Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-10-18

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Oct 18
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
700 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 700▲ 182 vs year ago 518 · +35.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 127▲ 135 vs year ago 56 · +241.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 113▲ 4 vs year ago 156 · +2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle firm. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.65/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$127.65
71 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.80
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475128.7861247
Medium and Large 2433125.4354224
One grade step is worth $3.36/cwt here — about $70 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 sale71 hd
127.65
—
FL average9 barns · 764 hd
126.85
+0.80
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—Average1,68888.001,4853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40553.987587thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24153.8366828
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11449.0154630

Every lot

31 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1230173.51/cwt170.00–177.503994
Steers—Medium and Large 2313154.88/cwt150.00–160.004852
Steers—Medium and Large 1378164.23/cwt159.00–169.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 1425156.63/cwt155.00–160.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 2430145.70/cwt143.00–150.006275
Steers—Medium and Large 2470138.43/cwt135.00–142.006516
Steers—Medium and Large 2525128.46/cwt127.00–130.006744
Steers—Medium and Large 1628137.57/cwt135.00–140.008646
Steers—Medium and Large 1723131.44/cwt129.00–134.009502
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330130.36/cwt127.50–135.004305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375130.08/cwt128.00–132.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381134.16/cwt133.00–138.005118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433133.09/cwt132.00–137.0057613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433127.97/cwt126.00–130.005544
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473121.41/cwt118.00–125.005746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475128.22/cwt127.00–134.0060911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516124.63/cwt124.00–127.006435
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532119.56/cwt118.00–122.006365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586121.58/cwt120.00–124.0071210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370143.75/cwt142.00–145.005325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431150.77/cwt145.00–160.0065010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529125.61/cwt124.00–127.0066411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568122.14/cwt118.00–125.006945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577131.94/cwt130.00–136.007613
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,68888.00/cwt83.00–90.001,4853
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11449.01/cwt46.00–52.0054630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24153.83/cwt52.00–58.0066828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40553.98/cwt52.00–56.007587
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10981.01/cwt77.00–88.0089814
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13851.82/cwt48.00–56.0059020

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.