Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-03-21

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Mar 21
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
444 head
▲ 324 vs last sale 120▲ 246 vs year ago 198 · +124.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 85▲ 108 vs year ago 39 · +276.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 64▲ 82 vs year ago 41 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls firm. Feeder cattle fully steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady, Valued added calves grouped ,like kind, worked and shot records.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.85/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$146.85
78 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.72
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1415148.3761661
Medium and Large 2357142.6051013thin
Medium and Large 3285137.463924thin
One grade step is worth $10.91/cwt here — about $225 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
146.85
—
FL average9 barns · 680 hd
155.57
−8.72
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—Average1,703112.131,90913
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43994.381,35813
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17683.7698532
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13167.2776116

Every lot

32 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 1218202.41/cwt200.00–205.004412
Steers—Medium and Large 2275176.89/cwt175.00–180.004865
Steers—Medium and Large 1277219.22/cwt217.50–220.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 2321177.35/cwt170.00–180.005694
Steers—Medium and Large 1330202.42/cwt200.00–205.006686
Steers—Medium and Large 1369195.42/cwt190.00–200.007219
Steers—Medium and Large 2421167.65/cwt165.00–170.0070611
Steers—Medium and Large 1423182.18/cwt180.00–187.507717
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added480170.33/cwt168.00–174.0081825
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273184.86/cwt180.00–190.005054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278161.24/cwt157.50–167.504485
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285137.46/cwt135.00–140.003924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330137.42/cwt135.00–140.004534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336177.42/cwt175.00–185.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added417148.58/cwt144.00–151.0062025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428135.88/cwt135.00–140.0058217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added473143.35/cwt143.00–145.0067811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2484124.47/cwt120.00–126.006024
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425165.56/cwt160.00–167.507044
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468157.95/cwt155.00–160.007395
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518148.70/cwt145.00–150.007704
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,618108.78/cwt107.00–115.001,76010
Bulls——1,985123.28/cwt121.00–125.002,4473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05661.19/cwt57.00–64.006467
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17482.94/cwt77.00–93.0097430
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19072.00/cwt72.00–72.008579
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20596.02/cwt95.00–97.001,1572
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40897.36/cwt96.00–100.001,3718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48989.60/cwt89.00–90.001,3345
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1781,101.75/cwt1,025.00–1,175.0012,9796
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,654.86/cwt1,500.00–1,800.0020,4384
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09781.66/cwt80.00–85.008966

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.