Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-02-10

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Feb 10
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 251▲ 325 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 21▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 20▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady. Value added cattle weaned, castrated, and shots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.76/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$134.76
57 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.10
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512135.6369435
Medium and Large 2422133.3956222
One grade step is worth $2.24/cwt here — about $131 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 sale57 hd
134.76
—
FL average10 barns · 917 hd
141.86
−7.10
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—Low1,52983.711,2807thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26858.907478thin

Every lot

37 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 1368168.26/cwt165.00–170.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1425163.62/cwt160.00–167.506954
Steers—Medium and Large 2430151.16/cwt147.50–155.006506
Steers—Medium and Large 1568151.01/cwt149.00–152.008583
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added628132.47/cwt130.00–135.008322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added670129.00/cwt129.00–129.008641
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added810119.00/cwt119.00–119.009641
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added855117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0001
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added97099.00/cwt99.00–99.009601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1230180.22/cwt175.00–185.004152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278169.77/cwt165.00–175.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328151.30/cwt150.00–152.504964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371151.59/cwt150.00–153.0056211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378137.41/cwt135.00–142.505193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423145.88/cwt142.00–150.006174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433134.19/cwt131.00–137.505818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477132.25/cwt130.00–137.006313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481120.51/cwt117.00–125.005807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578124.33/cwt124.00–125.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added668114.04/cwt111.00–118.007624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added715119.00/cwt119.00–119.008511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added83598.00/cwt98.00–98.008182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added96585.00/cwt85.00–85.008203
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230183.04/cwt180.00–190.004213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1272211.32/cwt207.50–217.505755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273185.14/cwt180.00–190.005054
Bulls—Medium and Large 1337185.68/cwt185.00–190.006267
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368167.93/cwt165.00–170.006185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432162.01/cwt157.50–165.007005
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433142.42/cwt140.00–147.506176
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473143.54/cwt140.00–146.006795
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480159.90/cwt155.00–165.007684
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33874.10/cwt73.00–75.009912
Bulls——1,60687.55/cwt85.00–90.001,4065
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26858.90/cwt56.00–64.007478
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0421,042.60/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0010,8643
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2998102.59/cwt95.00–110.001,0244

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.