Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-10-05

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Oct 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
331 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 471▼ 144 vs year ago 475 · −30.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 32▼ 32 vs year ago 80 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle under 400 pounds steady, over 400 pounds 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder and replacement type cows not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.23/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$126.23
46 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.89
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545130.6971233
Medium and Large 2503125.526329thin
Medium and Large 353891.014904thin
One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about $222 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 sale46 hd
126.23
—
FL average10 barns · 857 hd
141.11
−14.89
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—Average1,80880.721,4598thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49455.0282210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06345.0347914

Every lot

26 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 1375156.69/cwt155.00–157.505883
Steers—Medium and Large 1428150.89/cwt147.00–155.006466
Steers—Medium and Large 2470133.26/cwt130.00–135.006263
Steers—Medium and Large 1475143.43/cwt140.00–147.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 2520121.65/cwt120.00–125.006336
Steers—Medium and Large 1521131.99/cwt129.00–135.006884
Steers—Medium and Large 353891.01/cwt90.00–94.004904
Steers—Medium and Large 1573119.51/cwt119.00–120.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 1631117.72/cwt114.00–120.0074316
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333124.81/cwt120.00–130.004164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370141.28/cwt140.00–142.505234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373121.42/cwt119.00–124.004534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428122.39/cwt120.00–124.005245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430110.91/cwt107.00–115.004776
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478107.27/cwt105.00–112.005136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480117.98/cwt117.00–120.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532106.94/cwt105.00–111.005699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570109.27/cwt105.00–112.006235
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275167.32/cwt162.50–172.504602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333164.85/cwt162.00–167.505492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333145.33/cwt141.00–150.004844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373151.61/cwt150.00–155.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425144.10/cwt140.00–147.006125
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,80880.72/cwt76.00–85.001,4598
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06345.03/cwt44.00–52.0047914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49455.02/cwt52.00–58.0082210

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.