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Columbia Livestock Market

Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 8

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418

← Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

270 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 232▲ 110 vs year ago 160 · +68.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 16▼ 34 vs year ago 52 · −65.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady in light test. Feeder cattle steady with a high percentage being value added. Value added calves, weaned, worked, and shot record,

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 $136.80/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$136.80

87 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$141

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

$2.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.80

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	434	139.31	605	8thin
Medium and Large 1	547	136.55	746	79

One grade step is worth $2.76/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale87 hd

136.80

—

FL average10 barns · 464 hd

138.61

−1.80

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	1,641	89.82	1,474	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	62.30	629	4thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	139.92/cwt	137.00–146.00	525	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	146.86/cwt	143.00–151.00	624	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	138.94/cwt	136.00–141.00	653	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	476	145.06/cwt	142.00–149.00	690	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	140.06/cwt	139.00–141.00	726	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	130.42/cwt	126.00–135.00	691	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	579	135.57/cwt	135.00–141.00	785	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	612	131.00/cwt	126.00–134.00	802	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	665	125.95/cwt	124.00–128.00	838	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	849	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	278	139.89/cwt	137.50–142.50	389	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	118.21/cwt	117.00–122.00	561	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	488	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	605	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	528	129.44/cwt	127.00–132.00	683	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	575	120.03/cwt	117.00–123.00	690	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	580	128.02/cwt	126.00–130.00	743	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	618	117.27/cwt	114.00–120.00	725	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	707	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	778	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	530	126.98/cwt	126.00–128.00	673	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,641	89.82/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,474	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	62.30/cwt	60.00–65.00	629	4

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 Jun 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 270Last week 232Year ago 160

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 16Year ago 52

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady in light test. Feeder cattle steady with a high percentage being value added. Value added calves, weaned, worked, and shot record,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	126.00–128.00	126.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	137.50–142.50	139.89
4	—	475	117.00–122.00	118.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	126.00–130.00	128.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	117.00–123.00	120.03
8	—	618	114.00–120.00	117.27
9	—	488	124.00	124.00
13	—	707	110.00	110.00
16	—	528	127.00–132.00	129.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	136.00–141.00	138.94
3	—	375	137.00–146.00	139.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	110.00–112.00	110.99
4	—	425	143.00–151.00	146.86
8	—	530	126.00–135.00	130.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	124.00–128.00	125.95
7	—	476	142.00–149.00	145.06
12	—	612	126.00–134.00	131.00
15	—	579	135.00–141.00	135.57
29	—	518	139.00–141.00	140.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,641	88.00–92.00	89.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,010	60.00–65.00	62.30

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.