Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-12-16

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Dec 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
344 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 381▲ 240 vs year ago 104 · +230.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 15▲ 52 vs year ago 23 · +226.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 35▲ 7 vs year ago 58 · +12.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and 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 $119.10/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$119.10
45 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.46
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477121.1157833
Medium and Large 2423113.5848112thin
One grade step is worth $7.53/cwt here — about $97 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 sale45 hd
119.10
—
FL average9 barns · 818 hd
121.56
−2.46
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—Low1,50571.201,07113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17149.2357618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02045.3246216

Every lot

27 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 1573126.96/cwt125.00–129.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 1640126.50/cwt126.00–127.008102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1220163.03/cwt160.00–170.003593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330143.72/cwt142.00–147.504743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370123.36/cwt120.00–127.004564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375133.88/cwt131.00–137.005024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430113.91/cwt110.00–118.004904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470103.47/cwt102.00–105.004864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474117.43/cwt115.00–121.005575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528112.17/cwt109.00–118.005929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577100.29/cwt99.00–103.005793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623107.21/cwt105.00–114.006686
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1218192.33/cwt187.50–197.504192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1283186.28/cwt185.00–187.505272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323153.26/cwt150.00–157.004956
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368133.38/cwt130.00–137.004914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373145.36/cwt142.50–150.005425
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430134.88/cwt130.00–140.005804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523112.46/cwt110.00–115.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530120.02/cwt119.00–121.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577115.65/cwt115.00–117.006673
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35567.50/cwt64.00–71.009158
Bulls——1,74477.12/cwt75.00–80.001,3455
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02045.32/cwt43.00–48.0046216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17149.23/cwt47.00–54.0057618
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2932101.57/cwt95.00–107.509476
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02572.17/cwt67.00–77.007406

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.