Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-07-12

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jul 12
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
▲ 400 vs last sale 240▼ 100 vs year ago 740 · −13.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 67▲ 43 vs year ago 47 · +91.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 0▲ 28 vs year ago 59 · +47.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Columbia Livestock has been closed the previous two weeks for the July 4th holiday. No trends.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.05/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$139.05
83 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486141.0268665
Medium and Large 2452131.9259618thin
One grade step is worth $9.11/cwt here — about $90 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 sale83 hd
139.05
—
FL average9 barns · 792 hd
136.13
+2.91
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—Average1,60495.261,5288thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59068.091,0838thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16067.8378722
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02357.2758631

Every lot

41 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1317220.97/cwt217.50–227.507003
Steers—Medium and Large 1373182.96/cwt182.00–185.006823
Steers—Medium and Large 1413163.68/cwt160.00–167.506762
Steers—Medium and Large 2430149.95/cwt148.00–152.006454
Steers—Medium and Large 2470141.43/cwt138.00–145.006654
Steers—Medium and Large 1475151.87/cwt148.00–156.007214
Steers—Medium and Large 1520147.96/cwt146.00–150.007694
Steers—Medium and Large 2539138.45/cwt137.00–143.007464
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332145.08/cwt142.00–150.004825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370137.92/cwt135.00–140.005105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380145.55/cwt142.50–150.005537
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430135.91/cwt132.00–140.005844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433144.94/cwt143.00–150.0062815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473142.96/cwt138.00–144.0067612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475130.91/cwt128.00–134.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy482175.29/cwt174.00–178.008453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530139.96/cwt138.00–142.007424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532123.52/cwt120.00–129.006575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578135.38/cwt134.00–139.007827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement620135.94/cwt134.00–140.008433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628121.26/cwt118.00–124.007629
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2226172.04/cwt170.00–175.003895
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273198.74/cwt195.00–205.005435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323188.20/cwt185.00–195.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368132.93/cwt130.00–135.004895
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373166.12/cwt162.50–170.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375151.92/cwt150.00–158.005708
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433162.42/cwt160.00–167.507036
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433146.58/cwt144.00–152.006359
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475146.96/cwt145.00–149.006984
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480134.56/cwt132.00–140.006466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1593138.50/cwt138.00–139.008212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618126.96/cwt125.00–129.007856
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54092.92/cwt89.00–96.001,4316
Bulls——1,795102.28/cwt100.00–104.001,8362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97550.47/cwt46.00–54.0049210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04660.51/cwt56.00–64.0063321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13366.61/cwt65.00–68.0075516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23271.09/cwt69.00–74.008766
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59068.09/cwt66.00–70.001,0838
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12866.62/cwt63.00–70.0075120

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.