Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-05-23

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, May 23
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
368 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 320▲ 112 vs year ago 256 · +43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 86▲ 40 vs year ago 50 · +80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 80▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cow 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.34/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$134.34
50 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.60
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511134.8068944
Medium and Large 2355130.954656thin
One grade step is worth $3.85/cwt here — about $224 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 sale50 hd
134.34
—
FL average9 barns · 587 hd
146.93
−12.60
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—Low1,54597.651,50820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39480.621,12419
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12675.0984520
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00366.986726thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1178255.72/cwt250.00–267.504553
Steers—Medium and Large 1273221.83/cwt215.00–225.006063
Steers—Medium and Large 1484161.00/cwt160.00–167.007797
Steers—Medium and Large 1505154.00/cwt154.00–154.0077812
Steers—Medium and Large 1635138.27/cwt136.00–140.0087818
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268152.91/cwt150.00–155.004105
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327132.40/cwt127.50–135.004333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368145.10/cwt142.00–148.005342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383129.50/cwt127.00–135.004963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417145.67/cwt142.00–148.006075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529130.32/cwt130.00–132.0068912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579128.78/cwt128.00–130.0074613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638130.00/cwt130.00–130.008297
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270193.61/cwt190.00–197.505234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270163.85/cwt160.00–168.004424
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428156.91/cwt154.00–160.006724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477151.10/cwt150.00–155.007219
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22586.92/cwt85.00–88.001,0655
Bulls——1,57996.48/cwt94.00–100.001,52311
Bulls——1,850114.26/cwt112.00–115.002,1144
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00366.98/cwt65.00–69.006726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11471.98/cwt70.00–74.0080211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14078.90/cwt78.00–80.008999
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28576.32/cwt76.00–77.009813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41581.43/cwt79.00–85.001,15216
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1101,154.50/cwt1,050.00–1,250.0012,8154
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-293585.02/cwt80.00–88.007953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13973.61/cwt72.00–74.008386

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.