Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-12-02

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Dec 2
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
433 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 352▲ 128 vs year ago 305 · +42.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 50▲ 37 vs year ago 19 · +194.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 71▲ 4 vs year ago 75 · +5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All Florida markets closed last week for holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.90/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$118.90
54 head · 404 lb average
Value per head Derived
$480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.52
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445123.7155030
Medium and Large 2353112.8939824
One grade step is worth $10.81/cwt here — about $152 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 sale54 hd
118.90
—
FL average4 barns · 337 hd
120.42
−1.52
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—Average1,62880.391,30916
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20256.8868416
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05349.6452324

Every lot

23 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 2415142.06/cwt137.00–147.005902
Steers—Medium and Large 1668125.20/cwt122.00–128.008364
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270114.81/cwt110.00–120.003106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323131.62/cwt127.50–135.004257
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330112.42/cwt110.00–115.003714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368133.67/cwt130.00–137.504922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368112.41/cwt110.00–115.004148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425122.41/cwt120.00–125.005206
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430111.93/cwt109.00–115.004816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472119.75/cwt118.00–122.505655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525122.91/cwt120.00–126.006456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573112.96/cwt111.00–115.006474
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330153.64/cwt150.00–157.505076
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368137.35/cwt135.00–139.005055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368134.83/cwt130.00–140.004966
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530121.33/cwt117.00–125.006435
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006722
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62880.39/cwt78.00–83.001,30916
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05349.64/cwt46.00–53.0052324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19856.22/cwt53.00–59.0067414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23061.52/cwt60.00–63.007572
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,063100.09/cwt97.50–102.501,0642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14559.71/cwt57.50–67.5068420

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.