Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2022-07-11

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Jul 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
700 head
▲ 200 vs last sale 500▲ 60 vs year ago 640 · +9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 153▲ 51 vs year ago 90 · +56.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 103▲ 2 vs year ago 87 · +2.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Markets closed the previous week for holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.15/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$145.15
54 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.07
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431149.7164532
Medium and Large 2411140.1657618thin
Medium and Large 3380131.154984thin
One grade step is worth $18.56/cwt here — about $147 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 sale54 hd
145.15
—
FL average4 barns · 435 hd
148.23
−3.07
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—Average1,597111.111,77416
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16980.0793629
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12968.0076828

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,029$1,0427

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365178.77/cwt177.50–180.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 2368167.52/cwt164.00–170.006165
Steers—Medium and Large 2424165.71/cwt160.00–167.507034
Steers—Medium and Large 1430173.26/cwt170.00–180.007456
Steers—Medium and Large 2467162.63/cwt160.00–164.007593
Steers—Medium and Large 1477169.29/cwt168.00–172.0080812
Steers—Medium and Large 1517173.29/cwt170.00–175.008963
Steers—Medium and Large 1567159.97/cwt157.50–165.009073
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325154.88/cwt152.50–157.505034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328142.44/cwt140.00–145.004676
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365143.29/cwt140.00–145.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370149.90/cwt147.50–152.505556
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380131.15/cwt127.50–135.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420138.42/cwt135.00–142.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421150.23/cwt147.50–152.5063210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468147.95/cwt145.00–150.006925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531147.10/cwt145.00–150.007817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532136.95/cwt135.00–140.007295
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1331190.60/cwt187.50–195.006317
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368165.43/cwt162.50–167.506095
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373174.57/cwt172.00–180.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430163.70/cwt161.00–168.007045
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473158.46/cwt157.00–160.007502
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,469107.84/cwt105.00–110.001,58411
Bulls——1,878118.29/cwt116.00–123.002,2215
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10459.79/cwt57.00–64.006609
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14171.89/cwt68.00–75.0082019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16279.33/cwt77.00–80.0092223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19782.89/cwt82.00–85.009926
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0291,041.67/head925.00–1,175.001,0427
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2883104.42/cwt96.00–115.009223
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297087.46/cwt82.00–92.008488

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.