Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-08-10

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Aug 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
664 head
▲ 459 vs last sale 205▲ 354 vs year ago 310 · +114.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 34▼ 16 vs year ago 46 · −34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 38 · +2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows fully steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder cattle unevenly steady to weak. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Approximately 300 head of value added feeders. Value added feeders were weaned, castrated, and had shot records. Around 200 were grouped.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.65/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$142.65
143 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.90
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461147.2567882
Medium and Large 2457136.4762361
One grade step is worth $10.77/cwt here — about $55 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 sale143 hd
142.65
—
FL average10 barns · 1,063 hd
143.55
−0.90
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23370.1886511
CowsLean 85-90%Average98362.156117thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330133.39/cwt130.00–137.004404
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added376155.24/cwt154.00–157.0058423
Steers—Medium and Large 2429135.99/cwt135.00–140.005835
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added435131.00/cwt131.00–131.0057023
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added455153.00/cwt153.00–153.0069625
Steers—Medium and Large 2471142.37/cwt140.00–144.006715
Steers—Medium and Large 1473146.03/cwt145.00–147.006912
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added477140.00/cwt140.00–140.0066828
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added553137.61/cwt136.00–139.0076128
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268127.42/cwt126.00–130.003413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271123.29/cwt122.00–127.003344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332123.54/cwt122.00–126.0041010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368125.59/cwt125.00–126.004625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373118.38/cwt115.00–122.004426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added377120.00/cwt120.00–120.004526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433118.97/cwt117.00–121.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433117.09/cwt114.00–120.005078
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Replacement449129.00/cwt129.00–129.0057916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added450120.00/cwt120.00–120.0054048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468119.69/cwt119.00–121.005603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added504114.00/cwt114.00–114.0057510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532113.56/cwt112.00–116.006045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573109.36/cwt105.00–114.006274
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265172.31/cwt165.00–175.004574
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275154.73/cwt150.00–160.004264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328160.39/cwt160.00–165.0052612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365155.49/cwt155.00–156.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426137.65/cwt131.00–140.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430148.27/cwt147.50–149.006382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530127.45/cwt125.00–130.006754
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98362.15/cwt60.00–64.006117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21868.23/cwt65.00–71.008318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27275.38/cwt73.00–77.009593
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2913101.05/cwt95.00–107.009234
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,025969.72/cwt900.00–1,075.009,9406

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.