Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2020-12-14

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Dec 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
459 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 600▲ 115 vs year ago 344 · +33.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 67▼ 31 vs year ago 75 · −41.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady in limited test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.13/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$117.13
62 head · 384 lb average
Value per head Derived
$449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.41
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422120.2450723
Medium and Large 2394116.1345732
Medium and Large 3213111.482377thin
One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about $269 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 sale62 hd
117.13
—
FL average10 barns · 1,117 hd
118.54
−1.41
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—Average1,53379.171,2146thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26849.206249thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09345.8650114

Every lot

31 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1376165.44/cwt162.50–167.506225
Steers—Medium and Large 2425137.41/cwt135.00–140.005844
Steers—Medium and Large 2523128.98/cwt128.00–130.006754
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3213111.48/cwt110.00–115.002377
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273123.17/cwt120.00–130.003363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325127.38/cwt125.00–130.004144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329118.45/cwt114.00–122.003907
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372126.45/cwt124.00–130.004707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380131.89/cwt130.00–136.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423111.94/cwt110.00–114.004748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437116.75/cwt116.00–124.0051010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473107.95/cwt106.00–110.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481115.48/cwt115.00–118.005556
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533101.63/cwt100.00–105.005423
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1217208.08/cwt200.00–212.504523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230152.28/cwt147.50–157.503504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273160.91/cwt157.50–162.504393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278131.77/cwt125.00–150.0036612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278128.41/cwt126.00–135.003577
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330154.12/cwt150.00–156.005093
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375142.40/cwt140.00–145.005344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380153.89/cwt150.00–158.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433140.25/cwt138.00–147.506074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473139.30/cwt138.00–142.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480126.60/cwt125.00–130.006086
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523132.93/cwt130.00–136.006952
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530124.47/cwt123.00–126.006604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573110.98/cwt110.00–112.006364
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,53379.17/cwt76.00–84.001,2146
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09345.86/cwt44.00–47.0050114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26849.20/cwt48.00–50.006249

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.