.006564
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68086.13/cwt84.00–88.001,4473
Bulls——1,70097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99252.00/cwt50.00–53.005164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12657.02/cwt56.00–58.006426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25562.32/cwt60.00–65.007823
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297688.04/cwt80.00–92.508593

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.