Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-06-01

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 1
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 214▼ 115 vs year ago 347 · −33.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 58▼ 26 vs year ago 42 · −61.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 157 vs last sale 172▼ 18 vs year ago 33 · −54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady in limited test. 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 $122.47/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$122.47
45 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.03
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437127.2355630
Medium and Large 2418112.9447215thin
One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about $84 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 sale45 hd
122.47
—
FL average10 barns · 750 hd
127.49
−5.03
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—High1,39181.431,1335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14867.267727thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96454.865294thin

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 1330164.15/cwt161.00–167.505424
Steers—Medium and Large 2473131.23/cwt130.00–132.506214
Steers—Medium and Large 1475138.63/cwt137.00–140.006585
Steers—Medium and Large 1534124.67/cwt123.00–129.006667
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318145.12/cwt140.00–150.004612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375117.37/cwt115.00–122.504406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380133.52/cwt132.00–140.0050710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425111.66/cwt110.00–114.004755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427128.63/cwt126.00–130.005493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475107.91/cwt105.00–111.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476121.77/cwt121.00–125.0058010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528117.55/cwt114.00–120.006215
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273166.31/cwt165.00–167.504542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427133.28/cwt130.00–135.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473120.00/cwt120.00–120.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530111.45/cwt109.00–114.005914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570111.98/cwt111.00–113.006384
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,27076.79/cwt73.00–80.009754
Bulls——1,875100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8751
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96454.86/cwt52.00–56.005294
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14867.26/cwt66.00–70.007727
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01087.73/cwt85.00–90.008865

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.