Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-04-08

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Apr 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
323 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 395▲ 94 vs year ago 229 · +41.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 14▼ 27 vs year ago 44 · −61.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter classes weaker in limited test. Most feeder classes steady to weak. Demand good on most classes especially 500 pounds and up.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.01/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$149.01
64 head · 384 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1411150.0361628
Medium and Large 2363148.2253836
One grade step is worth $1.81/cwt here — about $78 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 sale64 hd
149.01
—
FL average10 barns · 726 hd
148.19
+0.82
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—Average1,81080.001,4481thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13647.105359thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2220211.02/cwt210.00–212.004642
Steers—Medium and Large 2258207.52/cwt205.00–210.005352
Steers—Medium and Large 2325177.42/cwt175.00–182.505773
Steers—Medium and Large 1375181.10/cwt177.50–185.0067910
Steers—Medium and Large 2375171.40/cwt167.50–175.006436
Steers—Medium and Large 2428172.54/cwt170.00–175.007384
Steers—Medium and Large 1432177.92/cwt175.00–182.507695
Steers—Medium and Large 1625143.00/cwt143.00–143.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 1660143.00/cwt143.00–143.009442
Steers—Medium and Large 1720138.00/cwt138.00–138.009941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2226163.88/cwt160.00–167.503709
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326159.34/cwt157.50–160.005198
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328152.90/cwt150.00–157.505025
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366147.15/cwt145.00–150.005397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381153.17/cwt152.50–157.505847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430147.67/cwt145.00–152.506355
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430139.94/cwt137.50–142.506026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472136.31/cwt135.00–138.006439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475141.32/cwt139.00–145.006715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567136.32/cwt135.00–137.007733
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2235204.89/cwt200.00–210.004816
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265205.00/cwt205.00–205.005433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320187.58/cwt185.00–190.006002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332171.42/cwt167.50–175.0056915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368174.98/cwt172.50–180.006443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370161.35/cwt157.50–165.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430163.29/cwt160.00–165.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432173.30/cwt170.00–175.007496
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473152.84/cwt152.50–153.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523135.81/cwt135.00–137.507103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580129.62/cwt127.00–135.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633141.31/cwt140.00–144.008943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673132.99/cwt130.00–136.008952
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,81080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13647.10/cwt45.00–50.005359

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.