Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-08-26

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Aug 26
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 240▼ 188 vs year ago 462 · −40.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 33▼ 14 vs year ago 42 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 28▼ 30 vs year ago 51 · −58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.80/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$118.80
47 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.54
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468120.3556436
Medium and Large 2424113.7048211thin
One grade step is worth $6.65/cwt here — about $82 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 sale47 hd
118.80
—
FL average10 barns · 963 hd
123.34
−4.54
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—Average1,72588.591,5282thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18756.4967012
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01151.445207thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1470142.91/cwt139.00–147.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 2523121.62/cwt120.00–125.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 1528133.44/cwt129.00–138.007052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368123.05/cwt122.00–125.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424113.70/cwt110.00–117.0048211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430121.47/cwt120.00–123.0052212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472119.09/cwt115.00–122.0056210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514118.75/cwt118.00–123.006107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570120.95/cwt118.00–124.006894
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273154.88/cwt152.50–160.004233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1274176.96/cwt172.50–182.504857
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375139.03/cwt138.00–140.005214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435135.28/cwt133.00–140.005883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521132.26/cwt130.00–133.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531120.35/cwt115.00–124.006397
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570124.98/cwt124.00–126.007124
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631115.62/cwt110.00–120.007307
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,72588.59/cwt86.00–91.001,5282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01151.44/cwt49.00–53.005207
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17155.69/cwt54.00–58.0065210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26560.49/cwt60.00–61.007652
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04393.01/cwt87.50–100.009705

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.