Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-02-03

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Feb 3
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 369▼ 87 vs year ago 338 · −25.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 46▲ 1 vs year ago 20 · +5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▲ 20 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 steady. Feeder cattle unevenly steady. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.67/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$164.67
41 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.56
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1407167.6468229
Medium and Large 2378157.4859612thin
One grade step is worth $10.16/cwt here — about $86 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 sale41 hd
164.67
—
FL average10 barns · 555 hd
174.23
−9.56
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—Average1,65086.201,4226thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32456.047429thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02848.124954thin

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1233221.05/cwt217.50–225.005152
Steers—Medium and Large 2273172.39/cwt170.00–175.004712
Steers—Medium and Large 1325180.82/cwt177.00–185.005884
Steers—Medium and Large 2373151.93/cwt150.00–155.005675
Steers—Medium and Large 1380172.26/cwt167.00–175.006556
Steers—Medium and Large 1407164.32/cwt160.00–170.006697
Steers—Medium and Large 2426157.07/cwt155.00–160.006695
Steers—Medium and Large 1475153.08/cwt151.00–156.007277
Steers—Medium and Large 1527146.97/cwt146.00–149.007753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267156.63/cwt155.00–160.004183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325144.93/cwt143.00–147.004716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333135.00/cwt135.00–135.004504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373127.90/cwt125.00–131.004776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377136.59/cwt135.00–140.005153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425123.10/cwt119.00–126.005235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435130.97/cwt130.00–134.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530123.94/cwt121.00–127.006574
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1272208.13/cwt205.00–215.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367159.38/cwt158.00–162.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531127.05/cwt124.00–130.006759
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623118.89/cwt115.00–123.007414
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65086.20/cwt84.00–88.001,4226
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02848.12/cwt46.00–50.004954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32456.04/cwt54.00–60.007429
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2925106.97/cwt97.50–117.509894

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.