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Columbia Livestock Market

Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 16

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418

← Mar 9Mar 16Mar 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

299 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 310▲ 22 vs year ago 277 · +7.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 37▼ 25 vs year ago 31 · −80.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle mostly steady in limited test. Feeder cattle mostly 15.00 to 25.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows not well tested. Value Added cattle, bunk broke, shot records, and worked. Approximately 80 head in those groups.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.41/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$126.41

39 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.55

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	459	127.66	586	34
Medium and Large 2	419	117.90	494	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.76/cwt here — about $92 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 sale39 hd

126.41

—

FL average10 barns · 413 hd

144.95

−18.55

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,460	83.00	1,212	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,483	62.67	929	5thin

Every lot

13 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	146.03/cwt	145.00–147.00	475	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	513	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	117.90/cwt	115.00–120.00	494	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	428	127.09/cwt	124.00–130.00	544	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	486	123.18/cwt	120.00–128.00	599	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	524	124.84/cwt	124.00–126.00	654	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	695	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	120.94/cwt	117.00–125.00	375	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	421	114.20/cwt	110.00–118.00	481	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	463	106.04/cwt	105.00–108.00	491	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	104.37/cwt	100.00–109.00	548	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,212	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,483	62.67/cwt	61.00–65.00	929	5

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Mon Mar 16, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 299Last week 310Year ago 277

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 37Year ago 31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,483	61.00–65.00	62.67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	117.00–125.00	120.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	105.00–108.00	106.04
4	—	525	100.00–109.00	104.37
11	—	421	110.00–118.00	114.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	145.00–147.00	146.03
7	—	377	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	115.00–120.00	117.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	113.00–115.00	114.01
6	—	428	124.00–130.00	127.09
7	—	524	124.00–126.00	124.84
10	—	486	120.00–128.00	123.18

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.