Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-07-13

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jul 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
740 head
▲ 448 vs last sale 292▲ 379 vs year ago 361 · +105.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 34▲ 26 vs year ago 21 · +123.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 15▲ 38 vs year ago 21 · +181.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows weak. Value added cattle had shot records, castrated, sorted and grouped, mostly black.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.45/cwt on 210 head.
Average price
$148.45
210 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$176
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.10
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2336161.025415thin
Medium and Large 1484148.15717205
One grade step is worth $12.88/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale210 hd
148.45
—
FL average10 barns · 1,284 hd
138.35
+10.10
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—Average1,49589.291,3356thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25865.5682516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02157.5558810

Every lot

40 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2273173.41/cwt170.00–175.004733
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 1321163.93/cwt160.00–165.005265
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added326166.70/cwt162.00–171.005436
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added383160.40/cwt152.00–167.506145
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added421153.57/cwt150.00–157.0064755
Steers—Medium and Large 1427157.54/cwt152.50–160.006733
Steers—Medium and Large 2430142.44/cwt140.00–145.006122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added486146.77/cwt146.00–152.0071351
Steers—Medium and Large 1523136.98/cwt136.00–138.007162
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added532145.47/cwt144.00–146.0077442
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added569140.00/cwt140.00–140.0079714
Steers—Medium and Large 1570134.54/cwt132.00–137.007672
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added613135.00/cwt135.00–135.0082818
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added665131.00/cwt131.00–131.008711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275142.41/cwt140.00–145.003922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added310136.00/cwt136.00–136.004221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375132.92/cwt130.00–136.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added384139.00/cwt139.00–139.0053416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added416130.85/cwt129.00–140.0054420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427130.67/cwt126.00–134.005585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added468134.42/cwt131.00–137.0062934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472117.71/cwt116.00–121.005563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added514127.05/cwt125.00–128.0065323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement568127.78/cwt119.00–129.0072616
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2225152.39/cwt150.00–155.003432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1242199.12/cwt192.50–202.504823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275181.39/cwt177.50–185.004992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1357157.30/cwt157.00–157.505625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368128.69/cwt125.00–130.004744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431122.72/cwt120.00–130.005297
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435147.86/cwt147.00–152.506436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473139.02/cwt138.00–140.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533126.91/cwt125.00–131.006766
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,49589.29/cwt87.00–93.001,3356
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02157.55/cwt55.00–59.0058810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25865.56/cwt63.00–69.0082516
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299778.97/cwt77.50–80.007875
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13168.56/cwt65.00–71.0077516

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.