Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-05-16

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 16
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 300▲ 110 vs year ago 210 · +52.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 95▲ 56 vs year ago 30 · +186.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 82▲ 20 vs year ago 60 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle under 300 pounds 2.00 to 4.00 higher over 300 pounds steady to 3.00 lower. 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 $137.36/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$137.36
68 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.76
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432143.6262034
Medium and Large 2404132.6753629
Medium and Large 3374121.954565thin
One grade step is worth $21.67/cwt here — about $164 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 sale68 hd
137.36
—
FL average9 barns · 764 hd
149.12
−11.76
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—Average1,608100.641,61811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59077.511,2322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20472.6187432
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07061.1665438

Every lot

38 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1222234.62/cwt230.00–245.005213
Steers—Medium and Large 1313202.52/cwt200.00–205.006342
Steers—Medium and Large 1713128.69/cwt126.00–130.009183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225164.89/cwt160.00–170.003714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235146.52/cwt140.00–150.003443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268168.23/cwt165.00–170.004513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273144.77/cwt140.00–150.003954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325161.72/cwt160.00–165.005263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370144.81/cwt142.00–150.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371132.08/cwt130.00–135.004907
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374121.95/cwt120.00–125.004565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425142.41/cwt140.00–145.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425131.89/cwt129.00–135.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470138.04/cwt135.00–140.006495
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473127.43/cwt125.00–130.006034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534123.83/cwt120.00–126.006617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535132.48/cwt130.00–135.007094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568127.96/cwt125.00–130.007275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620123.28/cwt120.00–125.007643
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1218202.36/cwt200.00–205.004412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273197.39/cwt195.00–200.0053912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2277173.13/cwt170.00–180.004806
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325180.94/cwt177.50–187.505883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378167.45/cwt165.00–170.006334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429144.98/cwt135.00–150.0062210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432166.68/cwt165.00–170.007203
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473131.15/cwt127.50–135.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520144.68/cwt144.00–146.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532127.65/cwt125.00–129.006793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47595.56/cwt94.00–97.001,4103
Bulls——1,658102.55/cwt100.00–108.001,7008
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04757.25/cwt55.00–59.0059913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08263.19/cwt61.00–65.0068425
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18971.05/cwt67.00–74.0084525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25978.18/cwt77.00–80.009847
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59077.51/cwt77.00–78.001,2322
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01689.68/cwt86.00–95.009119
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17872.37/cwt70.00–75.0085311

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.