Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-03-22

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 22
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 226▲ 143 vs year ago 55 · +260.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 31▲ 22 vs year ago 17 · +129.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 0▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle firm. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.04/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$132.04
58 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.29
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504133.3267248
Medium and Large 2481125.9060610thin
One grade step is worth $7.42/cwt here — about $66 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 sale58 hd
132.04
—
FL average10 barns · 809 hd
137.33
−5.29
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—Average1,62586.511,4057thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10855.2861314
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03348.094976thin

Every lot

25 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 2470146.98/cwt146.00–148.006912
Steers—Medium and Large 1530150.42/cwt146.00–155.007974
Steers—Medium and Large 2530140.98/cwt140.00–142.007474
Steers—Medium and Large 1573151.60/cwt147.00–154.0086921
Steers—Medium and Large 1638144.48/cwt143.00–146.009222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273141.22/cwt140.00–142.503862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367135.21/cwt134.00–137.504963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373129.11/cwt127.50–132.504823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430133.95/cwt132.00–136.005764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468129.02/cwt128.00–130.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471134.93/cwt132.00–139.006367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533136.15/cwt134.00–141.0072627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537129.26/cwt127.00–134.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573112.91/cwt109.00–117.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627111.00/cwt109.00–116.006965
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328173.25/cwt170.00–175.005683
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368135.76/cwt132.50–137.505003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373166.12/cwt162.50–170.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373150.89/cwt147.50–152.505633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430144.88/cwt142.50–150.006233
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59885.09/cwt84.00–89.001,3606
Bulls——1,78595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6961
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03348.09/cwt47.00–49.004976
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10855.28/cwt53.00–59.0061314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00691.90/cwt85.00–110.0092514

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.