Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-05-03

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 3
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 254▲ 10 vs year ago 250 · +4.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 97▼ 7 vs year ago 30 · −23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.20/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −60.54 against this barn's trailing median of $174.74.
Average price
$114.20
53 head · 385 lb average
Value per head Derived
$440
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$165
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2408124.9451021
Medium and Large 3361107.3838731
Medium and Large 1675100.006751thin
One grade step is worth $24.94/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale53 hd
114.20
—
FL average10 barns · 525 hd
129.11
−14.91
This barn, trailing median7 sales
174.74
−60.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

7 sales
231200168137median 174.7405/0406/0110/1210/2611/02
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $217.34, low $150.98, median $174.74 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,54286.261,3303thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06255.845937thin

Every lot

24 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 1520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006762
Steers—Medium and Large 2570112.04/cwt110.00–114.006394
Steers—Medium and Large 2613111.02/cwt110.00–112.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1668118.52/cwt117.00–120.007922
Steers—Medium and Large 1715111.00/cwt111.00–111.007941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270133.44/cwt132.00–135.003604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430131.98/cwt131.00–133.005682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473124.44/cwt121.00–128.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517113.71/cwt112.00–117.005883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535121.46/cwt120.00–126.006508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568114.63/cwt112.00–116.006513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620111.00/cwt111.00–111.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670114.00/cwt114.00–114.007641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273137.38/cwt135.00–142.503753
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278121.01/cwt117.50–125.003364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325131.62/cwt130.00–135.004283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373125.87/cwt122.00–130.004694
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373105.36/cwt100.00–110.0039327
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433127.46/cwt125.00–130.005524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477117.25/cwt115.00–122.005596
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,54286.26/cwt85.00–88.001,3303
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06255.84/cwt54.00–60.005937

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.