Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-04-06

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Apr 6
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 245▼ 150 vs year ago 323 · −46.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 44▲ 0 vs year ago 17 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows, not enough to establish trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.48/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$116.48
40 head · 388 lb average
Value per head Derived
$452
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.56
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1384122.1246911thin
Medium and Large 2390114.3444629
One grade step is worth $7.79/cwt here — about $23 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 sale40 hd
116.48
—
FL average10 barns · 618 hd
123.04
−6.56
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—Average1,60380.361,2882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38858.968189thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98546.694603thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1434124.86/cwt124.00–127.005427
Steers—Medium and Large 1476121.81/cwt120.00–125.005808
Steers—Medium and Large 1517121.65/cwt120.00–125.006293
Steers—Medium and Large 1590116.51/cwt115.00–118.006872
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268125.61/cwt125.00–130.003378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1276136.20/cwt135.00–140.003764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330123.45/cwt122.00–125.004074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370122.59/cwt120.00–124.004543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425109.41/cwt107.00–112.004656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475110.96/cwt109.00–113.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481105.51/cwt103.00–109.0050811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528104.44/cwt100.00–109.005512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273151.08/cwt147.50–155.004126
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275141.11/cwt137.50–145.003882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333138.61/cwt135.00–142.504624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335145.37/cwt142.50–150.004875
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370117.43/cwt115.00–120.004344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530103.92/cwt100.00–108.005514
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60380.36/cwt76.00–84.001,2882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98546.69/cwt46.00–48.004603
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33956.94/cwt56.00–59.007625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44961.48/cwt60.00–64.008914

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.