Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-09-28

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Sep 28
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
471 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 532▲ 165 vs year ago 306 · +53.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 85▼ 23 vs year ago 55 · −41.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 48▲ 41 vs year ago 40 · +102.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls not tested. Feeder steers and bulls steady. Feeder heifers firm. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.33/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$120.33
120 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.08
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437123.2953979
Medium and Large 2440114.6150441
One grade step is worth $8.67/cwt here — about $35 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 sale120 hd
120.33
—
FL average10 barns · 1,069 hd
119.24
+1.08
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%Average1,23759.2173211
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05752.3255313

Every lot

30 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330159.67/cwt157.00–162.505276
Steers—Medium and Large 1473134.68/cwt134.00–135.006373
Steers—Medium and Large 1529130.92/cwt127.00–135.0069312
Steers—Medium and Large 1580125.35/cwt124.00–131.0072710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225140.50/cwt135.00–142.503164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271131.62/cwt127.50–135.003577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277142.40/cwt137.00–145.003949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341136.63/cwt136.00–140.004666
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367122.58/cwt118.00–125.004506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389131.41/cwt130.00–137.5051110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430112.42/cwt109.00–116.004836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433121.26/cwt119.00–126.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471114.46/cwt113.00–117.0053924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475108.03/cwt105.00–112.0051310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535117.04/cwt115.00–120.0062616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536106.40/cwt105.00–110.005707
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573108.55/cwt105.00–111.006225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658107.99/cwt105.00–111.007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 172399.58/cwt96.00–103.007202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270155.96/cwt155.00–157.004212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270144.91/cwt142.50–150.003916
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327138.64/cwt137.50–141.004533
Bulls—Medium and Large 2434121.21/cwt119.00–127.005267
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468130.97/cwt128.00–132.006138
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470121.47/cwt120.00–123.005714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573110.96/cwt109.00–113.006364
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05752.32/cwt46.00–54.0055313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20957.99/cwt56.00–59.007019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36364.71/cwt63.00–66.008822
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16657.41/cwt55.00–59.006699

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.