Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-06-17

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 17
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
▲ 152 vs last sale 160▲ 312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 52▲ 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 10▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $154.33/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −20.41 against this barn's trailing median of $174.74.
Average price
$154.33
55 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.42
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464156.9672938
Medium and Large 2363151.5954914thin
Medium and Large 3478133.946403thin
One grade step is worth $23.02/cwt here — about $89 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
154.33
—
FL average9 barns · 386 hd
136.92
+17.42
This barn, trailing median7 sales
174.74
−20.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

7 sales
231200168137median 174.7405/0406/0110/1210/2611/02
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $150.98, median $174.74 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,53981.461,2545thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18861.1072620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02355.6757020

Every lot

24 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1377172.39/cwt170.00–177.506503
Steers—Medium and Large 1470167.58/cwt165.00–170.007882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1213162.47/cwt160.00–165.003462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268142.43/cwt140.00–145.003824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320136.07/cwt132.50–140.004358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372136.37/cwt133.00–140.005076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428134.94/cwt133.00–137.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433121.62/cwt120.00–125.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433117.03/cwt115.00–119.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484130.99/cwt130.00–134.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570122.46/cwt120.00–125.006984
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1208185.08/cwt175.00–190.003853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2264155.53/cwt150.00–160.004117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1382165.80/cwt165.00–170.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429165.36/cwt162.50–167.5070912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2461147.64/cwt142.00–150.006817
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475162.91/cwt160.00–167.507745
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478133.94/cwt132.00–138.006403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573141.36/cwt139.00–142.508106
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628127.89/cwt125.00–134.008036
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,53981.46/cwt80.00–85.001,2545
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02355.67/cwt53.00–58.0057020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18861.10/cwt59.00–63.0072620
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,36666.52/cwt63.00–70.0090915

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.