Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-12-09

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Dec 9
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
381 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 433▲ 139 vs year ago 242 · +57.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 56▼ 10 vs year ago 25 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 79▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle fully steady. 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 $117.19/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$117.19
58 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.25
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482119.3857633
Medium and Large 2399114.3045625
One grade step is worth $5.08/cwt here — about $120 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 sale58 hd
117.19
—
FL average10 barns · 857 hd
121.44
−4.25
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—Average1,81580.481,4612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31260.667969thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18851.696143thin

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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271114.85/cwt110.00–120.003115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370123.46/cwt122.00–125.004574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370119.54/cwt115.00–122.004426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423112.77/cwt110.00–115.004777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433118.42/cwt117.00–123.005138
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476111.91/cwt110.00–115.005335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480119.34/cwt118.00–125.0057310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530108.54/cwt107.00–110.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533120.03/cwt118.00–122.006404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578117.83/cwt117.00–120.006817
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1222163.97/cwt157.50–167.503643
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325144.77/cwt140.00–150.004714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1326166.01/cwt162.50–167.505417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425149.14/cwt146.00–152.506344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425129.93/cwt128.00–132.005526
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473131.57/cwt130.00–136.0062211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477117.93/cwt116.00–122.005636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525128.94/cwt127.00–131.006774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530122.45/cwt120.00–125.006494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570115.98/cwt115.00–117.006614
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,81580.48/cwt80.00–81.001,4612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18851.69/cwt51.00–52.006143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20056.61/cwt54.00–60.006795
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45365.72/cwt64.00–70.009554
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299789.89/cwt85.00–102.008966

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.