Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-08-17

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Aug 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
375 head
▼ 289 vs last sale 664▲ 135 vs year ago 240 · +56.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 30▲ 25 vs year ago 33 · +75.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 39▼ 12 vs year ago 28 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle firm. Feeder and replacement cows steady. Value added cattle were grouped, worked, and had shot records.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.61/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$123.61
86 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.66
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1442125.9655754
Medium and Large 2413119.6549432
One grade step is worth $6.32/cwt here — about $63 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 sale86 hd
123.61
—
FL average10 barns · 1,170 hd
126.27
−2.66
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—Average1,40787.331,22911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27767.1585810
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10357.256318thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1220195.23/cwt190.00–200.004302
Steers—Medium and Large 1333172.33/cwt170.00–180.005744
Steers—Medium and Large 1433167.97/cwt166.00–170.007276
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added450155.00/cwt155.00–155.0069816
Steers—Medium and Large 2473134.06/cwt127.00–145.006349
Steers—Medium and Large 1475147.42/cwt145.00–155.007004
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added519142.00/cwt142.00–142.0073715
Steers—Medium and Large 2523127.34/cwt124.00–130.006667
Steers—Medium and Large 1528141.93/cwt139.00–145.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 1635132.02/cwt130.00–133.008383
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267141.75/cwt140.00–145.003783
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321126.92/cwt122.00–130.0040711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330135.67/cwt133.00–140.004485
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367122.16/cwt117.00–125.004483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381130.15/cwt129.00–137.504967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429126.28/cwt124.00–129.005429
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430115.91/cwt112.00–120.004986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added445124.00/cwt124.00–124.0055210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470121.47/cwt120.00–123.005716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470112.96/cwt111.00–115.005316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528119.90/cwt117.00–123.006338
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530115.47/cwt114.00–117.006126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570120.47/cwt119.00–122.006876
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1240195.25/cwt190.00–197.004694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333171.60/cwt170.00–175.005713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430152.54/cwt149.00–155.006565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465126.00/cwt126.00–126.005862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473136.59/cwt134.00–142.006466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527120.32/cwt117.00–125.006347
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21681.20/cwt77.00–83.009874
Bulls——1,34288.98/cwt86.00–92.001,1945
Bulls——1,95095.49/cwt95.00–96.001,8622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10357.25/cwt54.00–60.006318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27767.15/cwt64.00–69.0085810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297599.77/cwt97.50–105.009733

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.