Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-01-10

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jan 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
432 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 300▲ 150 vs year ago 282 · +53.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 71▲ 62 vs year ago 24 · +258.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 39▼ 49 vs year ago 83 · −59.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Some light calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher. 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 $152.02/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$152.02
45 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.52
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433156.9967929
Medium and Large 2365143.0252216thin
One grade step is worth $13.97/cwt here — about $158 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 sale45 hd
152.02
—
FL average9 barns · 809 hd
151.50
+0.52
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—Average1,59894.651,51313
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30377.221,00623
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15660.5169911

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 1225215.56/cwt190.00–227.504853
Steers—Medium and Large 1315195.21/cwt190.00–198.006153
Steers—Medium and Large 2372164.89/cwt160.00–170.006135
Steers—Medium and Large 1381188.53/cwt185.00–195.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1425181.96/cwt179.00–185.007734
Steers—Medium and Large 2428164.71/cwt160.00–167.007054
Steers—Medium and Large 1470171.96/cwt170.00–174.008084
Steers—Medium and Large 1528169.93/cwt168.00–173.008975
Steers—Medium and Large 1570158.98/cwt158.00–160.009064
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1213226.15/cwt200.00–265.004824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2218166.21/cwt165.00–167.503622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317138.26/cwt135.00–140.004383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370143.20/cwt140.00–144.005305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373154.38/cwt151.00–158.005764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433151.42/cwt150.00–156.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433137.52/cwt135.00–143.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470145.40/cwt141.00–150.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531138.68/cwt137.00–141.007367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573133.40/cwt129.00–138.007642
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1213239.56/cwt227.50–252.505102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325174.77/cwt170.00–180.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373172.90/cwt170.00–176.0064518
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430171.42/cwt168.00–175.0073712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520168.96/cwt167.00–173.008793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533152.60/cwt150.00–158.008133
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47189.91/cwt86.00–93.001,3238
Bulls——1,802102.23/cwt99.00–106.001,8425
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15660.51/cwt57.00–63.0069911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22375.13/cwt73.00–77.0091912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39179.50/cwt78.00–83.001,10611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06385.99/cwt76.00–96.009145

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.