Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2021-11-01

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Nov 1
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
700 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 670▲ 342 vs year ago 358 · +95.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 130▲ 80 vs year ago 62 · +129.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 119▲ 53 vs year ago 76 · +69.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls firm. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.08/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$133.08
78 head · 364 lb average
Value per head Derived
$484
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.56
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412136.0456134
Medium and Large 2334131.9044139
Medium and Large 3268122.093275thin
One grade step is worth $13.95/cwt here — about $233 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 sale78 hd
133.08
—
FL average9 barns · 823 hd
130.52
+2.56
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—Average1,90691.471,74312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23454.3867117
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12247.2953121

Every lot

35 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258171.97/cwt169.00–175.004444
Steers—Medium and Large 2273153.58/cwt150.00–157.504194
Steers—Medium and Large 2325150.82/cwt147.00–155.004904
Steers—Medium and Large 1333170.24/cwt168.00–175.005673
Steers—Medium and Large 3365127.92/cwt125.00–130.004675
Steers—Medium and Large 1369166.77/cwt165.00–169.006157
Steers—Medium and Large 1425163.52/cwt160.00–166.006955
Steers—Medium and Large 2473138.92/cwt136.00–142.006574
Steers—Medium and Large 3480121.96/cwt120.00–124.005856
Steers—Medium and Large 1518152.44/cwt150.00–155.007904
Steers—Medium and Large 1566143.36/cwt137.00–146.008117
Steers—Medium and Large 1625137.31/cwt136.00–140.008583
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2221139.91/cwt137.50–142.5030911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228152.42/cwt150.00–155.003484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268141.07/cwt137.50–145.003784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3268122.09/cwt120.00–125.003275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283147.95/cwt147.00–150.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333142.89/cwt140.00–146.004764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333135.28/cwt134.00–138.004506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374129.77/cwt127.50–133.004857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378137.82/cwt137.00–140.005217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428133.92/cwt132.00–136.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430122.56/cwt120.00–125.005276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468117.05/cwt115.00–120.005485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481130.66/cwt129.00–132.006286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612119.33/cwt119.00–120.007306
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430157.93/cwt155.00–161.006794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433144.58/cwt142.00–150.006266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574134.69/cwt133.00–140.007738
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,89090.26/cwt88.00–92.001,70610
Bulls——1,98597.50/cwt97.00–98.001,9352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12247.29/cwt45.00–50.0053121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23454.38/cwt52.00–57.0067117
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294881.48/cwt78.00–86.007724
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299261.50/cwt58.00–64.0061015

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.