Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-01-14

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jan 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 192▲ 225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 19▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 41▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.01/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$141.01
51 head · 362 lb average
Value per head Derived
$510
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.86
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1353144.8751132
Medium and Large 2377134.5150819thin
One grade step is worth $10.36/cwt here — about $3 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
141.01
—
FL average10 barns · 912 hd
141.86
−0.86
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—High1,58767.271,0675thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37046.006301thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21642.065117thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96537.553625thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1225207.50/cwt207.50–207.504671
Steers—Medium and Large 1270195.85/cwt192.00–200.005294
Steers—Medium and Large 1326180.75/cwt180.00–182.005895
Steers—Medium and Large 1370168.65/cwt165.00–172.506242
Steers—Medium and Large 1425163.09/cwt159.00–165.006933
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1227166.29/cwt165.00–167.503774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1276149.85/cwt147.50–155.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283139.88/cwt137.50–145.003963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319139.63/cwt137.50–142.504455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334144.55/cwt142.50–147.504837
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370136.10/cwt132.50–140.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373142.23/cwt140.00–145.0053111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430137.44/cwt135.00–140.005914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436128.63/cwt126.00–134.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463131.62/cwt130.00–135.006093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485126.88/cwt125.00–127.506154
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270164.81/cwt160.00–170.004454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1276183.08/cwt180.00–187.505057
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330172.86/cwt170.00–177.505705
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338155.75/cwt155.00–160.005266
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375150.07/cwt147.50–152.505634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376159.89/cwt157.50–165.006013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432150.66/cwt147.50–154.006512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41265.59/cwt64.00–69.009264
Bulls——2,28574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,6911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96537.55/cwt35.00–41.003625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21642.06/cwt41.00–43.005117
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37046.00/cwt46.00–46.006301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03549.32/cwt46.00–54.0051010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09057.94/cwt55.00–61.006322

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.