Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-04-29

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Apr 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 213▲ 15 vs year ago 245 · +6.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 32▲ 13 vs year ago 28 · +46.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 10▼ 22 vs year ago 57 · −38.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to weak. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers and bulls 1.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.59/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$145.59
43 head · 338 lb average
Value per head Derived
$492
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.27
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1389150.1558417thin
Medium and Large 2304142.6043426
One grade step is worth $7.54/cwt here — about $150 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 sale43 hd
145.59
—
FL average10 barns · 861 hd
148.85
−3.27
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—High1,59181.221,2929thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30654.797169thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57351.578112thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05344.864728thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2366162.63/cwt160.00–170.005954
Steers—Medium and Large 1423167.94/cwt166.00–172.007103
Steers—Medium and Large 1477163.31/cwt162.00–166.007793
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1208174.94/cwt170.00–180.003642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225147.73/cwt142.00–152.003325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283142.05/cwt140.00–145.004025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323151.20/cwt150.00–152.504882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325142.38/cwt140.00–145.0046312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368137.55/cwt135.00–140.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370147.43/cwt145.00–150.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432146.94/cwt145.00–150.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478143.95/cwt141.00–147.006884
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275175.14/cwt167.50–177.504824
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317167.32/cwt162.50–170.005303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323190.27/cwt185.00–195.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1353173.30/cwt170.00–180.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372149.35/cwt145.00–152.505565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433143.33/cwt140.00–145.006213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518145.95/cwt144.00–150.007566
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38574.03/cwt72.00–75.001,0253
Bulls——1,61982.97/cwt78.00–85.001,3434
Bulls——1,84388.49/cwt88.00–89.001,6312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05344.86/cwt41.00–48.004728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25653.59/cwt51.00–56.006737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48358.99/cwt58.00–60.008752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57351.57/cwt50.00–53.008112
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02462.49/cwt60.00–65.006407

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.