Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-10-19

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Oct 19
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
518 head
▼ 263 vs last sale 781▼ 96 vs year ago 614 · −15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 25▲ 9 vs year ago 47 · +19.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
156 head
▲ 121 vs last sale 35▲ 109 vs year ago 47 · +231.9%
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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 fully 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows fully steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.03/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$116.03
85 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$458
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.55
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1410118.3048547
Medium and Large 2375113.2142538
One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about $60 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 sale85 hd
116.03
—
FL average9 barns · 1,024 hd
116.58
−0.55
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—Average1,46878.471,1522thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22949.3160627
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10045.445009thin

Every lot

37 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 1267154.88/cwt150.00–157.504143
Steers—Medium and Large 2375135.78/cwt132.00–141.005099
Steers—Medium and Large 1378143.29/cwt141.00–147.0054210
Steers—Medium and Large 1433141.62/cwt140.00–145.006136
Steers—Medium and Large 2433136.73/cwt130.00–140.005926
Steers—Medium and Large 2470123.52/cwt120.00–126.005815
Steers—Medium and Large 1478131.02/cwt129.00–137.506264
Steers—Medium and Large 1525119.65/cwt119.00–121.006283
Steers—Medium and Large 2530109.98/cwt109.00–111.005834
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1227142.48/cwt137.50–147.503235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2233128.29/cwt125.00–130.002993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285121.78/cwt120.00–127.503478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323127.36/cwt125.00–130.004118
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335112.67/cwt110.00–117.003775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369118.29/cwt114.00–126.004368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376121.99/cwt120.00–124.0045912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430110.47/cwt109.00–112.004756
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434102.74/cwt100.00–107.004465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472108.34/cwt106.00–110.005115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472102.73/cwt100.00–107.004855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530110.47/cwt109.00–112.005856
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530101.47/cwt100.00–103.005384
Heifers—Medium and Large 158499.53/cwt98.00–106.005815
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370137.92/cwt135.00–141.005104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464118.78/cwt117.00–120.005515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471124.97/cwt121.00–126.005895
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518121.34/cwt120.00–122.006293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2537113.61/cwt112.00–117.006103
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568103.28/cwt100.00–105.005873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570111.96/cwt110.00–114.006384
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,46878.47/cwt78.00–79.001,1522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10045.44/cwt44.00–46.005009
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20848.48/cwt46.00–51.0058622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32352.95/cwt52.00–55.007015
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05347.36/cwt44.00–50.0049980
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2925110.98/cwt106.00–117.501,0273
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14585.15/cwt77.00–87.509754

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.