Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-10-28

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Oct 28
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
847 head
▲ 233 vs last sale 614▲ 185 vs year ago 662 · +27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 47▲ 36 vs year ago 50 · +72.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to weak. Feeder cattle mostly steady on higher quality calves. About 100 thin small frame feeder cows not reported, open and light bred mostly 40 to 60 cent.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.69/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −37.05 against this barn's trailing median of $174.74.
Average price
$137.69
119 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.55
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416142.0259078
Medium and Large 2426129.9655337
Medium and Large 3333124.814164thin
One grade step is worth $17.21/cwt here — about $175 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 sale119 hd
137.69
—
FL average10 barns · 780 hd
128.14
+9.55
This barn, trailing median7 sales
174.74
−37.05
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—High1,74269.381,2097thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15845.1052228
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01842.7843624

Every lot

31 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373147.42/cwt145.00–150.005504
Steers—Medium and Large 2375139.80/cwt135.00–145.005244
Steers—Medium and Large 2420136.28/cwt134.00–137.505726
Steers—Medium and Large 1525133.97/cwt133.00–135.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 1568122.31/cwt121.00–123.006953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328117.63/cwt115.00–120.0038612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329130.99/cwt127.00–135.004318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375123.44/cwt122.00–125.0046312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431106.36/cwt105.00–110.004587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433121.50/cwt120.00–128.0052610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463103.16/cwt98.00–105.004788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480114.22/cwt113.00–120.0054811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529107.37/cwt104.00–110.005687
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225169.00/cwt165.00–172.5038010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325155.12/cwt152.50–157.5050412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2329137.75/cwt135.00–140.004537
Bulls—Medium and Large 3333124.81/cwt120.00–130.004164
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374146.30/cwt142.50–150.0054719
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378133.81/cwt130.00–138.005066
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430139.17/cwt136.00–142.5059810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430131.92/cwt130.00–137.5056711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471125.67/cwt124.00–128.005927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472133.63/cwt132.50–136.006316
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525118.46/cwt117.00–120.006226
Bulls—Medium and Large 1534125.38/cwt125.00–127.0067010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572119.38/cwt117.00–120.006835
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638116.99/cwt116.00–118.007466
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71868.61/cwt65.00–72.001,1796
Bulls——1,88574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3951
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01842.78/cwt40.00–43.0043624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15845.10/cwt44.00–49.0052228

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.