Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-03-04

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 4
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 250▼ 51 vs year ago 248 · −20.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 36▼ 17 vs year ago 37 · −45.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 0▼ 40 vs year ago 64 · −62.5%
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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 $155.44/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$155.44
31 head · 344 lb average
Value per head Derived
$534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.28
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1352162.5857314thin
Medium and Large 2337149.5650417thin
One grade step is worth $13.02/cwt here — about $69 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 sale31 hd
155.44
—
FL average10 barns · 700 hd
148.16
+7.28
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—Average1,50184.751,2724thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20562.797579thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01256.085684thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268200.73/cwt197.50–202.505383
Steers—Medium and Large 1322188.82/cwt187.50–190.006084
Steers—Medium and Large 1425182.53/cwt180.00–185.007762
Steers—Medium and Large 1474175.26/cwt173.00–179.008317
Steers—Medium and Large 1510167.48/cwt165.00–170.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1581157.50/cwt157.00–159.009154
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1205197.56/cwt195.00–200.004052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1274176.13/cwt170.00–180.004835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2276155.14/cwt152.50–162.504287
Heifers—Medium and Large 2336149.13/cwt147.50–152.505013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375146.10/cwt142.50–150.005484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426149.14/cwt147.50–150.006353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428141.58/cwt140.00–145.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468138.22/cwt135.00–140.006474
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275196.30/cwt195.00–197.505402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1337178.86/cwt175.00–185.006035
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372179.90/cwt175.00–185.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385158.45/cwt157.50–162.506105
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432173.82/cwt170.00–180.007515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440161.47/cwt156.00–165.007106
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475173.39/cwt170.00–177.008242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536158.32/cwt157.50–160.008493
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,50184.75/cwt83.00–87.001,2724
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01256.08/cwt55.00–57.005684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20562.79/cwt62.00–65.007579
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-288594.38/cwt92.50–100.008354

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.