Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-11-30

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Nov 30
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 595▲ 122 vs year ago 433 · +28.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 66▼ 19 vs year ago 56 · −33.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 54▼ 19 vs year ago 79 · −24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All Florida Markets closed the previous week for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.47/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$135.47
82 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.92
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1392143.6756346
Medium and Large 2392130.0651024
Medium and Large 3379114.9143512thin
One grade step is worth $28.76/cwt here — about $128 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 sale82 hd
135.47
—
FL average4 barns · 438 hd
131.56
+3.92
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—Average1,49082.391,2278thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24150.376258thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02946.994849thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2371153.89/cwt153.00–155.005717
Steers—Medium and Large 1375156.20/cwt155.00–160.005864
Steers—Medium and Large 1430157.44/cwt155.00–160.006774
Steers—Medium and Large 2436146.54/cwt144.00–150.006397
Steers—Medium and Large 1570127.96/cwt126.00–130.007294
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1190201.95/cwt200.00–204.003842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215175.29/cwt171.00–180.003772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270157.41/cwt155.00–160.004254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270143.37/cwt140.00–147.003874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330151.94/cwt150.00–154.005018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330137.91/cwt135.00–141.004556
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333127.44/cwt125.00–130.004244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372144.83/cwt142.00–149.0053913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373135.87/cwt132.00–140.005076
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373118.87/cwt115.00–123.004434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430128.95/cwt127.00–131.005544
Heifers—Medium and Large 343098.42/cwt95.00–102.004234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473128.35/cwt127.00–129.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473119.54/cwt118.00–121.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520124.92/cwt121.00–129.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528111.02/cwt110.00–112.005866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575120.94/cwt117.00–125.006956
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1277171.51/cwt169.00–177.004753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330156.94/cwt155.00–159.005184
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330144.85/cwt140.00–150.004784
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368138.48/cwt136.00–142.005105
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418121.94/cwt120.00–124.005104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429137.51/cwt131.00–141.005907
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433146.62/cwt145.00–150.006353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467137.66/cwt137.00–139.006433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530129.43/cwt126.00–133.006864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570112.96/cwt111.00–115.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575125.34/cwt124.00–126.007216
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39781.30/cwt79.00–86.001,1367
Bulls——2,14090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,9261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02946.99/cwt45.00–49.004849
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24150.37/cwt48.00–53.006258
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05890.00/cwt90.00–90.009522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12756.16/cwt55.00–57.006337

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.