Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-06-10

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 10
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 187 vs last sale 347▼ 268 vs year ago 428 · −62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 42▲ 27 vs year ago 25 · +108.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 33▼ 28 vs year ago 38 · −73.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle and replacement cows not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.62/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$122.62
46 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$492
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$197
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.57
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2317128.6040728
Medium and Large 1533113.3060418thin
One grade step is worth $15.30/cwt here — about −$197 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 sale46 hd
122.62
—
FL average10 barns · 866 hd
132.19
−9.57
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—Average1,60384.791,3596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33359.4879323
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08851.2855812

Every lot

15 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375166.54/cwt165.00–168.006252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270132.62/cwt130.00–135.0035820
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433118.56/cwt115.00–122.005138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470127.58/cwt125.00–130.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528114.65/cwt110.00–119.006056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568105.15/cwt100.00–110.005978
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2235153.43/cwt150.00–157.003614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2321154.18/cwt150.00–155.004956
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428134.57/cwt132.00–137.005766
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470133.58/cwt131.00–136.006288
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475144.51/cwt144.00–145.006864
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60384.79/cwt78.00–95.001,3596
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08851.28/cwt48.00–54.0055812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33359.48/cwt56.00–63.0079323
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04563.59/cwt62.00–65.006654

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.