Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-06-14

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jun 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 260 vs last sale 560▲ 182 vs year ago 118 · +154.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 93▲ 70 vs year ago 30 · +233.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 31▲ 51 vs year ago 15 · +340.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle under 400 pounds steady over 400 pounds firm. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.60/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −49.14 against this barn's trailing median of $174.74.
Average price
$125.60
38 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.11
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547133.4873111thin
Medium and Large 2422126.8053514thin
Medium and Large 3397117.6446713thin
One grade step is worth $15.85/cwt here — about $263 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 sale38 hd
125.60
—
FL average10 barns · 412 hd
133.71
−8.11
This barn, trailing median7 sales
174.74
−49.14
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—Average1,54595.881,48110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22972.9089630
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24059.8874318

Every lot

30 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3320133.63/cwt131.00–135.004283
Steers—Medium and Large 1325173.58/cwt170.00–177.505646
Steers—Medium and Large 1420150.49/cwt150.00–151.006322
Steers—Medium and Large 2432136.94/cwt135.00–140.005925
Steers—Medium and Large 1480147.33/cwt145.00–151.007075
Steers—Medium and Large 1573140.91/cwt137.00–145.008072
Steers—Medium and Large 1630140.56/cwt137.00–144.008866
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315139.92/cwt135.00–145.004412
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333117.41/cwt115.00–120.003916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379126.19/cwt125.00–130.004788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382134.32/cwt132.00–138.005135
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445105.00/cwt105.00–105.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525127.23/cwt126.00–129.006685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575126.95/cwt125.00–129.007306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638115.68/cwt114.00–119.007383
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270127.59/cwt125.00–130.003444
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370131.92/cwt130.00–135.004885
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432126.72/cwt124.00–131.005475
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435144.84/cwt144.00–147.506304
Bulls—Medium and Large 3437115.78/cwt115.00–117.005065
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473120.49/cwt120.00–121.005704
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570129.51/cwt129.00–130.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628125.99/cwt125.00–130.007915
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50791.62/cwt88.00–94.001,3815
Bulls——1,583100.13/cwt98.00–105.001,5855
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22571.33/cwt67.00–75.0087424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24059.88/cwt59.00–65.0074318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24379.17/cwt77.00–83.009846
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,07060.54/cwt57.00–64.0064811

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.