Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-03-01

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 1
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 166▲ 21 vs year ago 191 · +11.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 35▲ 21 vs year ago 11 · +190.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 57▲ 23 vs year ago 5 · +460.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not tested. Feeder steers and bulls mostly steady. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $129.90/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$129.90
81 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.37
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461132.4661149
Medium and Large 2424125.9753432
One grade step is worth $6.49/cwt here — about $77 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 sale81 hd
129.90
—
FL average9 barns · 766 hd
135.27
−5.37
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%Average1,21567.638224thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13658.2966210

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323175.88/cwt175.00–177.505683
Steers—Medium and Large 1468152.57/cwt150.00–155.007144
Steers—Medium and Large 1509146.79/cwt145.00–148.007475
Steers—Medium and Large 1641134.72/cwt133.00–140.008644
Steers—Medium and Large 1719121.53/cwt118.00–125.008744
Steers—Medium and Large 1771109.66/cwt108.00–110.008456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228157.36/cwt155.00–160.003594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325135.82/cwt132.00–140.004418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330144.86/cwt142.00–148.004786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374133.81/cwt130.00–137.505008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383144.52/cwt143.00–150.0055413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430136.98/cwt136.00–138.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433123.28/cwt120.00–129.005348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528123.55/cwt120.00–126.006525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538112.96/cwt110.00–116.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570119.95/cwt117.00–122.006845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590109.00/cwt108.00–110.006434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635109.77/cwt108.00–113.006974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665105.97/cwt104.00–109.007053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710105.68/cwt105.00–107.007503
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433150.88/cwt147.00–155.006536
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473137.43/cwt135.00–140.006504
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13658.29/cwt56.00–62.0066210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21567.63/cwt65.00–71.008224
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2950960.53/cwt850.00–1,050.009,1256
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294676.83/cwt72.00–80.007277

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.