Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-07-06

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jul 6
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 200▼ 305 vs year ago 597 · −51.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 19▼ 39 vs year ago 73 · −53.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 21▼ 5 vs year ago 20 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Market closed the previous week for holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.26/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −46.48 against this barn's trailing median of $174.74.
Average price
$128.26
42 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$502
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$91
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.88
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2363130.2047329
Medium and Large 1455123.9356413thin
One grade step is worth $6.28/cwt here — about −$91 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 sale42 hd
128.26
—
FL average4 barns · 182 hd
130.14
−1.88
This barn, trailing median7 sales
174.74
−46.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

7 sales
231200168137median 174.7405/0406/0110/1210/2611/02
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $150.98, median $174.74 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,60890.751,4593thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20268.2082017
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04462.276504thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2424132.95/cwt130.00–135.005645
Steers—Medium and Large 1470123.57/cwt120.00–127.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 1525123.60/cwt120.00–127.006492
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325127.38/cwt125.00–130.004144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370117.26/cwt112.00–120.004343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429119.48/cwt118.00–120.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435106.39/cwt105.00–113.0046311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465114.66/cwt114.00–115.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475106.96/cwt106.00–109.005086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525114.51/cwt114.00–115.006012
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270142.81/cwt135.00–150.003869
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330133.82/cwt130.00–140.004425
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378128.81/cwt125.00–135.004875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380142.21/cwt140.00–147.005403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423122.77/cwt120.00–125.005197
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428135.52/cwt133.00–141.005803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468111.96/cwt110.00–113.005243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521110.49/cwt110.00–112.005764
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532106.02/cwt103.00–110.005643
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60890.75/cwt88.00–95.001,4593
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04462.27/cwt56.00–64.006504
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18567.55/cwt66.00–70.0080015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33073.04/cwt72.00–74.009712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,18076.49/cwt75.00–82.009035

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.