Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-08-12

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Aug 12
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 306▼ 186 vs year ago 496 · −37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 57▲ 14 vs year ago 32 · +43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 30▼ 62 vs year ago 100 · −62.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.82/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$126.82
46 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.26
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530128.8668333
Medium and Large 2456121.6455513thin
One grade step is worth $7.22/cwt here — about $129 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
126.82
—
FL average10 barns · 910 hd
132.07
−5.26
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—Average1,55881.991,2777thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45357.708383thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14554.006183thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99646.8646717

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1428140.71/cwt136.00–144.006025
Steers—Medium and Large 2430123.74/cwt120.00–129.005327
Steers—Medium and Large 2470119.02/cwt118.00–120.005594
Steers—Medium and Large 1479132.79/cwt130.00–137.006366
Steers—Medium and Large 2520119.51/cwt119.00–120.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 1538125.16/cwt123.00–129.0067311
Steers—Medium and Large 1575124.91/cwt120.00–128.007186
Steers—Medium and Large 1624125.16/cwt121.00–128.007815
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2274118.71/cwt117.00–120.003255
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372108.96/cwt107.00–110.004056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430111.32/cwt106.00–115.004795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470106.98/cwt106.00–108.005034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534101.97/cwt100.00–105.005455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement580125.16/cwt119.00–128.007263
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273147.39/cwt145.00–150.004024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328134.73/cwt130.00–140.004426
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368128.62/cwt125.00–132.004734
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373122.42/cwt120.00–125.004574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430126.22/cwt125.00–127.505436
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55881.99/cwt78.00–85.001,2777
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99646.86/cwt44.00–50.0046717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14554.00/cwt54.00–54.006183
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45357.70/cwt56.00–60.008383
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,043977.34/cwt900.00–1,050.0010,19410
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03076.52/cwt70.00–82.507888

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.