Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-04-27

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Apr 27
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 87▼ 65 vs year ago 260 · −25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 30▼ 7 vs year ago 41 · −17.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 25▼ 19 vs year ago 35 · −54.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. 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 $120.37/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$120.37
26 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.55
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431125.9154216thin
Medium and Large 2483111.5053910thin
One grade step is worth $14.41/cwt here — about $3 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 sale26 hd
120.37
—
FL average10 barns · 520 hd
121.92
−1.55
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,64590.551,4902thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15766.5477010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00451.815209thin

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 1575123.34/cwt119.00–128.007092
Steers—Medium and Large 1608116.97/cwt114.00–119.007113
Steers—Medium and Large 1780109.49/cwt109.00–110.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1870103.50/cwt103.00–104.009002
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329141.36/cwt137.50–142.504655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427123.61/cwt121.00–125.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445114.00/cwt114.00–114.005072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471118.99/cwt117.00–120.005606
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472112.02/cwt105.00–120.005295
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527108.95/cwt105.00–111.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568111.49/cwt111.00–112.006332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320135.56/cwt132.50–137.504345
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333153.78/cwt150.00–157.505122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370153.85/cwt150.00–157.505692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370132.43/cwt130.00–135.004904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430127.95/cwt126.00–130.005504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435137.75/cwt137.50–138.005994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467133.66/cwt133.00–135.006243
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,64590.55/cwt89.00–92.001,4902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00451.81/cwt49.00–55.005209
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15766.54/cwt62.00–70.0077010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-298683.60/cwt80.00–87.508244

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.