Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-05-06

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
209 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 260▼ 22 vs year ago 231 · −9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 41▲ 7 vs year ago 23 · +30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle weak in light test. Feeder and replacement cows not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.95/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$153.95
55 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.59
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2416155.2064527
Medium and Large 1520152.7479528
One grade step is worth $2.46/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 sale55 hd
153.95
—
FL average10 barns · 547 hd
163.54
−9.59
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—High1,85177.451,4345thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24751.216393thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99144.644428thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2268161.19/cwt160.00–162.504324
Steers—Medium and Large 1275173.30/cwt170.00–175.004773
Steers—Medium and Large 2323161.62/cwt160.00–162.505223
Steers—Medium and Large 2370153.60/cwt150.00–157.505682
Steers—Medium and Large 1375161.20/cwt160.00–165.006044
Steers—Medium and Large 2433156.14/cwt152.50–160.006768
Steers—Medium and Large 2468152.95/cwt150.00–155.007165
Steers—Medium and Large 1473159.46/cwt158.00–161.007544
Steers—Medium and Large 1525156.64/cwt156.00–158.008223
Steers—Medium and Large 2528147.95/cwt145.00–150.007815
Steers—Medium and Large 1573149.60/cwt147.00–155.008573
Steers—Medium and Large 1623146.57/cwt144.00–149.009136
Steers—Medium and Large 1664135.21/cwt134.00–137.008985
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330139.55/cwt138.00–142.504613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370134.07/cwt130.00–137.504963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526133.50/cwt133.00–134.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618118.06/cwt115.00–121.007304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716107.62/cwt105.00–114.007717
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273166.19/cwt165.00–167.504542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330156.72/cwt155.00–160.005173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333169.46/cwt165.00–172.505645
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373164.90/cwt162.00–168.006152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383149.74/cwt147.50–152.005744
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,85075.56/cwt75.00–76.001,3984
Bulls——1,85585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99144.64/cwt43.00–47.004428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24751.21/cwt49.00–55.006393

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.