Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-04-12

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Apr 12
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 150▲ 193 vs year ago 87 · +221.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 58▲ 11 vs year ago 30 · +36.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 25 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.43/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$129.43
69 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.88
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474136.3964728
Medium and Large 2418128.8353929
Medium and Large 3422114.6848312thin
One grade step is worth $21.71/cwt here — about $163 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 sale69 hd
129.43
—
FL average10 barns · 861 hd
143.31
−13.88
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—Average1,50488.591,3326thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22265.718035thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03459.136119thin

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 2422156.48/cwt150.00–160.006606
Steers—Medium and Large 1432173.89/cwt170.00–180.007515
Steers—Medium and Large 1470162.65/cwt158.00–167.507644
Steers—Medium and Large 2470142.94/cwt140.00–146.006724
Steers—Medium and Large 1520149.92/cwt146.00–152.007803
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325143.51/cwt135.00–145.004667
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373122.42/cwt120.00–125.004576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378152.86/cwt150.00–157.505785
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378138.81/cwt135.00–145.005255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425140.86/cwt138.00–145.005997
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425120.86/cwt117.00–125.005148
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470120.91/cwt117.00–125.005684
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470106.94/cwt104.00–110.005036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478133.85/cwt130.00–140.006405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536127.18/cwt125.00–131.006828
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536117.37/cwt115.00–121.006295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577127.27/cwt125.00–132.007343
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375174.80/cwt170.00–180.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375148.60/cwt145.00–152.505574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420164.01/cwt157.50–167.506899
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,50488.59/cwt86.00–90.001,3326
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03459.13/cwt55.00–61.006119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22265.71/cwt63.00–69.008035
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299958.65/cwt55.00–62.005869
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11068.00/cwt67.50–69.007553

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.