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Columbia Livestock Market

Name: Columbia Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Apr 19

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418

← Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

180 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 280▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 41▲ 24 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 and bulls steady. Feeder cattle too few to call trend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.71/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$128.71

24 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$7.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.12

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	131.84	589	14thin
Medium and Large 2	415	124.33	515	10thin

One grade step is worth $7.51/cwt here — about $73 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 sale24 hd

128.71

—

FL average10 barns · 779 hd

142.83

−14.12

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,647	89.71	1,477	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	63.84	811	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,172	56.74	665	5thin

Every lot

21 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	146.38/cwt	143.00–150.00	622	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	127.44/cwt	125.00–130.00	548	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	646	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	467	116.67/cwt	116.00–117.00	545	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	141.60/cwt	140.00–145.00	457	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	127.94/cwt	125.00–131.00	477	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	131.84/cwt	129.00–138.00	564	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	431	123.88/cwt	122.00–130.00	534	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	549	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	126.94/cwt	124.00–130.00	597	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	129.43/cwt	126.00–133.00	686	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	330	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	470	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	332	157.30/cwt	155.00–162.50	522	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	143.65/cwt	140.00–147.50	532	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	372	130.77/cwt	127.50–132.50	486	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	433	137.58/cwt	135.00–143.00	596	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	703	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,570	86.56/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,359	2
Bulls	—	—	1,800	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,728	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,172	56.74/cwt	56.00–60.00	665	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,271	63.84/cwt	59.00–67.00	811	8

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL

Mon Apr 19, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 280Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 41Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle too few to call trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	140.00–145.00	141.60
3	—	428	129.00–138.00	131.84
4	—	530	126.00–133.00	129.43
4	—	470	124.00–130.00	126.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	431	122.00–130.00	123.88
2	—	465	118.00	118.00
4	—	373	125.00–131.00	127.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	134.00–135.00	134.50
3	—	332	155.00–162.50	157.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	140.00–147.50	143.65
3	—	433	135.00–143.00	137.58
4	—	330	140.00–145.00	142.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	127.50–132.50	130.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	143.00–150.00	146.38
2	—	465	138.00–140.00	138.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	116.00–117.00	116.67
4	—	430	125.00–130.00	127.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	96.00	96.00
2	—	1,570	83.00–90.00	86.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,271	59.00–67.00	63.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,172	56.00–60.00	56.74

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.