Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-08-05

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Aug 5
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
306 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 396▲ 1 vs year ago 305 · +0.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 52▲ 35 vs year ago 22 · +159.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 23▼ 31 vs year ago 61 · −50.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.62/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$115.62
43 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.04
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487116.4856734
Medium and Large 2440112.384949thin
One grade step is worth $4.10/cwt here — about $73 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
115.62
—
FL average10 barns · 865 hd
126.66
−11.04
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—Average1,61091.231,46926
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28558.397506thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02551.3452612

Every lot

25 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1377139.43/cwt138.00–142.505263
Steers—Medium and Large 1420145.51/cwt145.00–146.006112
Steers—Medium and Large 1469135.33/cwt130.00–139.006355
Steers—Medium and Large 2528119.66/cwt119.00–120.006323
Steers—Medium and Large 1530134.52/cwt131.00–137.007139
Steers—Medium and Large 1579129.29/cwt127.00–134.007496
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380121.26/cwt120.00–124.004616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420113.25/cwt110.00–115.004766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434118.38/cwt117.00–122.005147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470115.00/cwt115.00–115.005416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480110.65/cwt110.00–112.005313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement533124.12/cwt119.00–129.006626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573106.92/cwt105.00–110.006138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement640114.00/cwt114.00–114.007301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330142.39/cwt140.00–145.004706
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365139.26/cwt139.00–140.005084
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370132.43/cwt130.00–135.004906
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425135.38/cwt132.00–139.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480119.98/cwt119.00–121.005764
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533110.42/cwt107.00–114.005894
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,61091.23/cwt88.00–97.001,46926
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02551.34/cwt49.00–54.0052612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28558.39/cwt57.00–59.007506
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291297.35/cwt92.50–100.008883
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08469.92/cwt60.00–72.507585

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.