Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-09-13

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Sep 13
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
655 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 531▲ 123 vs year ago 532 · +23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 149▲ 118 vs year ago 53 · +222.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 151▲ 36 vs year ago 65 · +55.4%
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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 steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.55/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −33.19 against this barn's trailing median of $174.74.
Average price
$141.55
55 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.07
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1450151.2368023
Medium and Large 2431139.4760217thin
Medium and Large 3387129.0750015thin
One grade step is worth $22.16/cwt here — about $181 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 sale55 hd
141.55
—
FL average8 barns · 488 hd
146.62
−5.07
This barn, trailing median7 sales
174.74
−33.19
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—Average1,69791.301,54914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36275.821,03316
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24174.0391842
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04460.4963215

Every lot

42 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 1373172.29/cwt171.00–175.006433
Steers—Medium and Large 2429145.25/cwt140.00–149.006237
Steers—Medium and Large 1472151.61/cwt150.00–155.007163
Steers—Medium and Large 1517152.26/cwt147.00–155.007873
Steers—Medium and Large 2573128.63/cwt127.00–132.007373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1218194.71/cwt190.00–200.004242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273151.59/cwt150.00–155.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330132.51/cwt130.00–138.004373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333145.86/cwt144.00–150.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370143.72/cwt142.50–145.005322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373129.75/cwt125.00–132.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420142.44/cwt140.00–145.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422113.20/cwt110.00–120.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468129.31/cwt128.00–130.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473141.30/cwt140.00–144.006683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527125.99/cwt125.00–128.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573127.70/cwt125.00–129.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638126.96/cwt124.00–130.008104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675122.52/cwt120.00–125.008272
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2228165.27/cwt160.00–170.003774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268182.52/cwt178.00–185.004893
Bulls—Medium and Large 3273135.23/cwt130.00–140.003694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317173.08/cwt170.00–178.005495
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323134.88/cwt130.00–140.004364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370138.95/cwt137.00–141.005144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377157.91/cwt156.00–162.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433155.93/cwt152.00–160.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433123.29/cwt118.00–126.005343
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528132.05/cwt130.00–135.006975
Bulls—Medium and Large 3531121.43/cwt120.00–126.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564131.38/cwt129.00–132.007415
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575123.46/cwt122.00–128.007104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628124.55/cwt121.00–127.007825
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,65089.63/cwt87.00–93.001,47911
Bulls——1,86897.43/cwt95.00–101.001,8203
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04460.49/cwt57.00–65.0063215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22570.61/cwt67.00–74.0086520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25577.13/cwt76.00–79.0096822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36275.82/cwt75.00–78.001,03316
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-292584.03/cwt82.00–90.007774
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2928101.50/cwt101.00–102.009422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11872.92/cwt70.00–79.0081517

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.