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Columbia Livestock Market

Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Sep 7

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418

← Aug 31Sep 7Sep 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

257 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 258▼ 341 vs year ago 598 · −57.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 21▼ 54 vs year ago 86 · −62.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

144 head

▲ 115 vs last sale 29▲ 114 vs year ago 30 · +380.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle auctions at Arcadia (N/S), Columbia (433), Ocala (N/S) and Okeechobee (N/S). Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes steady. Replacement cows firm. Most sales closed due to the holiday.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.28/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −38.47 against this barn's trailing median of $174.74.

Average price

$136.28

48 head · 414 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$1.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.62

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	464	137.53	638	14thin
Medium and Large 2	394	135.76	534	34

One grade step is worth $1.77/cwt here — about $104 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 sale48 hd

136.28

—

FL average7 barns · 313 hd

130.65

+5.62

This barn, trailing median7 sales

174.74

−38.47

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,744	88.72	1,547	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	63.53	786	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	56.00	581	6thin

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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	270	127.89/cwt	125.00–131.00	345	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	136.45/cwt	135.00–138.00	375	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	130.29/cwt	129.00–133.00	486	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	125.43/cwt	124.00–130.00	475	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	267	141.75/cwt	140.00–145.00	378	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	333	167.59/cwt	165.00–170.00	558	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	333	148.61/cwt	145.00–152.50	495	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	372	145.48/cwt	142.00–151.00	541	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	428	144.40/cwt	141.00–148.00	618	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	131.93/cwt	129.00–135.00	567	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	472	123.12/cwt	120.00–128.00	581	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	477	132.34/cwt	130.00–136.00	631	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	578	116.98/cwt	116.00–119.00	676	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	110.47/cwt	109.00–112.00	641	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,744	88.72/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,547	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,037	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	581	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	62.04/cwt	59.00–65.00	751	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	69.51/cwt	69.00–70.00	937	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,014	81.01/cwt	67.50–85.00	821	28
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,029	101.12/cwt	85.00–115.00	1,041	35
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,102	1,156.12/cwt	1,100.00–1,375.00	12,740	17

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 Sep 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 257Last week 258Year ago 598

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 21Year ago 86

Replacement CattleReceipts 144Last week 29Year ago 30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	69.00–70.00	69.51
8	—	1,210	59.00–65.00	62.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,037	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,744	86.00–93.00	88.72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	333	145.00–152.50	148.61
6	—	430	129.00–135.00	131.93
6	—	267	140.00–145.00	141.75
5	—	472	120.00–128.00	123.12
5	—	372	142.00–151.00	145.48
4	—	580	109.00–112.00	110.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	477	130.00–136.00	132.34
4	—	428	141.00–148.00	144.40
3	—	578	116.00–119.00	116.98
2	—	333	165.00–170.00	167.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	275	135.00–138.00	136.45
3	—	373	129.00–133.00	130.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	124.00–130.00	125.43
4	—	270	125.00–131.00	127.89

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,014	67.50–85.00	81.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	—	1,029	85.00–115.00	101.12

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,102	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,156.12

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.